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Just_Say_Duhhh writes:
An armed man, known for protesting the Discovery Channel has taken hostages inside the network's Maryland headquarters. He appeared to have a bomb strapped to his chest.
The suspect apparently has been distributing a manifesto, calling on Discovery Channel to "broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet."
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Just_Say_Duhhh writes:
Russian engineer Yuri Artsutanov and American engineer Jerome Pearson, pioneers of the modern Space Elevator concept, will appear at the 2010 Space Elevator Conference. The conference (http://spaceelevatorconference.org/default.aspx) will be held Aug 13-15 at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA.
Known as the "Fathers of the Modern Space Elevator Program," Artsutanov and Pearson are credited with independently creating the first modern blueprints for building an Elevator to Space. You might be wondering why you haven't ridden on, or at least seen an elevator that reaches up into space. OK, they haven't actually BUILT one, but they're working on that.
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Just_Say_Duhhh writes:
Brother Industries unveiled the "Vibration Energy Cell" at Techno-Frontier 2010 (http://www.jma.or.jp/tf/en/) in Tokyo. The device can be used in place of AA or AAA batteries, and generate electricity using a coil, a magnet, and condenser that charges electricity. These could be used in devices such as remote controls, needing a few shakes to generate enough power for the device.
