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Submission + - Inventor of the TV remote dies

Submitted by ectotherm on Saturday February 17, 2007 @02:13PM

ectotherm writes: The man who invented the TV remote, helping to hasten the "couch potato" phenomenon, has died. Check out the details at http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Feb17/0,4670,Obit Adler,00.html

Submission + - Creating power from wasted heat

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Roland Piquepaille

on Saturday February 17, 2007 @02:12PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "Today, about 90 percent of the world's electricity is created through an indirect and inefficient conversion of heat. It is estimated that two thirds of the heat used by thermoelectric converters are wasted and released. But now, researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have found a new way to convert this wasted heat into electricity by trapping organic molecules between metal nanoparticles. So far, this method of creating electricity creation is in its very early stage, but if it can scale up to mass production, it may lead to a new and inexpensive source of energy. Read more for many additional references about this research work."

Submission + - Videoconferencing server for Linux ?

Submitted by Hymer on Saturday February 17, 2007 @12:38PM

Hymer writes: Well it is really a simple question: Does anyone here know a vidoconferencing server for Linux ? It may be a non-standard solution but the clients have to exist for at least Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. The communication channel should preferably encrypted. I need video and some kind of common workplace or desktop sharing, audio is optional. I've searched the Net and found nothing... geeks do not need to look at other geeks to understand eachother but CEO's obviously does... ;-)

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