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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 03 2007, @02:33PM
from the my-worm-ate-my-homework dept.
Lucas123 writes "Seventh and eighth graders in Tulsa, Oklahoma not only get tablet PCs at the beginning of the school year, but they are now issued 100MB of storage through a hosted school 'Web Locker' system. The Web lockers also include chat, calendaring, and collaboration capabilities, but school administrators can also monitor and track all files uploaded to the system, and lock out individuals for misuse."
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 [+] story, it, education, bigbrother, redundant, itsatrap

  Power-generating spacesuits 2007-02-14 20:08 Maggie McKee

Submitted by Maggie McKee on Wednesday February 14 2007, @08:08PM
Maggie McKee writes "Could piezoelectric sensors help power future space missions? From the article: "Astronauts' spacesuits may one day be covered in motion-sensitive proteins that could generate power from the astronauts' movement, according to futuristic research being conducted by a new lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. Such 'power skins' could also be used to coat future human bases on Mars, where they could produce energy from the Martian wind." Eventually, the biologically derived suits might even be able to heal themselves."
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 [+] submission, science, space