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Submission + - The biggest diamond EVER?

Submitted by Poohsticks on Friday July 20, 2007 @06:59PM

Poohsticks writes: Discoverers have found a star that collapsed into a white dwarf with a solid diamond core! Don't tell you girlfriend cause you can NEVER afford something this big!

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/07/a-gal actic-diam.html

I love that the article references Bill Gates, Donald Trump, and The Hitchhikers Galaxy. Gotta love the boffins who wrote that article!

Submission + - Safest Seat on a Plane: How to Survive a Crash (popularmechanics.com)

Submitted by

Ant

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @10:54PM

Ant writes: "Popular Mechanics shares a short article on an exclusive look at 36 years' worth of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports and seating charts to determine the best way to live through a disaster in the sky. Move to the back of the Airbus (Boeing too?). Seen on Boing Boing."

Submission + - This is the END of 8 an 16bits Microcontrollers?

Submitted by

emcelettronica

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @02:59AM

emcelettronica writes: "STM announces 32bits low price ARM microcontrollers

STM32 MCU family significantly reduces cost/performance/power compromises in embedded systems. http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/cms/press/news/y ear2007/p2176.htm

STMicroelectronics Announces Ultra-Low-Cost Development Kit for STR9 ARM966E Core-based MCUs with Ethernet Connectivity. http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/cms/press/news/y ear2007/p2176.htm With ARM core You can cover low-price applications (ARM7) and high-level, Linux based, projects (ARM9). Finally We have an ARM core based 32bits MCU at less than 2$ and development kit at less than 50$.... This is the END of 8bits an 16bits Microcontrollers?"

Submission + - Vitamin C useless for preventing or treating colds (reuters.com)

Submitted by

Ant

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @01:41AM

Ant writes: "Reuters report that for the average person, popping vitamin C pills is unlikely to ward off the common cold or shorten its length or severity. However, for people exposed to short bouts of extreme physical exercise or cold temperatures, vitamin C may markedly reduce their risk of catching a cold... Seen on Blue's News."

Submission + - Six-Stroke Gasoline/Steam Hybrid Engine (autoweek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @04:15AM

An anonymous reader writes: Bruce Crower has made a fascinating modification to traditional internal combustion engines: a fifth and sixth stroke. His six-stroke engine injects water into the hot cylinder to achieve a second power stroke with the expanding steam. The engine "burns" equal amounts of gasoline and water, thereby reducing fuel consumption by a whopping 40%. Could this technology the future of petroleum powered vehicles? More information is available on Wikipedia.

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