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piojo writes:
Tired of windmills? Kitepower has deployed 60 square meter kites to harvest wind energy on the western coast of Ireland. The giant kites fly in a figure 8 pattern, unspooling a tether to rotate a drum with 2.4-4 tons of force. When the tether has played out, the configuration of the kite is shifted to catch less wind and the tether is reeled back in.
This mobile system fits in a 20 foot container and is targeted at remote locations.
177278651
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piojo writes:
Tim Friede, Wisconsin man, has been injecting himself with snake venom for 18 years to gain protection from his pet snakes. The antibodies he developed have formed two components of a three-part antivenom, which gives partial or total protection against 18 of 19 species of venomous snakes that were tested. Notably, the antivenom is ineffective against vipers.
The team's results have been published today in the journal Cell... The new antivenom described in the study is very different to traditional antivenoms, according to Peter Kwong, a biochemist at Columbia University and one of the study's authors.
171950161
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piojo writes:
Every year the Grace Hopper Celebration, a conference and career fair aimed at non-males, brings women in the tech industry together. This year, a large number of men showed up. The women were not pleased.
