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Submission + - Power-generating spacesuits

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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."

US Group Wants Canada Blacklisted Over Piracy 585

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @07:50PM from the are-you-on-the-list dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following up on an earlier story, the IIAA wants to add Canada to a blacklist of the worst intellectual property offenders. A powerful coalition of U.S. software, movie and music producers is urging the Bush administration to put Canada on an infamous blacklist of intellectual property villains, alongside China, Russia and Belize. 'Canada's chronic failure to modernize its copyright regime has made it a global hub for bootleg movies, pirated software and tiny microchips that allow video-game users to bypass copyright protections', the International Intellectual Property Alliance complains in a submission to the U.S. government."

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