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Japan to launch 'space yacht' propelled by solar particlesTokyo (AFP) April 27, 2010 Japan is to launch a "space yacht" propelled by solar particles that bounce off its kite-shaped sails, the country's space agency said Tuesday. A rocket carrying the Ikaros - an acronym for Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun - will blast off from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan on May 18. "Ikaros is a 'space yacht' that gets propulsion from the pressure of sunlight particles bouncing off its sail," Yuichi Tsuda, space systems expert at the Japan Aerosp ... read more |
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Hacienda Heights CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2010Students of the Los Altos Academy of Engineering have created a one-of-a-kind hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle (HICE). This is the first to be built by high school students and is rare even among the car industry. The Los Altos Academy of Engineering is a student-run program that offers high school students opportunities to explore career paths through education, training in voc ... more 
Oxford MA (SPX) Apr 28, 2010IPG Photonics has announced the acquisition of privately-held, Germany-based Cosytronic KG (COSY), a specialist in the joining technology with an emphasis on engineering know-how in automated welding turnkey solutions. The acquisition allows IPG to extend its product offerings to include a welding tool that integrates seamlessly with IPG's fiber laser. COSY's core capabilities include the ... more 
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Apr 28, 2010Sentec has finalised a licensing agreement with OnStream to bring Sentec's flagship Mobius technology to the UK smart electricity meter market. OnStream, which offers a flexible and professional range of meter asset management and installation services to UK energy suppliers, is using Sentec's class-leading Mobius current sensor to produce a customised smart electricity meter that is the f ... more |
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Shoe Power Generator Earns Louisiana Tech Professor National AttentionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2010 Dr. Ville Kaajakari, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is being featured by MEMS Investor Journal, a national online industry publication, for developing a technology that harvests power from a small generator embedded in the sole of a shoe. MEMS are tiny "smart" devices that combine computer chips with micro-components such as sensors, gears, flow-channels, mirrors and actuators Kaajakari's innovative technology, developed at Louisiana Tech's Institute ... read more |
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