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Indian Rockets To Soon Use Atmospheric Oxygen As FuelBangalore, India (SPX) May 31, 2010 In an attempt to make its rockets lighter and carry heavier satellites, the Indian space agency is planning to flight test by the end of this year its own air-breathing engine that will use atmospheric oxygen as fuel. Air-breathing engines use atmospheric oxygen and burn it with the stored on-board fuel to generate the onward thrust. Conventional rockets carry both oxygen and chemical fuel on board. "We will be doing a series of ground tests of the air breathing engine soon. We are pla ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2010Technology giants Nokia and Sony on Friday joined a chorus of concern over labour conditions at a vast assembly plant in China after yet another attempted suicide by a worker who slashed his wrists. The companies said they were looking into conditions at the factory in the southern economic zone of Shenzhen run by Taiwanese supplier Foxconn, following similar pledges by Apple, Hewlett-Packar ... more  
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2010Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2010 A new web-based smart metering system has been developed by CSIRO to enable householders, small businesses and electricity retailers to remotely control energy use over a broadband Internet connection. The aim is to help small scale energy users cut energy use, costs and carbon emissions. CSIRO project leader, Dr Martin de Groot, said the syste ... more  
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2010Coulomb Technologies has announced their partner distributor ChargePoint Australia unveiled Sydney's first public ChargePoint Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles in Derby Place, Glebe Australia. The station was installed by Visionstream and is managed by ChargePoint AU. The charging station will be used for Sydney's GoGet car share program. "Electric vehicles have zero exhaust ... more |
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Utilities Can't Ignore Electricity StorageBoston MA (SPX) May 31, 2010 As utilities consider electricity storage technologies to help make intermittent energy sources, such as wind and solar, more stable sources of grid power, they're finding universal solutions hard to come by. They can select from a diverse array of candidate technologies, but no single option addresses all the application and regulatory demands placed on it. In its latest report, Lux Research provides the first-ever framework to help business leaders compare today's array of energy storage scenari ... read more |
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