Items tagged with plastic

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Labs-on-a-Chip That You Can Shrink To Fit Saturday, October 17th, 2009 - 09:15:01 - Anuradha Menon INTEL's latest microchip technology has created transistors 22 nanometres wide - a mere 200 times the width of a hydrogen molecule. Carving such tiny... read more

Thin Laptops Have Design Issues Monday, July 6th, 2009 - 19:35:27 - Ehud Rattner An analyst said Wednesday that some PC makers are hitting snags as they try to bring out ultra-thin laptops. "Early production units being built in... read more

Sony Ericsson Goes Green With New Phones Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - 14:18:51 - Anuradha Menon By using electronic manuals, smaller packaging, recycled plastics and a low-power charger Sony Ericsson aims to make its mobile phones more... read more

Plastic Bottles Leach Chemicals Into Humans Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 - 14:30:37 - Anuradha Menon A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles, the... read more

Transparent Solar Cells Fitted Onto Windows Saturday, May 9th, 2009 - 14:28:47 - Anuradha Menon Solar company Konarka has developed a transparent solar cell that it hopes will be built onto electricity-generating windows. The Lowell, Mass.-based... read more

Boat of Plastic Bottles to Sail into Ocean Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 - 12:09:28 - Sarah Gingichashvili Imagine collecting thousands of empty plastic bottles, lashing them together to make a boat and sailing the thing from California to Australia, a... read more

Samsung's Ultra-Green Blue Earth Solar Phone Saturday, February 14th, 2009 - 16:39:34 - Anuradha Menon The phone is green, despite its blue color, and it's not just the integrated solar panels that make it so. The Blue Earth is made of recycled... read more

Solar-Powered LED Light Made of Bottles Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 - 18:36:39 - Anuradha Menon The Solarbulb, a new lighting gadget from miniWIZ, doesn't exactly come with all parts included: you have to add your own water or soda bottle. The... read more

Hybrid Foams and Lightweight Constructions Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 - 18:43:47 - Anuradha Menon A special process will make it possible to improve the mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties of foams in the future. This will be of particular... read more

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