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Post by Spider on Apr 16, 2011 18:58:36 GMT -5
~ The Day Madonna Pee'd In Her Pants ~ __ 'S'
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Post by Spider on May 16, 2011 14:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by Spider on Jun 4, 2011 23:34:33 GMT -5
While the adaption of solar energy continues to grow, solar cells are still really expensive and largely inefficient.
Solar projects require a lot of land, sometimes on the order of many square miles.
So what if you could print out the solar cells, just as easily as ink is printed on a newspaper? That’s exactly what Argonne National Laboratory scientists have in mind.
The researchers created layers of semiconductor film that can be used to produce cheaper layers to coat solar cells. One way to grow solar cells at low cost is to manufacture them in solution.
Using quantum dots, the researchers suspended bits of semiconductors in liquid, allowing semiconductor parts to bond with inorganic molecules when heated to a moderate temperature.
Argonne’s Dmitri Talapin said in a statement: “We believe that we could make very competitive solar cells with these nanoparticles.” This ink method could fix a couple of fundamental problems in solar energy.
Other researchers are incorporating nanoparticles into solar cells as well.
In 2009, Idaho National Laboratory researchers developed a way to use nanoparticles in their line of photovoltaic cells, helping the cells harness much more energy than traditional cells.
One company called Broadband Solar created coatings that have metallic nanoantennas - which act like radio antennas.
The more efficient the solar cells are, the better. In fact, the amount of energy produced by solar in the United States accounts for just a fraction of all electricity generated.
If you took the amount of energy the sun provides the Earth in one hour, it could power the entire globe for a year. via Argonne National Laboratory [Related on SmartPlanet:] •Top 10 solar power advances to watch •How moth eyes can be used to make better solar cells •Electronic skin made out of stretchable solar cells •Fly eye inspires biomimetic for solar cell production •Solar shingles bring cheaper renewable energy to the rooftop •With plastic electronics, cheap solar panel and sensors _________________ 'S'[/center]
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Post by Spider on Jun 16, 2011 8:46:26 GMT -5
There are a lot of different Lego sets. There are pirate sets, Star Wars sets, city sets, space sets, and many more. But at the heart of it all, at the heart of a toy empire with many millions of passionate fans throughout the world, is the brick.
A single Lego brick is nothing special. But put two together and you can start to make things. Add another, and another, and the number of things you can make starts to go up exponentially. Let's say you had six standard four-by-two red bricks. With those pieces alone, there are more than 915 million possible ways they can be arranged.
Throw in a few dozen more pieces, and you've really got something. ________ __ 'S'
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Post by Spider on Aug 9, 2011 21:56:24 GMT -5
TOP TEN REASONS YOU'D KICK YOUR 50's ERA TV SET 10. LOUSY RECEPTION DURING THE SHOW, IT WAS FINE DURING THE COMMERCIALS.
9. ONE ELECTRON VACUUM TUBE OR ANOTHER BLEW OUT ONCE A MONTH. (Aunt Lucy stole wrong tube no's 6AV6, not 6AU6!, or ones from the defective bin.)
8. THE SET OVERHEATED & BLEW UP ON A 90 DEGREE NIGHT. (Gabby blow hard Earl next door, full of hot air, was visiting. and instead of in the drink, you felt like putting the ice cubes up ...)
7. YOUR SET WAS IN THE SHOP BECAUSE IT NEEDED A NEW PICTURE TUBE. (The repair guy, who looked like Al Capone, wanted $250 to bring the chassis back.)
5. SUNDAY NIGHT, THE STONES WERE ON ED SULLIVAN. MICK'S JUMPING ...SO'S THE PICTURE ON THE SET. (You turn the Horizontal Control knob left and right, the picture still jumps up and down .. So do you.)
4. DIATHERMY (WAVEY BARS) INTERFERENCE CAME ON WHEN THE LOCAL HOSPITAL USED THEIR X-RAY MACHINES. (One Tuesday night, Diathermy Bars from 8PM to 11PM continuously. Techs left the X-Ray on after the last patient left; They were watching "Dr. Kildaire" and "Ben Casey".)
3. WORLD SERIES SUNDAY: YOUR NEIGHBOR'S KID FLIES HIS PLANE INTO YOUR ROOF ANTENNA. (He cries, "My plane!" You cry, "My Yankees"!)
2. IT'S THE FINAL EPISODE OF "THE FUGITIVES". (All seven TV stations pre-empt programming for a Presidential Address ((they did in those days)) You know where you'd like to stuff the one armed man's other arm.)
1. YOU FIND A MOUSE CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT INSIDE THE BACK OF YOUR TV.
(You ask the two toothed rodent what he's doing there. He sez .. "It's a Westinghouse, wight? So I'm westing".)
(See 1951 TV Commercial)______________ 'S' [/b][/font][/color] [/center]
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Post by Spider on Jul 21, 2014 12:49:44 GMT -5
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Post by Spider on Sept 25, 2014 5:04:15 GMT -5
Jonathon M. Seidl | Sep 22, 2014
Alaskan Reporter Quits On-Air [This video is unlisted] [Be considerate and think twice before sharing]
KTVA-TV reporter Charlo Greene quits on-air after revealing she's the head of a cannabis club she was reporting on.
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Post by Spider on Oct 26, 2014 2:10:36 GMT -5
Woman: I thought Grandpa was in lake!
Investigators have not ruled out foul play in the deaths of six people found inside cars in an Oklahoma lake.
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Post by Spider on Nov 3, 2014 21:46:22 GMT -5
Associated Press|Nov. 2, 2014|Zach Noble
Thieves Just Stole Something Iconic — And Huge — From the Former Dachau Concentration Camp
BERLIN (AP) — Part of a wrought-iron gate bearing the Nazis’ cynical slogan “Arbeit macht frei,” or “Work sets you free,” has been stolen from the former Dachau concentration camp, police said Sunday.
Security officials noticed early Sunday morning that the gate section measuring 190 by 95 centimeters (75 by 37 inches) was missing, police said in a statement.
Whoever stole it during the night would have had to climb over another gate to reach it, they added.
Police said they found nothing in the immediate vicinity of the camp and appealed for anyone who noticed any suspicious people or vehicles to come forward.
Dachau, near Munich, was the first concentration camp set up by the Nazis in 1933.
More than 200,000 people from across Europe were held there and over 40,000 prisoners died before it was liberated by U.S. forces on April 29, 1945.
The camp is now a memorial.
Memorial director Gabriele Hammermann condemned the theft of the gate, which she described as “the central symbol for the prisoners’ ordeal,” news agency dpa reported.
She said a private security service supervises the site but officials had decided against surveillance of the former camp with video cameras because they didn’t want to turn it into a “maximum-security unit.”
That decision may now have to be reviewed, she added.
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Post by Spider on Nov 21, 2014 7:38:53 GMT -5
I Love 'Peanut Butter'
A short story displaying a friendship between a special surfboard and it's joyous rider, "Peanut Butter" is a refreshing love tale from the sea.
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