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Ford to sell first hydrogen minibusesDetroit, Michigan - The hydrogen-powered future of the car industry came a step closer on Sunday when Ford Motor announced the first commercial sale of a hydrogen vehicle and General Motors unveiled a breakthrough in fuel cells using the gas. |
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Students Give New Life to Unwanted ComputersColorado Springs, Colorado - Don't tell Santa, but a workshop in Colorado Springs is filled with young people happily hacking electronics to bits. |
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Bendy Solar Panels Provide Portable Energy SupplyLondon, England - European scientists have developed light, flexible solar panels that could be sewn on fabrics and placed on surfaces to charge objects ranging from cell phones and DVD players to batteries. |
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Bipedal robot learns to runTokyo, Japan - The latest version of Honda's humanoid robot Asimo can perform several new tricks thanks to a hardware overhaul. In a demonstration in Japan, the robot impressed onlookers by showing off the ability to run for the first time. |
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Slick trick could save marine ecosystemsFrance - A cheap modification to supertankers could help prevent devastating oil pollution if the vessels sink. The new system makes it quick and easy to empty the tanks if the ship ends up on the seabed. |
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Proud France Inaugurates World’s Highest BridgeMillau, France - President Jacques Chirac inaugurated the world's highest bridge on Tuesday, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer than the Champs Elysees and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France. |
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Stanford and Google to Make Library Books Available OnlineStanford, California - Stanford University today announced an ambitious plan to cooperate with Google Inc. in digitizing hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of books from the shelves of Stanford libraries and making them available to readers worldwide and without charge. |
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GM, DaimlerChrysler to develop hybrid enginesDetroit, Michigan - General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid engines in hopes of cashing in on an expanding market already dominated by hybrid leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. |
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Green Cars Start Taking RootTokyo, Japan - Environmentally friendly hybrid cars are finally being mass-produced -- thanks to an increase in demand due to rising fuel costs, cheaper technology and growing public acceptance. |
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Scientists turn cellphones into flowersWarwick, England - Instead of chucking your old cellphone, you can now transform it into the flower of your choice as a team of researchers at the Warwick University have found a novel way to compost old and discarded phones into flowers. |
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