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Gallery: Once Mighty Bell Labs Leaves Behind Transistor, Laser, 6 Nobels

: Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerBell Labs' decision to abandon basic physics research marks the end of a brilliant chapter for the iconic institution. Many of the Labs' most famous discoveries, such as the transistor and the laser, originated in fundamental physics and have gone on to transform comput ...

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Wired Multimedia — 7 hours ago

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Rumormill: Mazda testing Chevy Volt competitor

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, MazdaThe Chevy Volt is unique in that its engine is really just a generator that produces electricity for the batteries, which then power an electric motor that turns the front wheels for propulsion. While the Volt powertrain is pretty spectacular, it may not ...

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Autoblog — 11 hours ago

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Drivable Star Wars Landspeeder Will Not Take You To Mos Eisley, Still Kicks Ass [Star Wars]

This Star Wars Landspeeder is a full-sized, drivable, Jedi-approved replica built by former LucasFilm employee Daniel Deutsch, who designed his version from the ground up. Neatorama dug up this 1:1 scale speeder, which has a custom aluminum chassis, fiberglass body, and an electric drive system that ...

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Gizmodo — 6 hours ago

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The recent bigfoot flap…a little late [Pharyngula]

I've spent my evening curled up with a wracking cough and nasty pains in places I didn't know I could hurt — I think I sprained my diaphragm — and while stumbling dumbly through the web, I belatedly found the story of the recent Georgia bigfoot. I know, it's last week's news, but I'm ...

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ScienceBlogs — 1 hour ago

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Team Fortress 2 Blog - Evolution of the Demoman

The path to arriving at a final design for a character is sometimes a long and winding one. This was especially the case for the Demoman and we thought it would be interesting to step through that process and shed a little light on how we arrive at our final designs. ...

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digg — 1 hour ago

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Mazda Building a Volt of Its Own

General Motors hopes the Chevrolet Volt will seize the green mantle from the Toyota Prius and prove Japan doesn't have a lock on technological innovation, but it could be Mazda the General should be worrying about. Autocar reports that Mazda's engineers are developing a range-...

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Autopia — 5 hours ago