8
May

Nanotechnology A Radical Technology for the Future

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  Nanotechnology is a study, which deals with the development and manipulation of matter, materials, and structures that are sized between 1 to 100 nanometers. One nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter. Though nanotechnology can be considered as recent technological advancement, the groundwork for this technology was formulated and conceptualized in the early 1980s. In simple terms, a comparative size of a nanometer to a meter is the same as that of a marble when compared to the size of the earth.

The groundwork laid for nanotechnology was further enhanced by the invention of scanning tunneling microscope in 1981 and the discovery of fullerenes in 1985. The invention of the scanning tunneling microscope really triggered the study of nanotechnology. The scanning tunneling microscope enables the viewing of imaging surfaces at the atomic level at a good resolution of 0.1 nanometer and a 0.01 nanometer depth resolutions. At these resolutions, scientists were able to view individual atoms within materials and manipulate them. Another invention which aided the development of nanotechnology was the birth of cluster science and the invention of fullerenes. Fullerenes are molecules composed entirely of carbon, in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid or

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8
May

How to Be a Gadget Minimalist

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What is a Gadget Minimalist?

A gadget minimalist is someone who knows how to deal with new and old gadgets for the welfare of the environment. He or she is someone who knows how to conserve energy and someone who practices recycling. In short, a gadget minimalist is an eco-geek: a simple environmentalist and a tech-savvy in one.
There are a lot of ways to be one. For example, if you are a person who needs a cellphone to use, you should consider these practices to be a smart shopper and a gadget minimalist all at the same time.

1. Buy Used Cellphones
Buying used cellphones or any pre-owned device will give you two benefits. When you buy used cellphones, you are already extending its lifetime while lowering its carbon footprint. Also, you are saving money.

If you will consider the huge chunk of companies churning out new gadgets in a New York minute, then being able to buy barely used cellphones will be something fun to do.

2. Think like an Expert
When you are planning to buy used cellphones or other gadgets, you must first take time to look at Energy Star ratings, EPEAT ratings, Consumer Reports, and other professional

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19
Apr

Magnet Technology

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Magnets are normally viewed as substances which have the property to attract metals like iron, nickel etc. Their major role in a layman’s life may have been in a science laboratory in school or college. However, very few people know about magnet technology. Magnets have emerged as important components in various industrial fields like conveyor belts, cell phones, electric motors and generators, credit/debit, ATM cards, speakers and microphones, televisions, LCDs and so on. Magnetic technology has found diverse applications by providing assistance at construction sites for material handling, assistance in drilling etc. Many construction companies use magnets for cleaning up their construction sites. New kind of magnetic sweepers have emerged as an efficient tool in this field.

Magnets and magnet technology are playing vital role in various fields. To begin with transportation their use has been found in the form of Magnetic levitation transport or maglev which is a form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles like trains though electromagnetic force. These trains are found largely in countries like China where the magnetic technology is very well developed. Magnets are also used in various types of electromagnetic toys.

Magnetic technology has also led to the development of magnets

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15
Apr

The Impact of Technology on the Transcription Industry

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The Impact of Technology on the Transcription IndustryTechnology is always evolving, and has become so ingrained in our lives that we never stop and really notice how much easier life has become with it around. Technology has taken mundane and time-consuming chores that are required in everyday living and business and reduced them to simple tasks that a machine can easily handle.

However, the transcription industry is a large market and many medical professionals rely on human transcriptionists to convert their audio files to text. There’s been a lot of scrutiny over technical systems that have been developed to handle transcription work. Systems like speech recognition and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are being used, but are not completely flawless and still require a human to check through the results and compare them with the audio file. In fact, there are still a large percentage of lawyers and hospitals that outsource all their transcription tasks to a company that employs human transcribers.

Speech recognition has a large potential to really overtake any human transcriber, but the advances aren’t quite there yet. The technology has gotten so advanced that they can record every

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9
Apr

Benefits of Green Energy

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Green energy is becoming progressively more popular day by day as it provides myriads of benefits. It is a sustainable, reliable and comprehensive source of energy that requires little or no maintenance and is beneficial in the long run. Using green energy is an extremely reliable way to save your monthly expenditures on electricity bills. It is a renewable form of energy that utilizes sunlight to produce electricity.

Solar energy is beneficial for our health as it neither pollutes the environment nor does it release any harmful substances into the air. In this article, I will discuss some of the most effective benefits of this renewable energy so you can easily understand the importance of this reliable alternative source.

1. Sustainable Energy

Solar energy is a sustainable form of energy. Solar photovoltaic cells use sunlight to generate electricity and continuously provide you with a sustainable source of energy for long-term daily usage.

2. Energy-Efficient

Solar energy panels are energy efficient and require little maintenance. Once the solar panel is installed, it generally doesn’t require any fuel or lubricant. Solar electric system offers maximum efficiency and has no recurring costs.

3. Environmentally-Friendly

Solar energy is a natural form of energy that does not contribute to global

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8
Apr

Personal Security and The Technological Threats

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The free market and globalization changed our lives for the better. These two innovations made our lives more convenient and comfortable but along with it, it has brought a number of threats to our personal safety and security as the internet has made our private information accessible to everyone blessed with technical knowhow. With the mounting threat of global terrorism, using innocent civilians as targets and medium to mount their plans, the government is spending huge amount of government funds in billions of dollars to maintain peace and order.

We see these in movies where private individuals whose lives were put into danger just because of a case of mistaken identity or just because somebody else is assuming anothers identity. Odessa Permian High School’s quiet and ordinary days were put under media eye in May 2010 as a basketball player, under the name of Jerry Joseph, does not really exist. Reports say that his true identity is Guerdwich Montimere, a 6 foot-5 Haitian-born, star player of the high school basketball varsity team. Due to the former acquaintances, his identity was revealed and confirmed through Google, a multinational web search engine, along with the trail of lies that he

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24
Mar

The Smart Batteries How Much Do You Know

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The battery has the inherit problem of not being able to communicate with the user.Neither weight,color,nor size provides an indication of the battery’s state-of-charge (SoC) and state-of-health (SoH).The user is at the mercy of the battery.Help is at hand in breaking the code of silence.An increasing number of today’s rechargeable batteries are made ‘smart’.Equipped with a microchip,these batteries are able to communicate with the charger and user alike.Typical applications for smart batteries are notebook computers and video cameras.Increasingly,these batteries are also used in biomedical devices and defense applications.

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There are several types of ‘smart’ batteries,each offering different complexities and costs.The most basic smart battery may contain nothing more than a chip that sets the charger to the correct charge algorithm.In the eyes of the Smart Battery System (SBS) forum,these batteries cannot be called ‘smart’.What then makes a battery ‘smart’?Definitions still vary among organizations and manufacturers.The SBS forum states that a ‘smart’ battery must be able to provide SoC indications.Today,several manufacturers produce such chips.They range from the single wire system,to the two-wire system to the System Management Bus (SMBus). Let’s first look at the single wire system.

The Single Wire Bus

The single wire system delivers the

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22
Mar

Zero Point Energy Generators

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Almost all our current energy needs are met from fossil fuels. Coal and petroleum are the two most important fossil fuels. However they have several disadvantages. Not only do they emit green house gases and produce harmful by products, they are also finite in amount. As these have been used for centuries, they are now on the brink of exhaustion. That is the reason why your utility companies keep increasing the price of electricity.

Scientists and technologists have been searching for alternative forms of energy to replace the fossil fuels. Solar energy and wind energy have become the most popular of the alternative energy resources. However, there is another source of energy that is small but everlasting. This last characteristic is the reason behind the increasing interest in this source of energy. This is the zero point energy.

What is zero point energy?

According to the laws of physics, every mechanical system has some energy inherent in it at the ground state. Simply put, there exists some amount of background energy even in stable systems or in a vacuum. This energy is known as the zero point energy. This energy is small, but it will last for ever.

How can we extract

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14
Mar

Is Technology Shackling You

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 Is technology shackling you? Although technology may offer many benefits as a small business owner, it is sure to be tough in other ways. There are so many things to learn and keep up with as technology advances. This has a variety of unexpected ways that technology may actually hold you back at times. So it is important to recognize if technology is shackling you.

How does the influence of technology affect your online presence as a small business owner? The truth is, you may not even know the answer to this question. So this is one of the main ways it can influence your small business, by being unable to understand it. How your website, blog or other online presence work is dependent on your understanding of the search engines and other factors for your small business. Understanding and utilizing technology effectively has benefits for any small business. The biggest benefit is it saves money and time. Your online presence is positively influenced by the benefits from well chosen technologies. Your small business is exponentially expanded by the influence of well organized technologies.

What is the real purpose for technology now that we have it? The true purpose

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11
Mar

Types Of Solar Electric Systems

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Types of Solar Electric Systems
There’s more than one way to generate solar energy. It all depends on the type of solar electric system you choose. You need to understand the various classifications used for types of solar electric systems.
There are two main types of solar electric systems: those connected to the local energy grid, and those that stand-alone, but some systems function as hybrids of these two types. Each system type has its own advantages and disadvantages, though grid-tied solar electric is becoming much more common worldwide, making up close to 70% of the residential solar market today.
Grid-Connected Solar Electric Systems
A grid-connected solar electric system goes by several other names, including utility interactive, grid inter-tied, and grid-tie systems (GTS). The basic set-up of a grid-connected solar electric system involves solar panels that are linked to the local electric utility grid. But of course, the connection between the solar array and the utility grid is a bit more complex than that. The following are the required components for a grid-connected solar electric system:

    • Solar panels
    • Inverter
    • DC disconnect
    • AC breaker panel
    • Kilowatt-hour meter
    • Utility disconnect
    • Electrical wiring
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