Day: July 17, 2008
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Civilian Tilt-Rotor Aircraft – YES PLEASE
I admit, ever since I saw the V-22 Osprey, I loved it. It just LOOKS cool, and I’m a military geek. That tech (they fixed it finally, honest!) is now making it’s way to the civilian airspace with the Bell 609. Looking and flying like a smaller cousin of the military V22 Osprey, also a…
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Graphene – Strongest Material Ever Tested
Technology Review has posted an article about Graphene, which has been thought to be the strongest material known since it was first isolated. Scientists were finally able to test it and confirm that it is. Jeffrey Kysar and James Hone, mechanical-engineering professors at Columbia University, tested graphene’s strength at the atomic level by measuring the…