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Ocean swell energy

Scientists have invented a device to extract energy from the ocean swell . An underwater phenomenon which mirrors the waves above. The devices are not subject to the same forces as wave power ones above sea level. 50 MW of energy per kilometer of shoreline can be extracted.

Magnetic Suspension

Nabeel Sherazee of Magnetic Suspension Ltd has built powerful electromagnets where a microprocessor changes the current and so the field depending on the movements of the object suspended below keeping the object in perfect suspension. First application is a globe which floats in space. Maybe slipping one plate under a heavy object will enable one to lift it and carry it effortlessly.

Walk around 3D Image

Dr Elizabeth Downing at Stanford University has succeeded in creating a 3d image one can walk around - as in the movie Total Recall where Sahron Stone gets tennis lessons. Infra red laser beams intersect at a point in a glass cube and the ions of rare earth metals abosrb these rays and fire off visble red , green and blue lights which can be seen. The images have a transparent look. Full article in the Economist magazine.

Phillips flat large screen TV

Phillips have unveiled a new high resolution gas plasma flat screen -less than 4 inches thick - TV / Computer monitor which will go on sale in a few months. Its quite affordable -the cost a second car at about $15000 and because of its huge size will give a cinematic experience in the house.

Genetic soya been

This genetically engineered soya crop will be on sale next month. It is resistant to herbicide while weeds are not and so the herbicide can be sprayed . Yields are therefore much higher. It should make much more protein available for third world countries.

Underground village

The worlds first underground village is under construction in Newark near Nottingham . All the houses will be underground with cattle grazing on the roofs and just the top windows showing. Such houses are cheaper to construct and consume hardly any electricity or gas to heat or cool. A windmill on the roof will supply the little extra power needed to run appliances. The village will be ready in about a year . Much of modern Canada and mountainous and cold areas of the subcontinent could be made inhabitable with this technology.

Prints both sides

Clickbook 2 is a software program that enables printing on both sides of the paper in Laser printers . It should save a lot of trees.