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For more than 200 years inventors worldwide have filed patents for wavepower technology of a dazzling variety of designsbobbing objects 8221;ducks8221;, buoys, articulated rafts, floating bags, overspills, and many others. There has been no shortage of ideas. Many of these ideas are in fact technically feasible, so it seems a shame that this renewable energy …

Precious gems are comprised of the traditional four precious stones which are rubies, diamonds, emeralds and sapphires. Their beauty is a matter of taste. What is considered a favorite today may be different a few decades from now. The beauty of gems is made greater by shaping, polishing and cutting. Generally, beauty is considered first, …

Are you thinking of buying a refracting telescope? You perhaps are wondering, what are some of the refracting telescope advantages, over other telescopes. As you read this article, you will discover more about refracting telescope advantages, compared with other types of telescope.When looking at telescope designs, you will only find 2 predominant designs. The rest …

emScience Friday/em director Charles Bergquist stops in at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems for a look at new car technologies. Down the road, cars may be able to drive themselves 8230; but will they be able to parallel park?More: continued here

A rush to build electric cars could also mean a rush to get minerals that are produced in unstable parts of the world. Lithiumion batteries require large amounts of cobalt, which comes primarily from the wartorn Democratic Republic of Congo, Tibet and Siberia. Easing dependence on foreign oil could mean increasing dependence on foreign minerals …

The BlackBerry Storm, Research In Motion8217;s first touchscreen smart phone, goes on sale Friday through Verizon Wireless. The timing mdash; just prior to the start of the holiday shopping season mdash; and the phone8217;s features position it as a competitor to Apple8217;s iPhone and the G1, which runs Google8217;s Android software.More: continued here …

Presidentelect Barack Obama picked his technology advisory team and theres good news and bad news. More: continued here

One of the buzzwords at the Los Angeles Auto Show is 8220;electrification.8221; It8217;s a future where cars run solely on battery power. Paul Eisenstein of emThe Detroit Bureau,/em an independent auto news service, says that future is still a ways off. He tells Steve Inskeep that for electric cars to succeed, they8217;ll need a battery …

The state should consolidate its billiondollar technology assets and personnel under the Office of the State Chief Information officer, the Little Hoover Commission suggests in a new report. 8220;It is time for the state to get past the Oracle scandal and focus on what technology can do to improve government,8221; Little Hoover …

Tim Paradis November 21, 2008 12:43 a.m. NEW YORK AP Wall Street moved in and out of positive territory Friday, with investors taking a breather from the heavy selling of recent days. Energy, utility and technology stocks showed some advances, but bank stocks declined sharply.More: continued here