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The world's largest tidal turbine, developed by Singapore-based Atlantis Resources Corp., was unveiled this past August and, just recently, was lowered into its subsea berth —115 feet of water near the European Marine Energy Center in Orkney, Scotland. The area is referred to as the Pentland Firth, a strait of water known for its strong currents. In fact, it's potential for energy is often called the "Saudi Arabia of tidal power".

Is our future going to be a ‘spray-it-on’ experience?

Spanish Designer Demonstrates Spray-On Clothing

By Rebecca Boyle – PopSci - 09.17.2010

High fashion meets high tech with this new spray-on clothing designed by Manel Torres. His design team also hopes to use the technology for spray-on bandages and hygienic upholstery.

The sprayable shirt consists of short fibers mixed with polymers, dissolved into a solvent that allows it to be sprayed from an aerosol can or high-pressure gun, according to the Guardian.

Torres can use wool, linen or acrylic fibers to change the texture of the fabric, the Guardian reports. The resulting fabric can be removed and washed with the rest of your laundry.

Don't like the color or feel? Simply dissolve it, using the same solvent, and start over. The spray is very cold when it hits the skin, but it dries instantly upon impact.

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Spray-On Tech Could Power Consumer Devices

By Eric Bland – Discovery News - Tue Sep 21, 2010

A new spray-on polymer could lead to the development of e-readers that display not in black and white, but in every color of the rainbow. When combined with solar technology, the new treatment could power portable electronics and even homes and businesses.

                                   

Developed by scientists at the University of Florida, the new spray-on polymers can reflect or transmit any color of light. With a simple spray, they can be applied to hard glass or flexible plastic.

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The DVD/CD Rewinder is a great gift for the technical savvy, the couch potato, teens with too much time on their hands, and the gadget buff!

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Highland Game?

  

 Some Britons believe the hills are alive with haggisFrom Reuters Oddly EnoughReporting : Valle Aviles Pinedo - Editing: Steve Addison
Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:09pm EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey on Friday.

Commissioned by the online takeaway food service Just-Eat.co.uk, the survey found that 18 percent of Britons believe that haggis is a hilltop-dwelling animal.

Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument while 4 percent admitted to thinking it was a character from Harry Potter.

The survey questioned 1,623 people across Britain to see how well they were acquainted with traditional Scottish food. Even 14 percent of the 781 Scottish people polled said they did not know what haggis was.

Burglars break into prison to rob absent inmates

Reporting: Ben Berkowitz - Editing: Paul Casciato
Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:21pm EDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - It would make a good gag for a comedy if it weren't actually true: thieves have broken into a Dutch prison to steal the inmates' televisions. Twice in the last six weeks, burglars broke into a minimum-security prison and stole TVs from cells while prisoners were on weekend furloughs, a spokesman for the justice ministry said on Wednesday.
The prison, in the town of Hoorn 42 km (26 miles) northeast of Amsterdam, is for inmates near the end of their sentences.
The facility is what the Dutch government calls a "very modestly protected environment," where prisoners transition back into society. They are typically allowed weekend leave, which is when the burglars decided to take advantage.
The thefts happened on two separate weekends about a month apart in March and April. The ministry spokesman said it has still not been able to confirm how the burglars gained access. A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office in the region confirmed only that a break-in at the prison had been reported to police and added that no arrests had yet been made.

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