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• 'Gizmo House' residents helped by technology
PLANTATION, Fla. - From the outside, the one-story pink house on the quiet, tree-lined street looks like any other in South Florida's suburbia. But once you go through the glass double doors, it's obvious: This home is different. Doors and lights ...
• Secret for efficient ethanol in cows' stomachs?
Kansas-based Edenspace Systems Corp. beat out four other competitors to secure the rights to Sticklen's technology. "We see this whole area of developing new, value-added crops as one of the key elements in solving the world's need for more food and ...
• Colon cancer screenings can stop at 75
PHILADELPHIA - Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — in a break with other ...
• Scientists develop solar cells with a twist
Rogers said his technology uses conventional single crystal silicon. "It's robust. It's highly efficient. But in its current form, it's rigid and fragile," he said. Rogers' team uses a special etching method that slices chips off the surface of a bulk ...
• 3D Imaging Spreads to Fashion and Beyond
No longer just the stuff of Hollywood movies and Silicon Valley video games, 3D technology is changing the way people do business everywhere. Consider Lori Coulter, a women's swimsuit designer inside the Macy's (M) at the Chesterfield Mall about 30 ...