It's highest priority for national policy to have alternatives to your choice: a) importing as much oil as we do from the places we get it; b) putting more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere; c) both of the above. Everybody agrees. Corn to ethanol...
A concept for indoor illumination using sunlight is described in this paper. For this system, a tracking concentrator on the building roof follows the sun and focuses sunlight into a light guide. A system of transparent light guides distributes the sunlight to interior rooms. In this system, a cold mirror...
Sunlight is nature's antidepressant. By letting in daylight, skylights can enhance a room and even save energy in some cases. This article focuses on skylights, which are often the most dramatic and effective way to make a difference in the day-lighting of a new or existing home. This article presents...
Harnessing the sun's energy with a passive solar design can mean substantial savings on utility bills. All that extra heat and sunlight can also pose some decorating challenges. Unless you plan carefully, their decorating scheme will interfere with the efficiency of their passive solar design, and the heat and sunlight...
The Fan-Attic system uses the sun for power. From Sun Tunnel Systems Inc., San Jose, it works by collecting sunlight from a rooftop solar panel. Two 18-awg lead wires carry power directly from the panel to the positive and negative terminals of a L ...
The new sunlight readable LCD display system with surface luminosity of 1800 nits (cd/m) and a screen diagonal of 12.1 inches measures 1.25 inches thick. The Phoenix uses a backlighting and optical filter system to produce a high-resolution screen The new sunlight readable...
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has announced a family of high-intensity low-current, single-digit, seven-segment displays that provide desirable readability even in direct sunlight. The Vishay Semiconductors TDSR Series displays, utilizing AllnGaP tech Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has announced a family of high-intensity low-current, single-digit, seven-segment displays that ...
"Shadows and Sunlight," an original oil painting by local artist William R. Fischer, is being raffled as a scholarship fund-raiser for Cascade Artists. The painting is 16-by-20-inches with a spring scene from Nahahum Canyon. "Shadows and Sunlight," an original oil painting by local ...
EC&M presents the second in a four-part analysis of the most important revisions to the 1999 NEC. In keeping with our tradition of translating the NEC's changes every three years and keeping you informed of revisions that will affect you, ...
AsiaInfo Services 03-25-2002 Nissan Fengshen "Sunlight 2.0" Would be Rolled Out Next Year CHINA, Mar 25, 2002 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- Nissan Fengshen "Sunlight 2.0" under 0.2 million yuan would launched in 2003 in Chinese m AsiaInfo Services ...
The new UBS Tower under construction in Chicago has been designed to allow more sunlight inside, and some offices will be equipped with sensors that automatically dim lights during peak daylight hours. Tenants at Woodfield Preserve Office Center in The new UBS Tower under...
The mood on our "short bus" hauling a mixed bag of veterans around a military hospital was light with laughter and the inevitable silly stories of how we'd been whacked, dropped or crunched. The topic turned to places and times we'd served. The eldest of us was a gentleman with...
INTRODUCTION Associated with the increasing use of fossil fuels has been an increase in ozone precursors in the atmosphere. Ozone is produced photochemically from these precursor compound,s including reactive organic compounds ROC, carbon monoxide CO, in the presence of nitrogen oxides ([NO.sub.x]) and sunlight. For over two decades,...
As the autumn sunlight streams through creamy Roman blinds, nine women tuck themselves into comfy chairs or settle on Elizabeth Fishel's cozy couch to talk about life, love and literary pursuits. But while the scenario sounds a lot like a book club, the writing they're discussing is their own. ...
Q I LOVE the ready-made curtains for my living room, but they're not lined. Can I buy a separate lining and how would I hang them? - Laura Alexander, Cheltenham, Glos A ZENA SAYS: Yes, a ready-made loose lining is the answer....
PsychoGeography I well remember sitting at a bar in Logan Airport, Boston, and watching the great cattledammerung of the mid-1990s on a flickering TV: mechanical grabbers lifting up tons of twitching steak tartare and dropping it into enormous trenches. It looked like the smorgasbord of...
Early Stage Invention is Advancement Toward Artificial Lungs COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Astronauts, submariners, miners, and those suffering from lung ailments take note: Innovation is coming to the rescue. A group of scientists from Battelle has earned a patent for generating oxygen in a process that mimics photosynthesis. ...
Founding Members Include Concentrix Solar, Emcore, ISFOC, Isofoton, and SolFocus SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Founding members today announced the establishment of an industry organization -- the CPV Consortium -- focused on supporting the development and optimizing the success of concentrating photovoltaics CPV as a mainstream...
Early Stage Invention is Advancement toward Artificial Lungs COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Astronauts, submariners, miners, and those suffering from lung ailments take note: Innovation is coming to the rescue. A group of scientists from Battelle has earned a patent for generating oxygen in...
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