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Mazda Demio Skyactiv tops survey of Japan Eco Cars; Prius in 2nd place

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A survey ranking Japan’s “Eco Cars” for the Japanese magazine Nikkei Trendy by research group SC-Abeam Consulting of 500 people involved in vehicle manufacturing, parts supply or sales has found a significant shift from pure economy and environmental friendliness to the more practical concern of cost.

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Battelle-R&D Magazine forecast predicts 5.2% growth in 2012 global R&D spending to $1.4+T, largely driven by Asian economies; US companies and tech providers to boost energy R&D spending by 23.1% to $6.7B

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The Battelle-R&D Magazine annual Global R&D Funding Forecast concludes that global research and development (R&D) spending will grow by about 5.2% The team from Battelle and R&D Magazine forecast that a 2.1% The US and Japan make up nearly 70% of all global ICT investments. Global R&D spending 2011. Click to enlarge.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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It is often better to fly in lifesaving supplies instead of loading trucks with supplies to bring them along roads that might not be passable anymore,” Fregene says. It offers the possibility of keeping humanitarian aid workers away from dangerous situations, as well as rescuing people trapped in disaster zones. “It

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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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Our nuclear plant is like a river that meets the ocean, supplying power to the larger electric power grid that provides electricity across North America,” Ansari says. She was inspired by her parents, who worked in biology, and by her reading of physics journals and engineering and science magazines.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. It was nearly twice as fast as existing memory products by competitors including Fairchild and the Electrotechnical Laboratory of Tsukuba, Japan. His projection came true over the decade that followed.

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When They Electrified Christmas

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Just four years later, Excelsior Supply Co. advertised "Winking Fairy Lights for Christmas Trees" in Hardware Dealers' Magazine. Austria, Germany, and Japan became famous for exporting figural bulbs. The GE lights were still out of reach for the average consumer, but prices quickly dropped as competitors entered the market.

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What the Well-Dressed Spacecraft Will Be Wearing

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Amid the many tonnes of standard crew supplies, spacewalk equipment, computer hardware, and research experiments will be one unusual package: a pair of electronic textile swatches embedded with impact and vibration sensors. Mission to Earth–Moon Lagrange Point by a 6U CubeSat: EQUULEUS ," IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine.

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