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kcurtis writes:
"Closed for Reflection" on the http://piratbyran.org/ site, and no response from the http://thepiratebay.org/ site. Party leader Rick Falk Vinge is quoted from a swedish radio station interview here.
The google translation says "On its website, type-piracy lobby organization that has been closed for reflection, and a co-founder says that the commitment become smaller and smaller lately. For Pirate Party Pirate Bureau has meant a lot, "said party leader Rick Falk Vinge."
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kcurtis writes:
According to the Boston Globe, MIT Researchers lit a light bulb remotely. The successful experiment to lit a 60-watt light bulb from a power source two meters away, with no physical connection between the power source and the light bulb. Details about WiTricity, or wireless electricity, are scheduled to be reported today in Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said.
89924
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kcurtis writes:
The AP (via boston.com) has a story about how MIT scientists have detailed a breakthrough in optics that could lead to cheaper, more efficient optic communications. From the story: "Like polarizing sunglasses that block light waves oriented in different directions, the MIT researchers created a clever device that splits the light beams as they pass through a circuit. The device then rotates one of the polarized beams, before both beams are rejoined on their way out of the circuit, retaining the signals' strength.
But it's not just that device that the researchers are touting.
They're also trumpeting the innovative method they devised to integrate the optical circuitry with electronic circuitry on the same silicon chip."
