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TIME Magazine Person of the Year 2009: Ben Bernanke Is The Man Of The Year

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December 16th, 2009

Each year the TIME Magazine names the Person of the Year, or the most important of all human living on this planet. This year the prestigious award goes to Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Bernanke is at his second term in charge of the Federal Reserve as he was nominated by [...]

Copenhagen Wheel, Biking 2.0’ revolution

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December 16th, 2009

Presented at the largest environment summit since Kioto, MIT`s latest toy, Copenhagen Wheel made a great sensation among people with the technologies integrated into the device.  The wheel integrates a device that can recover energy in the breaking recuperative energy process, has integrated sensors which can monitor the air quality, carbon dioxide level, temperature, and [...]

MIT Researchers Develop Virus-based Batteries To Power Devices and Hybrid Cars

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April 3rd, 2009

The scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are not wasting their time, and they have developed a new type of Lithium-ion battery which is based on bacterial viruses. The MIT researchers have managed to build the positively and negatively charged ends of a battery from genetically engineered viruses for the first time in history. [...]

MIT Researchers Develop Graphene-based Microchip That Can Operate At 1,000GHz

March 26th, 2009

Researchers at MIT have developed a graphene-based microchip that can operate at 1,000GHz, a much higher speed that conventional silicon chips would ever dream of reaching. These ultra-fast microchips can improve the data transfer rate for cellphones, computers, or other electronic devices. When it was discovered in 2004, graphene was regarded as a material that [...]