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2008 September

Robot that keeps ships’ hulls clean

The Hismar who was funded by the European Commission, can attach to a ship magnetically. It pressure washes the hull with the surrounding sea water and it sucks up debris and growths into a filter system that can process a huge amount of water, 150 liters of water per minute. The ship doesn’t have to [...]

California bans train conductors from text messaging

Last week there was a deadly train collision outside of the Los Angeles area. The conductor had been text-messaging while on the job.
There was an emergency order that was passed on Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission,  or CPUC. The CPUC noted the lack of federal or state rules regarding the use of such [...]

VoIP Goes Mobile

VoIP services have already put a lot of pressure on landline services. Now, VoIP is putting the pressure on mobile carriers as well. More and more mobile devices like Apple’s “iPhone” are able to use software and networks a mobile VoIP client needs to operate. However, mobile carriers have set a few ground rules as [...]

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