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Fast Company September 1, 2007 Michael A. Prospero	By The People, For The People Consumer-electronics companies are embracing the open-source model -- enlisting volunteer developers, designers, and just regular folk -- to create cooler products for all their customers.
PC Magazine September 4, 2007	Green Tech Tracker: The Power-Hungry Digital Lifestyle Newer technology is responsible for a dramatically increasing amount of household energy costs.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Selling Lighting by the Metric Ton of Carbon LED lighting outfit Lamina thinks builders will be turned on by greenhouse-gas reduction more than by wattage savings.
Chemistry World August 14, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Origami Batteries Unfurled Scientists in the US have developed ultra-thin batteries by integrating carbon nanotubes into the structure of paper.
Popular Mechanics August 14, 2007 Erik Sofge	Top 4 New Breakthrough Combat Devices: Live @ DARPATech Here are some of the programs that might give U.S. warfighters an edge: ATK caseless ammunition system... Crosswinds Sensor System for Snipers... etc.
Popular Mechanics August 8, 2007 Erik Sofge	Top 3 Robots Coming Soon to the Battlefield: Live @ DARPATech Blind walkers, backpack-able Navy UAVs, a serious Army hover machine: Just a couple standouts from military 'bot central for 2007. Little Dog... MAV: Micro Air Vehicle... etc.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Sarah Adee	Energy Regulators Adjust to a Tidal Gold Rush The number of real opportunities for tidal energy -- where incoming and outgoing tides drive underwater turbines -- is small. But the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is trying to clear the path and bring tidal energy into the 21st century.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Samuel K. Moore	Z-RAM to Take on DRAM with Hynix Deal The Swiss memory company Innovative Silicon says it has struck a deal to license its technology to the No. 2 maker of standalone DRAM memory chips, Hynix Semiconductor, based in Inchon, South Korea. The technology, called Z-RAM could double the density of Hynix's memory chips.
Popular Mechanics August 7, 2007 Nick Mokey	DIY Rally 2007 Runners-Up, Part 9: Beaten by the Telescope Here are three do it yourself projects that play with light.
Chemistry World August 7, 2007 Simon Hadlington	The Burning Issue In an effort to clean up fossil-fuel power stations, scientists have completed a project to create ceramic straws that can produce a stream of pure oxygen from air.
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