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New Solar Tech Uses Both Light, Heat To Nearly Triple Energy-Gathering Efficiency

Stanford engineers have figured out a new way to make solar panels that use both the sun’s light and heat to generate energy. It’s a discover that could double the efficiency of solar panels.

July 11, 2010
Gadgets

The Idea Behind Stanford’s New Library: Remove All The Books

Stanford University’s new Engineering Library is scheduled to open this August, and when it does, it will have 85 per cent less books than the one it’s replacing. It’s a big step toward what the school’s librarians envision as a bookless future.

July 14, 2009

Stanford Cart: When Robots Started Seeing In 3D

Terminators have night and infrared vision. But they had to start somewhere, right? In 1979, a robot at Stanford called Cart that was radio-linked to a mainframe tracked and navigated 3D obstacles using a sliding camera for stereoscopic vision.

September 20, 2007
Uncategorized

Stanford’s Folding @ Home has just crossed …

Stanford’s Folding @ Home has just crossed the petaflop barrier thanks to all those PS3′s cranking away because there aren’t any decent games to play. And for those not versed in science, petaflop means a Marco Materazzi amount of flops. It’s science. [Folding]

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