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Boeing invents four-part reusable satellite launch vehicle

2015-02-26 15:41:51| Extremetech

Boeing's new patent for launching satellites sounds unnecessarily complicated at first, but it could slash the cost of getting to low-Earth orbit.

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Stanford Team Invents Sensor That Uses Radio Waves To Detect Subtle Changes In Pressure

2014-10-21 03:33:06| rfglobalnet Home Page

Stanford engineers have invented a wireless pressure sensor that has already been used to measure brain pressure in lab mice with brain injuries. By Tom Abate

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VIDEO: Intern invents 'smart' wheelchair

2014-10-05 01:00:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A 20-year-old summer intern at chip giant Intel has created an internet-connected wheelchair that could save lives.

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NRL Invents CubeSat Release Mechanism: To Deploy Solar Panels, Tethers

2014-09-04 07:23:41| rfglobalnet Home Page

When a satellite is launched into space, there's sometimes room on the rocket for a few mini satellites to hitch a ride, too. Adam Thurn, an Aerospace Engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), has invented a nichrome burn wire mechanism for these CubeSats, as they're called, to deploy something once in orbit.

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