Researchers target urine-powered robot
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Urine could move from being a waste product to become a useful fuel, if researchers in Bristol get their way. The team at Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL) is investigating the use of urine within Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), which use bacterial cultures to break down organic material to create power. MFCs are a developing technology used to power autonomous robots.
Researchers at BRL, which is a collaboration between the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England (UWE), have spent three and a half years developing a wastewater-powered robot with an artificial stomach, thanks to EU and EPSRC funding.
2010 vocational holidays for engineering professions
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Do you know kazakh vocational holidays for engineering professions? Now, you can see them.
April
Geologist Day is the first Sunday of April (in 2010 - 4 April).
World aviation and space Day is 12 April.
RoK Firefighting Service Day is 17 April.
Worlds Radio amateur’s Day - 18 April.
AWARD.kz-2010 web sites competition
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On 17 August we joined the AWARD.kz-2010 web-site contest in ‘Social organizations’ nomination. We will fight for the first place!
Please, support us visiting our pages more frequently and discussing in forum! You also can vote for us till 16 September, the last day of competition!
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Student invents the 'intelligent' plant pot that lights up when it needs watering
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By the time an ailing house plant sends out a distress signal, it is usually too late. But the days of wilting stems and yellowing leaves could soon be over thanks to an ‘intelligent’ pot which tells you when the plant needs some help. The ‘Tulipe’ pot glows bright red at the base when its sensors detect that temperature, light or moisture are not at optimum levels. Student Natalie King with the 'Tulipe' plant pot that glows red whenever the plant is in danger of becoming too hot, too cold, too light, too dark or too dry.
China launches new global positioning satellite
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China took a further step on Sunday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services.
A rocket carrying the fifth of a planned array of 35 orbiters blasted off from the Xichang space launch center in Sichuan, southwest China, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Beijing started a drive to end its reliance on the U.S. Global Positioning System in 2000, when it sent an experimental pair of positioning satellites into orbit.