4:17 PM
Trading company officials say that China has stopped exports of rare earth elements to Japan, with tensions escalating over a territorial dispute between the countries. Beijing also wants a Chinese fishing boat captain released immediately after he was arrested after a collision between his boat and 2 Japanese coast guard vessels:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/09/Manufacturing-Policy-Traders-China-halts-rare-earth-exports-to-Japan/
Measurements with atomic clocks have confirmed Einstein's theory that time passes faster at higher elevations. In fact, they have shown that you age faster when you stand even just a couple of steps higher on a staircase. The difference is imperceptible, but a single foot of elevation apparently changes how quickly time passes and thus quickly humans age:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/09/Physics-Test-Measurement-Atomic-clocks-reveal-affect-of-altitude-on-aging/
Solar Wind Power satellites could provide 100 billions times the world's current energy needs:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/09/solar-wind-power-swp-satellites-could.html
Researchers showed that water-gel-based solar devices ("artificial leaves") can act like solar cells to produce electricity in ways that closely mimic nature. This could be a cheaper and more environmentally friendly way to produce solar cells:
http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/176mkvelevartificialleaves/
A new study found that texting while driving likely caused more than 16,000 road fatalities between 2002 and 2007:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0923/Texting-caused-total-distracted-driving-deaths-to-rise-study-finds
Clearwire needs more funding to build their network and they are looking to either get an investment from a company such as T-Mobile or from the sale of some of their wireless spectrum. Their CEO talked about how they are negotiating with T-Mobile right now and if they do not come to an agreement they hope that Clearwire will be a customer for their network:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68M5N420100923
Analysis about how the FCC approving "white spaces" devices is a big win for Dell, Microsoft and Google:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092306236.html
The iPhone ranked #1 for the 4th year in a row for smartphone customer satisfaction. Motorola and HTC were 2nd and 3rd, respectively, with Motorola closer to Apple in customer satisfaction than any company was last year:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9187778/J.D._Power_ranks_iPhone_No._1_in_customer_satisfaction?taxonomyId=12
HTC says that they will not offer its Sense user interface on its first batch of Windows Phone 7-based smartphones, unlike how they have Sense on Android. HTC mentioned that they will have LTE smartphones next year:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/htc-we-wont-add-complete-sense-ui-wp7/2010-09-24
Montana woman fended off a bear attack with a zucchini from her garden:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092302762.html
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/09/Manufacturing-Policy-Traders-China-halts-rare-earth-exports-to-Japan/
Measurements with atomic clocks have confirmed Einstein's theory that time passes faster at higher elevations. In fact, they have shown that you age faster when you stand even just a couple of steps higher on a staircase. The difference is imperceptible, but a single foot of elevation apparently changes how quickly time passes and thus quickly humans age:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/09/Physics-Test-Measurement-Atomic-clocks-reveal-affect-of-altitude-on-aging/
Solar Wind Power satellites could provide 100 billions times the world's current energy needs:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/09/solar-wind-power-swp-satellites-could.html
Researchers showed that water-gel-based solar devices ("artificial leaves") can act like solar cells to produce electricity in ways that closely mimic nature. This could be a cheaper and more environmentally friendly way to produce solar cells:
http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/176mkvelevartificialleaves/
A new study found that texting while driving likely caused more than 16,000 road fatalities between 2002 and 2007:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0923/Texting-caused-total-distracted-driving-deaths-to-rise-study-finds
Clearwire needs more funding to build their network and they are looking to either get an investment from a company such as T-Mobile or from the sale of some of their wireless spectrum. Their CEO talked about how they are negotiating with T-Mobile right now and if they do not come to an agreement they hope that Clearwire will be a customer for their network:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68M5N420100923
Analysis about how the FCC approving "white spaces" devices is a big win for Dell, Microsoft and Google:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092306236.html
The iPhone ranked #1 for the 4th year in a row for smartphone customer satisfaction. Motorola and HTC were 2nd and 3rd, respectively, with Motorola closer to Apple in customer satisfaction than any company was last year:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9187778/J.D._Power_ranks_iPhone_No._1_in_customer_satisfaction?taxonomyId=12
HTC says that they will not offer its Sense user interface on its first batch of Windows Phone 7-based smartphones, unlike how they have Sense on Android. HTC mentioned that they will have LTE smartphones next year:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/htc-we-wont-add-complete-sense-ui-wp7/2010-09-24
Montana woman fended off a bear attack with a zucchini from her garden:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092302762.html