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We've all gotten in over our heads on projects before and ended up blowing more money than we thought we would. But how do you spend close to a million dollars dressing up a 13-year-old motorcoach to look a little better than it did when it was new?

Where did the money go? Well, the seller

Lately, you've probably heard a lot about "fracking," which this CNN piece describes as "the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock." While fracking proponents promise huge new gas supplies, environmentalists and others worry about the potential impact on drinking water.

A group called Unplugging and Reconnecting™ (U&R) led by clinical psychologist Dr. Joseph Geliebter urged people to disconnect from their iPhones and social media this Independence Day and instead spend more time outside and having face-to-face conversations. He said: "We urge students to

From CNET News.com:

Blackfish is a remote-controlled Jet Ski from Qinetiq that uses sonar and radar to patrol harbors for terrorist threats.

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Just like building a house that can withstand storms, building a smart grid device requires a secure operating system as the foundation. Starting with a proven, secure operating system deployed in thousands of critical applications forms the groundwork on which security for an intelligent gr

Hello all, my collegues and I are searching for an idea for a senior project. Any Ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks to all who can help!!!!

We are building a Water Pump Unit that will be capable of suppling water to a project, pressurizing that water, then recovering that same water to recycle for another project.

Ok, so here is what we have now. The engine is diesel powered at 130HP, it will have an eng

I would like to purchase or build (if the purchase price is too high) a generator-charger-battery set up to power my travel trailer. I've built a crude system that does the job except for the air conditioner. I would need ten 12volt batteries (at least) to make the 15000btu air conditioner start. Wh

I just did a search for the word "space" on CR4. The results came up all over the map, as far as what CR4 Section those questions were in. Highest percentage was "General", but they were also found in Mechanical, Communications, and New Technologies, etc.

Perhaps it's time for The CR4 Gods to creat

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i would like to know about the following case

is the power factor affects the harmonic distortion of the system?

what is the relation?

Dear all,

in minor level of capacitor,s we used "micro farad" for capacitor capacity and on major level we used "kvar" for capacitor,s. please tell me that how to convert from "kvar" to "micro farad" or micro farad to kvar. how much micro farad will be in 1 kvar?

thank,s and Regard,s.

Is it war against Google through its user by Microsoft?

I opened this morning my GMail in I-Explorer and found the warning by browser that Google is not compatible and ...

Do this and that ...

It kept blocking and opened google chrome to check if the problem is with the mail client or IE.

It ope

The scarcity of fresh water is holding up the proposed 3000 MW Blue Castle nuclear plant in Utah.

"In the United States, power generation consumes 20 percent of the water not used by agriculture. ... Gas-fired plants consume the least water per unit of energy produced; coal- and oil-fired plant

I'm curious as to why space suits were first silver colored. Wouldn't the same reasons that they are now white, have been valid reasons to make them white in the first place?

now i m doing BE, i m searching for project idea, i tried lot, but i dnt even got a real idea about bomb detector, if anybody knows plz mail me(prems.elex@gmail.com)

Readers of this newsletter are likely to be handier than the average person. When it comes to the vehicles, computers, appliances and so forth that enhance your life — what are your thoughts with how these items are sometimes made disposable as opposed to repairable? How do you feel about payi

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The ocean is a big place. And if you're going to steal a bunch of electricity from it, you'll need a big generator. A brand spankin' new Oyster 800 wave energy generator was just completed in Scotland, and this massive 85-foot-long beast will soon be cranking out hundreds of

From Engadget:

New York's boys in blue will soon be able to creep up on evildoers with even more subtlety, thanks to some new electrified vehicles the city unveiled yesterday. As part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's environmentally-friendly PlaNYC initiative, 70 new EVs have been added to t