Difficulties Plague Giant 'Mechabolic' Gasifier at Burning Man
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The creators of a 130-foot science/art project designed to highlight the relationship between mankind and our energy-hungry machines struggle to make the thing work.
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Google's searching for a solution to our fuel woes.
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The air mattress maker has another tough quarter.
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Giant video games with throaty  diesel engines powering monster-sized earth movers, excavators  and dump trucks have hardened miners at a metals conference  this week in Peru giggling like children.
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Science & environment: An engineer's skill at turning gas guzzlers into efficient cars has led rock legends and big businesses to seek out his expertise
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The Burning Man effigy, whose torching marks the highlight of the annual eponymous countercultural festival in the Nevada desert, was set on fire prematurely with arson suspected, organizers said on Tuesday.
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Circuit City gets a lump of coal in its stocking.
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Tom Shannon's massive spherical blimp design boasts 7 million LEDs. Now the challenge is to get it built. In Gadget Lab.
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The green sports car race is hyped this week with a hybrid Honda mean machine. Have fun, but hold off on the eco kudos -- these rides burn hydrocarbons. In Epicenter.
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Conventional silicon based microchips have been known to be problematic at high temperatures, often due to heat generated by the circuit within while operating at high frequencies.
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By Elliott Minor, Associated Press  ALBANY, Ga. -- For a quarter century, chefs at pricey steakhouses have been searing meat on burners that cook with infrared energy. Now the high-temperature technology may be coming to a backyard barbecue near you.
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Hybrids, ethanol, and batteries are on the mind of General Motors' Rick Wagoner at CES 2008.
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NASA's thermal-imaging sensor helps fight the flames.
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Test results on fuel which is said to have caused problems for thousands of drivers are due to be released.
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Finding a cheap way to produce hydrogen fuel has been something of a Holy Grail to energy researchers for years. Recently, teams across the world announced advances, but observers say some promises are running ahead of results. By DaithÃ­ Ã hAnluain.
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To first-time viewers, the 50-foot-high Forevertron might look like nothing more than 320 tons of towering scrap metal. But its creator says it's also an antigravity machine designed to propel him to the heavens. Michelle Delio reports from Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
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In China, where coal is king, the governmentâs push to increase the use of alternative energies faces obstacles, from bureaucracy to bottlenecks in manufacturing.