Posts Tagged ‘ Technology ’

Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008

December 29, 2008
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0. Flexible Displays Researchers have worked on thin, paperlike displays that can be folded, rolled or sewn into the sleeve of your hoodie. Flexible displays could change the way we interact with the info-universe, creating new kinds of cellphones, portable computers, e-newspapers and electronic books. Meanwhile, Hewlett Packard announced a manufacturing breakthrough that allows...

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Oil Industry and Technology

January 2, 2007
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West Texas Crude. In 1939, a huge discovery launched the Permian Basin of West Texas into one of the country’s first major domestic oil sources. By the 1980s, the local town of Midland boasted more millionaires per capita than any other city in the U.S. But shortly afterwards, when oil prices crashed, Big Oil...

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Oil Industry and Technology

January 2, 2007
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West Texas Crude. In 1939, a huge discovery launched the Permian Basin of West Texas into one of the country’s first major domestic oil sources. By the 1980s, the local town of Midland boasted more millionaires per capita than any other city in the U.S. But shortly afterwards, when oil prices crashed, Big Oil...

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