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DIYTopicTypeSlideshow

iCandy: Lights, Camera, Action

Lighting: from the personal to the municipal

1 min read

Photo: Solent News/Rex Features/AP Photo
People of a certain age can’t help but be reminded of the scene in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me when the hero drives his sports car off of a pier and the car turns into a submarine. This concept vehicle, the Volkswagen Aqua, is meant to stay above water. The hovercraft reaches 100 kilometers per hour over land, water, and ice.

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A grey gloved hand holds a black rod suctioning a silver square over an electronics testing device on a workbench.
SemiconductorsTopicTypeNews

New Techniques Can Identify Hard-to-Spot FPGA Fakes

4 min read
A woman in safety googles leans over a workbench in a lab. With one hand, she holds a small instrument, and with the other, long pole-shaped object, which she uses to manipulate a coil of copper material.
EnergyTopicTypeNews

5 Big Ideas for High-Temperature Superconductors

5 min read