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Last login: 2 hours agoGeoff: Geoff is a 30 year old guy in a relationship from San Francisco, California, USA.; Likes 1,112 pages, 141 videos, 44 photos • 1,343 fans • Received 212 reviews; Member since Jun 21, 2002

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Wind Harvest International & Wind Harvest International …: Jan 28, 6:29pm 2 reviews alternative-energy
http://www.windharvest.com/; A wind turbine that spins horizontally instead of vertically. Should be cheaper to produce and maintain than regular turbines.

How Super-Precise Atomic Clocks Will Change the World in a Decade: Dec 18, 2007 11:40am 5 reviews physics
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/time_nist?currentPage=all; From the page: "At that level, clocks will be precise enough that they'll have to correct for the relativistic effects of the shape of the earth, which changes every day in reaction to environmental factors. (Some of the research clocks already need to account for changes in the NIST building's size on a hot day.) "

Extrasolar Planets: Dec 7, 2007 6:39pm 10 reviews space-exploration, planets, extrasolar
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/; Current extrasolar planet count: 264. 6 days later: 268.

http://www.lyot.org/: Dec 3, 2007 5:49pm 2 reviews space-exploration
http://www.lyot.org/; The Lyot Project is attempting to be the first to directly photograph a planet outside our solar system (an exoplanet) by blocking out the glare caused by its parent star. They are aiming to have their first image of an exoplanet within the next 2 years.

Terahertz radiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Sep 4, 2007 5:14pm 2 reviews physics, terahertz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_radiation; Terahertz radiation (or "T-rays") can be used to create a superior medical imaging technology. They have the advantages of x-rays, without cancer risk. Even more exciting, there are prototypes of handheld terahertz scanners that could be used in airports and doctors' offices to provide instant detection of concealed weapons or cancerous tumors.