Silicon sniffer
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Engineers Billy Boyle, Andrew Koehl and David Ruiz-Alonso have developed a button-size chemical sensor prototype for detecting trace amounts of explosives before their detonation. High-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) is the analytic technique applied for detecting the signature smell of the substance.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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Heavenly music in your hand
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The Delphi XM2Go MyFi is one of a new generation of handheld satellite radio receivers, a great gadget, which represents the first real alternative to the iPod. It is built by electronics maker Delphi to receive the XM satellite radio service, the device offers 100 channels devoted to musical genre.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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Supersonic pulse power
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The article explains a new design of the pulse jet that will convert the fuel-stingy aircraft engine to a more powerful engine with effective thrust production.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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