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11.24.09

Blacker Than Black Nanotubes are the New Black

The military shows interest in a new material that's 30 times as dark as the current standard—but it's good for solar panels too!

By Bjorn Carey Posted 02.20.2008 at 3:54 pm 1 Comment

We told you about a new ultra-black material back in January and guess who was the first group to come knocking on the researchers' door?

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The Top-Secret Warplanes of Area 51

Stealth jets? Hypersonic bombers? What's really being developed at the military's most famous classified base?

By Bill Sweetman Posted 10.01.2006 at 1:00 am 23 Comments

For a closer look at the exotic aircraft the Air Force might be cooking up at Area 51, launch the photo gallery.

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The Delicious BlackBerry Pearl

Hands-on with the email-friendliest cellphone

By Megan Miller Posted 09.07.2006 at 1:00 am 1 Comment

Ever since I was a wee girl with a first-generation iPod, a three-megapixel digicam, a clunky cellphone and a ginormous laptop (OK, I wasn't that wee--it was like four years ago), I've lusted after a gadget that could do everything and take up next to no space. I mean, wouldn't it be amazing to be able to shoot and store photos, surf the Web, check e-mails, and listen to music files on one device small enough to slide casually into a back pocket?

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