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Entertainment & Gaming

Unwire Your Xbox

By Posted on 1.5.2009 22 Comments
This 50-foot Ethernet cable snaking all the way through my apartment from the router in the bedroom to my Xbox 360 in the living room? That's how I used to play videogames online. The Xbox doesn't come with wireless capability built in, and I didn't want to shell out the extra $100 -- a third the price of the console itself -- for Microsoft's wireless adapter. Third-party wireless bridges cost a bit less but are still pricey. Finally, though, I found a way to ditch the giant wire with a solution that cost me only 40 bucks.

1.1.2009 at 02:15am - Comment by Fat Onion

BTW Happy New Year To All...2009...Yeaooow
Entertainment & Gaming

Unwire Your Xbox

By Posted on 1.5.2009 22 Comments
This 50-foot Ethernet cable snaking all the way through my apartment from the router in the bedroom to my Xbox 360 in the living room? That's how I used to play videogames online. The Xbox doesn't come with wireless capability built in, and I didn't want to shell out the extra $100 -- a third the price of the console itself -- for Microsoft's wireless adapter. Third-party wireless bridges cost a bit less but are still pricey. Finally, though, I found a way to ditch the giant wire with a solution that cost me only 40 bucks.

1.1.2009 at 02:14am - Comment by Fat Onion

Microsoft needs to lower the price of there adaptor to $29.99 so people can buy it in droves.$100 is a rip off!!!
Entertainment & Gaming

Unwire Your Xbox

By Posted on 1.5.2009 22 Comments
This 50-foot Ethernet cable snaking all the way through my apartment from the router in the bedroom to my Xbox 360 in the living room? That's how I used to play videogames online. The Xbox doesn't come with wireless capability built in, and I didn't want to shell out the extra $100 -- a third the price of the console itself -- for Microsoft's wireless adapter. Third-party wireless bridges cost a bit less but are still pricey. Finally, though, I found a way to ditch the giant wire with a solution that cost me only 40 bucks.

1.1.2009 at 02:14am - Comment by Fat Onion

Microsoft needs to lower the price of there adaptor to $29.99 so people can buy it in droves.$100 is a rip off!!!
Science

A Cure for AIDS

By Julia Wallace Posted on 11.14.2008 16 Comments
Holy crap. These guys in Germany just cured AIDS! Of course, the procedure is so expensive, complicated, and risky that it's not replicable as a large-scale public health strategy, but we'll ignore that for a minute. Here's how they did it.

11.18.2008 at 11:43pm - Comment by Fat Onion

I thought a cure for this was found last century. One Cure Method Patent# 5676977 Creation of HIV Patent# 4647773
Science

A Cure for AIDS

By Julia Wallace Posted on 11.14.2008 16 Comments
Holy crap. These guys in Germany just cured AIDS! Of course, the procedure is so expensive, complicated, and risky that it's not replicable as a large-scale public health strategy, but we'll ignore that for a minute. Here's how they did it.

11.18.2008 at 11:43pm - Comment by Fat Onion

I thought a cure for this was found last century. One Cure Method Patent# 5676977 http://patft.uspto.gov Creation of HIV Patent# 4647773 http://patft.uspto.gov
Science

Better Than Switchgrass

By Posted on 8.15.2008 13 Comments
Move over, switchgrass. There's a new miracle crop on the horizon. Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign indicates that a perennial grass named Miscanthus x giganteus can produce about two and a half times more ethanol per acre than either corn or switchgrass.

8.16.2008 at 11:06am - Comment by Fat Onion

It would make sense to just build 200 Maglev Turbines to power all homes and electric vehicles in the USA. 1 Maglev Turbine Last Over 200 YEARS and can power 750,000 households. Cost about $80 Million to build one. 200 Turbines Would Only Cost About $16 Billion... compare that to what the US spends on the Iraq war in a couple months!!!
Science

Why Aren't Batteries Better Yet?

By Posted on 8.13.2008 16 Comments
PopSci reader VectorAKA2004 raises a good question: "I wonder why batteries are lagging behind portable technologies. We advance cell phones and all kinds of things so far and still barely have the power to run them. We have yet to create batteries that can efficiently store solar energy, or other renewable energy sources." What do you think? Discuss in the comments. Submit your science and technology questions to fyi@popsci.com.

8.13.2008 at 08:37pm - Comment by Fat Onion

Nanotube Batteries AKA "Super Battery"
The Environment

Wind-Powered Town

By Posted on 7.24.2008 10 Comments
As researchers find new technologies to power the world of the future, the answer may be blowing in the wind. Across the country, wind-generated power has been showing the potential to be a significant energy generator. Last week, Rock Port, Missouri, became the first city in the United States to generate its electricity entirely through wind-powered technology. Meanwhile, Texas, known for its oil connections, has become the nation's largest producer of wind-powered energy and is investing almost $5 billion in a wind power project.

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7.28.2008 at 04:24am - Comment by Fat Onion

I read about MagLev Wind Turbines on this website. If these turbines can do what they say they can do, they should be everywhere. According to Popular Science, ONE maglev wind turbine can power 750,000 homes. I read one of these turbines cost under $55 Million to produce. I figure there are 100 Million USA households. It would take about 135 of them to power every house hold. It would cost 8.1 Billion dollars. Twice as many turbines could perhaps fulfill this countries (USA) energy needs. These cost are nothing compared to cost such as war in Iraq...over $500 Billion.
The Environment

Wind-Powered Town

By Posted on 7.24.2008 10 Comments
As researchers find new technologies to power the world of the future, the answer may be blowing in the wind. Across the country, wind-generated power has been showing the potential to be a significant energy generator. Last week, Rock Port, Missouri, became the first city in the United States to generate its electricity entirely through wind-powered technology. Meanwhile, Texas, known for its oil connections, has become the nation's largest producer of wind-powered energy and is investing almost $5 billion in a wind power project.

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7.28.2008 at 04:23am - Comment by Fat Onion

I read about MagLev Wind Turbines on this website. If these turbines can do what they say they can do, they should be everywhere. According to Popular Science, ONE maglev wind turbine can power 750,000 homes. I read one of these turbines cost under $55 Million to produce. I figure there are 100 Million USA households. It would take about 135 of them to power every house hold. It would cost 8.1 Billion dollars. Twice as many turbines could perhaps fulfill this countries (USA) energy needs. These cost are nothing compared to cost such as war in Iraq...over $500 Billion.