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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 12:32 PM Original message |
Engineer's small footprint leaves big mark on world |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Geeve um the NOBEL Prize..... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Is there a Nobel Prize for engineering? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. If there's not, there should be. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's what I'm say'n... |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Geeve this one more recommend |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. The logic behind this story, is exactly why it was bullshit to attack Al Gore |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Oh, don't get me started... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. So where is this technology being used? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Its only been invented recently...not yet implemented...BTW. its a step |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nonsense. They've been used for years...you can buy them in any of hundreds of configurations here |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yup, I stand corrected....misread the article....he is working on improvements currently |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I agree it was a great discovery/invention. They save a LOT of energy! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The IGBT? Yeah, it's used everywhere |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I would bet that not many people know who invented the transistor. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. There were three inventors |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. True. As far as I know they did. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. 3 people actually invented the transistor - Brattain, Shockley and Bardeen |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Ironically, that is probably why he's the most remembered one. |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Our golf cart uses them. It was made 12 years ago. |
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