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Totally Absurd Inventions: America's Goofiest Patents‎ Ted Vancleave - Humor - 2001 - 160 pages Each of the nearly 100 off-the-wall inventions unearthed for this collection features the detailed patent application illustration and a lively description of ... Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Rube Goldberg: inventions‎ Maynard Frank Wolfe, Rube Goldberg - Humor - 2000 - 191 pages "So welcome to a collection of spiral staircases and veal cutlets -- to the inventions of an American original, a creative genius named Rube Goldberg. Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Inventions: Great Ideas and Where They Came from‎ Sarah Houghton - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 48 pages Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Inventions: inventors & ingenious ideas‎ Peter Turvey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1994 - 48 pages Featuring color diagrams, reconstructions, and cutaways, this beautifully illustrated series from internationally acclaimed designer and creator, David Salariya ... No preview available - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Inventions: the reality of the ideal‎ Emilio Ambasz, Tadao Andō, Peter Buchanan, Fumihiko Maki - Architecture - 1992 - 360 pages Presents the recent work of this influential designer, including landscape and architectural projects as well as industrial, exhibition and graphic designs Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla‎ Nikola Tesla - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 88 pages This book should be read by anybody interested in the life of this important inventor and scientist and his important discoveries which have revolutionized the ... Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Inventions, Volume 223‎ Richard Buckminster Fuller - Patents - 1983 - 316 pages No preview available - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Inventions: their development, purchase and sale‎ William Edward Baff - Inventions - 1920 - 230 pages Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Inventions‎ Martine Podesto - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2008 - 104 pages - Exciting question-and-answer series to make key science concepts fun to learn- Colorful, easy-to-read charts, sketches, and infographics- Questions formulated ... No preview available - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼

Inventions‎ Jean Crawford, Time-Life Books, Karin Kinney - Technology & Engineering - 1994 - 87 pages Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

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An Autonomous 'Bot that Burrows Underground to Deliver Deadly Payloads

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An Autonomous 'Bot that Burrows Underground to Deliver Deadly Payloads

Something big is happening underground

By Clay Dillow


Posted 03.15.2010 at 2:01 pm


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There's been a lot of talk lately about what's happening underground, from DARPA's Transparent Earth program to subterranean navigation systems (for real). Not to be out-DARPA'd by DARPA, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency is seeking a "one-time use, air-delivered, highly mobile vehicle" that can tunnel into the earth and deliver a munitions payload underground.

The idea is for the Robotic Underground Munition to make a soft landing after being dropped from an aircraft, at which point it would traverse surface terrain to a predetermined point and start tunneling, autonomously navigating underground until it locates its target. The RUM could then deliver a payload, which could range from a strongly worded letter to a warhead.

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Computers: the life story of a technology‎ Eric Gottfrid Swedin, David L. Ferro - Technology & Engineering - 2005 - 166 pages In addition to providing a concise biography of how this technology developed, this book provides insights into how the computer has changed our lives: * ... Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Computers‎ Marjorie Eberts, Margaret Gisler - Business & Economics - 1995 - 96 pages This book is designed to help you explore the many exciting careers related to the computer. Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Computers: Faster, Smaller, and Smarter‎ Anne Rooney - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2006 - 56 pages This series investigates how discoveries are made and highlights the importance of scientific inquiry and investigation. No preview available - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Computers‎ Linda Williams - Business & Economics - 1992 - 87 pages Millions of high school graduates will go directly from school to work -- often with no career counseling. This informative series fills the gap. No preview available - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Computers: 49 science fair projects‎ Robert L. Bonnet, Dan Keen - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1990 - 174 pages Projects are in such diverse areas as statistics and probability, computer language concepts, weather, desktop publishing, and use in learning. Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Computers: Now and Into the Future‎ Steve Parker - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1999 - 32 pages Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Computers: a programming problem approach‎ - Page 1 R. Clay Sprowls - Computers - 1966 - 388 pages An understanding of each of the topics studied in this chapter is important to a study of computers. Because the ideas and the terms are new and probably ... Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Computers‎ Karen Jacobsen - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1982 - 45 pages A well-organized, lucid beginner's book on computers. Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

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Computers‎ Steve Parker - Computers - 1997 - 48 pages This 12-volume series reveals the secrets behind today's vital technologies and their applications in everyday life. Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

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New Lithium Batteries Could Remove Pesky Explosion Problem

Lithium-ion batteries used in hybrid cars, laptops and cell phones have occasionally undergone recalls and false scares concerning the possibility of exploding. Stanford University scientists have created lithium-sulfide electrodes that could create batteries that last four times longer and avoid any risk of possible explosions, Technology Review reports.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE BOOKS

Understanding social science: a philosophical introduction to the social ...‎ Roger Trigg - Social Science - 2001 - 270 pages This second edition contains three new chapters that demonstrate the relationship of the philosophy of social science to politics, and takes into account recent ... Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

The Use and abuse of social science: behavioral research and policy making‎ Irving Louis Horowitz - Social Science - 1975 - 509 pages Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Social science, Volume 56‎ - Page 2 Leroy Allen, Pi Gamma Mu - Social Science - 1981 Chancellor of the Western Region: H. CARROLL PARISH, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of La Verne, La Verne, California. SOCIAL ... Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Naturalism and social science: a post-empiricist philosophy of social science‎ David Thomas - Social Science - 1979 - 213 pages Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Social science, Volume 12‎ - Page 4 Social sciences - 1937 NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY $t #amma ifflu (INCORPORATED) (Associated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science) National ... Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Social science quarterly, Volume 63‎ Southwestern Social Science Association, University of Texas at Austin - Philosophy - 1982 Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Social science: beyond constructivism and realism‎ - Page 1 Gerard Delanty - Non-Classifiable - 1997 - 159 pages Why does society need social science? What is the current self-understanding of social science? What is the public role of social science? ... Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

Social science: an introduction to the study of society‎ - Page 1 Elgin F. Hunt, David C. Colander - Social Science - 1987 - 731 pages THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Faced with the events which affect our lives, we have two options: we can lose ourselves in a parody of reality, such as becoming ... Snippet view - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

The values of social science‎ Norman K. Denzin - Social Science - 1973 - 305 pages Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼ - More editions

The use of social science data in Supreme Court decisions‎ Rosemary J. Erickson, Rita James Simon - Law - 1998 - 190 pages The cultures of law and social science differ markedly as to the kinds of truth they pursue. Limited preview - About this book - Add to bookshelves ▼

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