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Toshiba shows prototype fast-charging laptop battery | InfoWorld | News | 2008-09-30 | By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service

SCiB, or Super Charge Ion Batteries, are designed to recharge to 90 percent capacity within 10 minutes, and will last longer and endure more recharge cycles than current lithium-ion batteries.

SCiB batteries can endure 5,000 to 6,000 recharge cycles, compared to around 500 cycles for standard lithium-ion batteries

Man who kicked chihuahua to death given slap on wrist – The Mainichi Daily News

Tanaka was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years, for property damage and violating the Animal Welfare Law. A 1 million yen damages settlement has been reached.

Japan’s first passenger jet plane boasts high ceiling, large legroom – The Mainichi Daily News

There is room for 70 to 96 seats (four per row) inside the roomy MRJ and a 2.01-meter-high ceiling that is relatively higher than common small airplanes.

Japanese scientists identify daytime sleepiness gene | Japan Probe

It occurs in 1 out of 2,500 individuals in the United States and Europe, but is at least 4 times more frequent in Japanese.

The researchers analyzed the genomes, or DNA, of 222 narcoleptic Japanese and 389 others who did not have that condition, and one gene variant occurred with significant frequency among those with narcolepsy, they wrote in a paper published in Nature Genetics.

DailyTech – CEATEC 2008 Opens Its Doors in Japan

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Team finds Earth’s ‘oldest rocks’

Earth’s most ancient rocks, with an age of 4.28 billion years, have been found on the shore of Hudson Bay, Canada.

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AnandTech: Debunking Power Supply Myths.

Excellent article by Anandtech about PC PSUs

DailyTech – Rejected By World, Rogue Inventor Turns to China to Build His Space Drive

He drew up plans for an exotic space engine unlike any the world had seen.  It would use a relativistic trick, first envisioned by Allen Cullen in the 1950s, to convert electricity into microwaves, which would then provide a supposedly incredible thrust.  At Astrium, his outlandish ideas were met with scorn.  He recalls, “I was told in no uncertain terms to drop it.  This came from the very top.”

So Mr. Shawyer went rogue, leaving his cushy desk job to design his engine, the EmDrive on his own.  Reportedly he succeeded.

A flight to Mars might take only 41 days.  Further, it will cut the weight and costs of satellites approximately in half, as satellites require heavy boosters to maintain orbit.

DailyTech – MIT Discovers “Breakthrough of the Decade”, Could Affect Everything From Cars to Golf

New insight into fluid behavior may allow for better fuel economy, better golf balls

DailyTech – Researchers Find Synthetic Protein Which May Help Prevent Spread of Cancer

Collaborative research finds a poorly understood protein could aid in the battle against cancer.

DailyTech – Study Shows Average User Is Pretty Stupid When It Comes to Popups

DailyTech – Two Earth-like Planets Around a Distant Star Collide

DailyTech – World’s First Wave Power Plant Opens In Europe

New “sea snake” wave plant will carry a price tag of around $13.1M USD and will generate 2.25 MW