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Is the Internet fridge making a comeback?

Remember the refrigerators connected to the internet that allowed you to surf the web right from your fridge door? Well they may have been a big flop during the dot com boom, appliances that are wired to the internet are showing up again for the whole house, and this time they may save you some money.

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Wind power is facing a new obstacle.

Those who work to harness the wind have had run-ins in the past with those who, for various reasons, oppose this renewable energy source. But this time the wind is up against a formidable foe in the Mohave Desert . . . The U.S. military.

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Could the car of the future be fueled by . . . a single malt?

Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland have developed a bio-fuel made from whisky by-products. The new fuel has the potential to generate up to 30% more power than ethanol.


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