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Do Want a New Car Every Day?

Do Want a New Car Every Day?

Want to show support for your favorite team? What if you could change the color of your car to black and gold (or red and white) in seconds? Scientists have developed a paramagnetic paint that can change color like a football fan changes a T-shirt. Itâ’s all part of the amazing world of materials thatâ’s covered in three-minute podcasts on â’Materials Radio,â’ a new service of ASM International, the materials information society. â’Have a New Car Color Every Dayâ’ was written and produced by Andrea Dangelewicz of the Clemson University Materials Advantage Chapter. Hereâ’s how the quick-change paint works:...

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Technology :: Kindle Alternatives

Technology :: Kindle Alternatives

Oprah Winfrey (a daytime diva and one of the richest women in the world) recommended the Kindle, Amazon.com’s digital-book reader. An Oprah Winfrey called the Kindle “life changing” and her “new favorite device.” Life changing?  Wow.  But at $350 initial investment is the Kindle a smart solutions?  Note: There is a $50 discount to people who keyed in the code ‘OprahWinfrey’ to make the Kindle a cheap $309.  Is there something better? Alternatives to Kindle Using your existing cell phone, PDA or Smartphone.  There is no reason to go out and spend for another gadget.  There are in fact free...

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$10,000 Scholarship

$10,000 Scholarship

Has the perfect storm of record gas prices and soaring tuition bills got you down? mental_floss can’t help you at the pump, but it has found a way to ease your tuition pain. A few well-chosen words (750 or less, to be exact) will knock $10,000 each off the tuition tab for five winners of the mental_floss Tuition Giveaway contest. By simply coming up with the best answer to the question: “Why are you the most deserving person on the planet to win a scholarship?” you can walk away with ten grand to ease your tuition pain at Stickershock...

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