[FPSPACE] FW: Hypersonic planes, transparent battery & more

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: SCI FI Tech <tech at scifi.com>
>To: SCIFI.COM Members <scifi at nbcuni.com>
>Subject: Hypersonic planes, transparent battery & more
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:03:37 -0400 (EDT)
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>SCI FI TECH Newsletter | 02/22/2007
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>Virgin Galactic and NASA Team Up for Super-Speedy Hypersonic Flights
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>Virgin Galactic has huge wads of cash and NASA has lots of research chops, 
>so the two plan to combine those strengths to develop this hypersonic 
>plane, which they say could go Mach 5. That'd make New York to L.A. a 
>45-minute trip.
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>This kind of point-to-point speed is nothing new for the U.S. space agency, 
>which has already tested a jet that can go twice that fast, hitting 7,000 
>mph. The idea here is to make super speed more financially feasible, 
>opening it up to you and me.
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>The space plane would hit 3,500 mph by flying at 95,000 feet and higher, 
>where there's very little air to slow it down. Is this like that spacecraft 
>we mentioned earlier that uses magnetic fields to move?
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>Nope. This technology, which NASA has already proven with two test flights, 
>compresses air flowing into the plane's engine using the same shock waves 
>that are created at such intense speeds. Once the plane gets up to 
>supersonic speeds, this scramjet technology, as it's called, takes over, 
>and it requires no moving parts.
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>More top tech headlines:
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>Too Good to Be True: Transparent Battery
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>Besides being see-through, this battery is thinner than a strand of hair.
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>New Paint Blocks Wi-Fi, Goes Great with Tinfoil Hats
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>Put up a couple coats of this stuff, and no one will ever steal your Wi-Fi 
>again.
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>Relativity Watch, a Timepiece Only Einstein Could Love
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>A bizarre wristwatch that keeps time… secret?
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>Review: Bose In-Ear Headphones Make a Comeback
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>Bose aims at — and listens to — the iPod crowd with its upgraded earbuds.
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