Air bag fatalities spur smarter designs

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Air bag manufacturers are redesigning the air-bag to include 'smart' technology which will prevent them from causing fatal injury. The innovative automobile safety device will inflate according to impact variables such as crash force, crash angle and weight of passengers. It will coordinate side air bags and lap-shoulder belt tension at crash impact and operate according to strict National Highway Transportation Safety Administration standards.

Safety and security measures, Automobiles, Design and construction, Air bag restraint systems, Airbag restraint systems

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Showdown at Yucca Mountain

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The US Energy Dept's plan to dump 70,000 Mg of plutonium and other radioactive material under Nevada's Yucca Mountain is under review following the Bowman-Venneri report indicating possible nuclear explosion. Steel corrosion over a long time may damage the containers releasing fissile material in the water and rock leading to criticality. Other studies contradict this demanding detailed analysis using actual data to asses the risks.

Analysis, Environmental aspects, Radioactive waste disposal, Yucca Mountain (Nevada)

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Chip making wet new world

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A thin layer of water between the lens and the wafer will extend the life of chip making's dominant technology, and may be worth hundreds of billions of dollars to an industry battling the limits of physics. In a matter of 12 months the future of lithography, the technology of making chips, has been upgraded by the use of extreme ultraviolet lithography, due to Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif.

Usage, Technology application, Technological innovations, Crystalline lens, Lithography (Circuit fabrication)

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