Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

How to Make Ethanol

Monday, April 12th, 2010

For centuries there have been people who made ethyl alcohol, or ethanol. Now a lot of people are wanting to learn how to make ethanol. But for years it wasn’t called ethanol. Many people know of it as moonshine. Moonshine is the stuff that people think of being made in a still nestled deep in the Appalachian Mountains by a man missing a few teeth. But if people knew that the same steps that are needed for creating moonshine are the ones that are used to make ethanol, they would be surprised. So with the constant rise in gasoline prices many people are wanting to learn how to make ethanol.

There are a couple of ways that are used to make ethanol. There is both wet and dry milling. These are two very different ways that are used with the making of ethanol. Wet milling only accounts for about eighteen percent of all ethanol production whereas dry milling is the most commonly used at eighty two percent of production. These are some things that you will need to know when you learn how to make ethanol.

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How Does The Iphone Work?

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

As you may be aware, iPhone is a cellular phone created by Apple. The tool combines an iPod music/video player, a mobile phone, an web web and email client, as well as a handheld application platform. The iPhone 3GS  has up to 32 GB of storage space for music, movies, podcasts, and other applications. It is estimated that a 32 GB iPhone can hold around 6000 typical pop songs.

Part of the iPhone’s storage is used for the operating method and for optional third-party applications and so not all of this space is available to store songs and videos. The iPhone will serve as a camera phone, multimedia player and Web service for those on the move.

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Bio Fuels

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

As the term suggests, bio-fuels are fuels that are formed when biological matter decomposes. The bio-fuels are mostly derived from plants. Bio-fuels exist in all the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.

Difference between bio-fuels and fossil fuels Bio-fuels are different from fossil fuels in the following ways:

• Fossil fuels take a million years to build whereas bio-fuels can be made very quick, in a matter of days.

• Fossil fuels generate large amounts of pollution. Bio-fuels are comparatively safer.

• Bio-fuels are renewable sources of energy unlike fossil fuels.

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GPS and WAAS

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The term WAAS as it applies to Gps navigation…what is this,plus what does it mean for you?

WAAS is an acronym for Wide Area Augmentation System.

One will likely have noticed it on ads and containers for Garmin hand held and other GPS units. The big question is….what is it?

WAAS is a system of satellites and ground stations that provide GPS signal corrections, giving you even greater location accuracy.

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Spyware

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Spyware” has evolved in to the cyber era as the most hazardous, damaging & menacing technological appliance in current history. It is no aggravation of statement that if you are linked to the Net, there is every chance of being affected by this nuisance. So, it is in lovely time they ought to possess a peripheral view about “spyware”. It was on 16th October 1996, when the word “spyware” was used in the public for the first time. It appeared on the Usenet. Fundamentally it was on an article sarcastically aimed at the business strategies of the global leader Microsoft. Later still, around about the year 1999, its usage was synonymous to spy equipment like microphone bugs or miniature cameras.

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