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Pumps Without Moving Parts

Posted by timothy on from the like-my-brains dept.

madprof writes "A researcher at Cambridge University has developed a usefully efficient thermofluidic pump to benefit some of the world's poorest people by performing irrigation and other tasks. Tom Smith has been awarded Science Graduate of the Year by the Royal Institution of Great Britain for this breakthrough and is giving a public lecture on 6th October in London. A great example of scientific innovation directly benefiting people."

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  1. Cynical? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Oh, it might be yet another hyped no-news filler but ugh! /.ers pour silly remarks on the latest SCO news, flame away while discussing cpu archs, compete for -5 funny on the latest M$ exploit... preach to the choir on the latest distro... and here we have 4 comments... Hmm... don't blame FOX for the shit it pours... you get what you deserve....