There is a useful app for Windows 2K I use on a regular basis called Where Is It? (http://www.whereisit-soft.com/). I primarily use it to catalog my CD-based media but also found it useful to index my 12Gbyte "research bank" of files on hard disk. It supports thumbnails and plug-ins. Check it out:-)
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Yes, the concept of paper money (made from dried strips of mulberry bark) was first experimented during the 1200s in China during Kubla Khan's reign.
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Some Googled links
http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_02/stott0
http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/MarcoPolo/papermo
The radiation selectivity property was discovered by observing the phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation inside the photonic crystal.
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For further more detailed technical information, a PDF of the paper is here [http://physics.ucsd.edu/~drs/publications/2003/l
Photonic crystals fall under a broader family of materials called "metamaterials".
Future research note: Software-programmable metamaterials will create wonderfully exotic applications.
Cheers
Andrew
There is a useful app for Windows 2K I use on a regular basis called Where Is It? (http://www.whereisit-soft.com/). I primarily use it to catalog my CD-based media but also found it useful to index my 12Gbyte "research bank" of files on hard disk. It supports thumbnails and plug-ins. Check it out :-)
Hope this helps,
Andy