NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
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tique. “Yes, they are different, but bird wings an<br />
d plane wings both depend on the same aerodynamic<br />
principles to get lift,” said Christopher T. Kello<br />
, director of the Cognitive Mechanics Lab at the U<br />
niversity of California, Merced. “It’s the same wi<br />
th this project. You can use essential design elem<br />
ents from biology.”<br />
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<strong>NYT</strong>-1207<br />
Japan Split on Hope for Vast Radiation Cleanup ...<br />
By M<strong>ART</strong>IN FACKLER<br />
Japan hopes the cleanup near the tsunami-ravaged F<br />
ukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will allow the disp<br />
laced to return home.<br />
===== notyet (2 pages)<br />
FUTABA, Japan — Futaba is a modern-day ghost town<br />
— not a boomtown gone bust, not even entirely a vi<br />
ctim of the devastating earthquake and tsunami tha<br />
t leveled other parts of Japan’s northeast coast.<br />
Its traditional wooden homes have begun to sag and<br />
collapse since they were abandoned in March by re<br />
sidents fleeing the nuclear plant on the edge of t<br />
own that began spiraling toward disaster. Roofs po<br />
ssibly damaged by the earth’s shaking have let rai<br />
n seep in, starting the rot that is eating at the<br />
houses from the inside.<br />
The roadway arch at the entrance to the empty town<br />
almost seems a taunt. It reads:<br />
“Nuclear energy: a correct understanding brings a p<br />
rosperous lifestyle.”<br />
Those who fled Futaba are among the nearly 90,000<br />
people evacuated from a 12-mile zone around the Fu<br />
kushima Daiichi plant and another area to the nort<br />
hwest contaminated when a plume from the plant sca<br />
ttered radioactive cesium and iodine.