LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST en-us LiveScience.com http://images.livescience.com/template_images/navigation/livescience_logo_88x31.jpg http://www.livescience.com 88 31 http://www.livescience.com// Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST Electric Airplane Sets Speed Record http://www.livescience.com/technology/090625-skyspark-electric-plane-speed-record.html The electric SkySpark flew for 8 minutes and hit a top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h) on June 10, 2009. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST Plasma Waves Studied for New Electronics http://www.livescience.com/technology/090612-bts-terahertz-radiation.html Bill Stillman leaves a long career as an engineer to go back to school and learn a new field. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST 10 Revolutionary Computers http://www.livescience.com/technology/top10-rev-comps.html Incredible machines dating back to 1822. Moon Dust Could Be Used to Build Lunar Lodgings http://www.livescience.com/space/080604-lunar-concrete.html The Future of WiFi Turns to Microwave http://www.livescience.com/technology/080603-wireless-future.html Engineer sees a day when laptops will be sold with WiMAX interfaces, not WiFi. How Compressed Air Could Power the Future http://www.livescience.com/environment/080604-pf-caes.html Renewables like wind cannot supply a steady stream of power, but compressed air energy storage can act like a big battery to smooth out the fluctuations. Hurricane Monitoring to Improve in 2008 http://www.livescience.com/environment/080530-hurr-season-start.html Forecasters set to implement new monitoring technique as hurricane season begins.