Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 20110052463 | NANOSTRUCTURED SORBENT MATERIALS FOR CAPTURING ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent materi... | 03/03/2011 |
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| 20100158612 | METHOD FOR REMEDIATING NITRO AND/OR HALOGENATED COMPOUND-CONTAMINATED SOIL, SEDIMENT OR WATER USING GRAPHITIC CARBON AS A CATALYTIC SORBENT Methods of remediating soil, sediment or water contaminated with organic compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls or nitro-aromatic compounds are provided which involve combining the soil, sediment or water with a graphitic carbon and a reducing agent. The contaminan... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20090266766 | Wastewater Purification With Nanoparticle-Treated Bed Nanoparticle-treated particle packs, such as sand beds, may effectively filter and purify liquids such as waste water. When tiny contaminant particles in waste water flow through the particle pack, the nanoparticles will capture and hold the tiny contaminant particles w... | 10/29/2009 |
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| 20090261042 | METHOD FOR ADSORPTION OF FLUID CONTAMINANTS AND REGENERATION OF THE ADSORBENT The invention provides methods for treating a fluid, particularly water, contaminated with organic compounds, organisms, toxic substances, hazardous substances, ammonia, or mixtures thereof, by adsorption with an adsorbent material and regeneration of the purified adsor... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090196909 | CARBON NANOTUBE CONTAINING MATERIAL FOR THE CAPTURE AND REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS FROM A SURFACE There is disclosed an article and method of making an article for removing at least one contaminant from a solid surface. In one embodiment, the article comprises carbon nanotubes attached to a support media, such as a nonwoven mixture of PET and cotton. There is also d... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090127201 | Process and Apparatus for Removing Hydrogen Peroxide A process for removing hydrogen peroxide in water which comprises bringing water for treatment containing hydrogen peroxide into contact with a catalyst for decomposing hydrogen peroxide obtained by depositing nano-colloid particles of a metal of a platinum group which ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090026879 | Micro-Scale Power Source A micro-scale power source and method includes a semiconductor structure having an n-type semiconductor region, a p-type semiconductor region and a p-n junction. A radioisotope provides energy to the p-n junction resulting in electron-hole pairs being formed in the n-ty... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080302243 | Filter Membrane A filter membrane includes a substrate, a polymer layer provided on the substrate and a plurality of filter openings each having a width of from about 2 nanometers to about 5 nanometers provided in the polymer layer. A method of controlling pore size of a filter membran... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080264259 | NANOFIBER FILTER FACEMASKS AND CABIN FILTERS A filtration medium includes a fine filter layer having a plurality of nanofibers and a coarse filter layer having a plurality of microfibers attached to the fine filter layer. The coarse filter layer is positioned proximal to a direction of fluid flow, and the fine fil... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080243303 | System and methods for collective nanorobotics for electronics applications The invention describes a system for collective nanorobotics (CNRs) for electronics applications. CNRs are used to selectively activate electronics devices and remote devices and to target objects in sensor networks. A method of delivering CNRs in aerosol form is specif... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080237126 | MICRO-AND NANOCOMPOSITE SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR REVERSE OSMOSIS THIN FILM MEMBRANES Disclosed are compaction resistant thin film composite membranes having a porous polymeric support; a semi-permeable polymer film polymerized on the porous polymeric support; and particles, of a size in the range of microparticles and nanoparticles, dispersed in the por... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080086992 | Filter Device A filter device has a filter element made from a filter hose that has a filter wall separating an unfiltered side from a clean side of the filter device in a radial direction. The filter wall of the filter hose is provided with a very fine particle filtration layer comp... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080091054 | Method of synthesizing air-stable zero-valent iron nanoparticles at room temperature and applications A method of synthesizing air-stable nano-scale zero-valent iron (NZVI) particles at room temperature is provided. Also, a method of treating environmental pollutants using nano-scale zero-valent iron synthesized by the above method is provided. 04/17/2008 |
