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domain-B has an article mentioning: "... The idea to use pressure and radiation to propel space craft might just get tested, if all goes well with NASA's planned deployment of the first Solar Sail ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... quot;piggyback' payloads will be a 4 kg (less than 10 lbs) NASA satellite about the size of a bread box that can unfurl into a 10 meter square solar sail on orbit ..."
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Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com has an article mentioning: "... Western Michigan University's solar car team anticipates cross-country racing challenge ..."
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AME Info has an article mentioning: "... Fourth-year engineering students from the American University of Beirut and their professor have successfully built the first solar-powered vehicle in the Arab region. Apollo's Chariot, costs about $25,000, a sum that was raised through several local and foreign sponsors. Its ..."
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Signal has an article mentioning: "... Aleem's science project, which tested the dependability of solar-powered cars, took him all the way from Helmers Elementary School to the California State Science Fair ..."
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Thaindian.com has an article mentioning: "... New solar powered cars tested in the Australian outback ..."
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Independent has an article mentioning: "... Message Board: Are solar cars the future for personal travel ..."
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AME Info has an article mentioning: "... A team of fourth-year engineering students and their professor have successfully built the first solar-powered vehicle in the Arab region ..."
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Slashdot has an article mentioning: "... Sadly, my kids think a solar sail is something you put on a wooden ship to power the ion thrusters. Stupid disney and their stupid wooden ships in outer space ..."
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Reliable Plant Magazine has an article mentioning: "... The task of the day for Iowa State University's solar car team was to glue the bottom half of its race car's carbon fiber shell to the aluminum tubing of the car's frame. To speed up the drying and ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... Students Create Solar Car&bodytext=A solar car created by engineering students is being road-tested in preparation for this summer's North American Solar Challenge ..."
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PhysOrg.com has an article mentioning: "... Montgomery's team and a team from Ames Research Center (led by Elwood Agasid) hope to make history this summer by deploying a solar sail called NanoSail-D. It will travel to space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket, scheduled for launch from Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean ..."
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Aviation Week has an article mentioning: "... Developers of a secondary NASA payload on the next SpaceX Falcon 1 launch attempt hope to demonstrate deployment of a solar sail in orbit, advancing a concept that holds promise in both deep-space propulsion and debris mitigation in low-Earth orbit ..."
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CNET News has an article mentioning: "... If NASA can successfully implement solar sails, which have ..."
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Today's Zaman has an article mentioning: "... stanbul Technical University's (İTÜ) solar boat team was recognized in 10 categories and ranked second overall at Solar Splash 2008, a collegiate solar boating competition ..."
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Los Angeles Times has an article mentioning: "... A team of engineering students and their professor have built what they describe as the Arab world's first solar-powered car, according to a news release ..."
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EcoGeek has an article mentioning: "... and multimillionaire vacuum cleaner king James Dyson has it coming out his ears with his hopes to use his vacuum cleaner engine technology to run a solar powered car ..."
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engadget has an article mentioning: "... So someone somewhere thought "Solar powered car that plays doom"...ermm yesssss ..."
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iTWire has an article mentioning: "... As early as July 29, 2008, NASA will attempt to deploy a solar sail in space after launching it into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket ..."
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SmartPlanet.com has an article mentioning: "... building a solar car. Missed the story first time round? Here's the background and the truth ..."
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Autoblog has an article mentioning: "... if only he could come up with a way to recharge a solar powered car when it's parked at night ..."
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SustainableBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... Forty Teams Compete in Solar Boat Race in the Netherlands ..."
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SmartPlanet.com has an article mentioning: "... A British solar car capable of 60mph will take on American rivals next month in a 2,400-mile race. The DUSC2008 is the only UK entry in the American Solar ..."
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Naharnet has an article mentioning: "... A team of fourth-year engineering students and their professor have successfully built the first solar-powered vehicle in the Arab region, the American University of Beirut announced Wednesday ..."
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Blogger News Network has an article mentioning: "... The creator of bag-less vacuum cleaners has set his sites and money on a gas-less, solar powered vehicle, according to Switched.com ..."
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Daily Star - Lebanon has an article mentioning: "... BEIRUT: A team of fourth-year engineering students and their professor have successfully built the first solar-powered vehicle in the Arab region, a statement issued by the American University of Beirut (AUB) said on Wednesday. Named Apollo's ..."
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The Associated Press has an article mentioning: "... One of the competitors arrives to take part in a major solar powered boat race starting from Leeuwarden, northern Netherlands, Monday June 23, 2008. After a delayed start a lightweight design from the ..."
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HappyNews.com has an article mentioning: "... Hoogeboom lifts his raincover to show some of the technology aboard his boat called the Topzeef Solar, while waiting for a delayed start of a major solar powered boat race in Leeuwarden, northern Netherlands Monday June 23, 2008. High winds capsized several boats during a time trial qualifying ..."
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Solid State Lighting Net has an article mentioning: "... Future Lighting Solutions Donates LUXEON Rebel LEDs for Solar Car Project ..."
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Cars.com has an article mentioning: "... Dyson â€" best known for inventing the trendy/overpriced 'bagless vacuum cleaner' that made him a fortune â€" envisions a future of solar-powered electric cars, collecting energy with either solar panels or a solar power source at home you could plug your car into. He sees ..."
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Northwich Guardian has an article mentioning: "... A SOLAR powered car that is zooming into the record books made a flying visit to the County High School Leftwich ..."
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YachtPals.com News has an article mentioning: "... The race is scheduled to run through this Saturday, the 28th of May, and is the World's largest race for solar vessels. The race classes are A: Singlehand, B: Doublehand, and C: Open. Racers stop overnight to camp at designated ports-of-call, and each ..."
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Solid State Lighting Net has an article mentioning: "... Future Lighting Solutions, a distributor of Luxeon Rebel LEDs from Philips Lumileds, reported that it has donated Luxeon Rebel LEDs for use on a solar car designed and built by students at the University of Minnesota. Future Lighting says that the car will compete in the 2008 North American ..."
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Missouri S&T News and Research has an article mentioning: "... Missouri S&T students have been designing, building and racing solar-powered cars since 1993. The university has won two national championships in solar car racing, in 1999 and 2003, and has entered competitions ..."
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The Wenatchee World Online has an article mentioning: "... right?" asked University of California at Davis professor Andy Frank as he awarded the prize to Wenatchee High School's entry in the World's Only Solar Drag Race Saturday. He hit the important point: If anyone can, it will be someone like these local students who built a solar-powered drag racer ..."
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Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... coming from coal-fired or nuclear power plants, we’re recharging the CitiCar with a .5 kW photovoltaic system — perhaps one of few solar powered cars on the planet ..."
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Bend Bulletin has an article mentioning: "... Schouw, left, and Tom Stueve direct it to the test area. Stueve, a teacher at Trinity Lutheran High, and Nathan are part of the school’s Solar Car Team, which hopes to take its four-wheeled idea onto the Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge in Texas next year ..."
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Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... solar powered cars ..."
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The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios remain committed to flying the first flight with light. Our spacecraft, Cosmos 2, is a maneuverable solar sail that may be the precursor to a new mode of interplanetary travel, and could one day take us to the stars. In addition, through our ..."
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The Wenatchee World Online has an article mentioning: "... Raylene Bradley looks toward the overcast sky as she and racers Steve Rutherford, 17, left, from the Wenatchee High School solar drag race team and Jesse Adams of the Republic High School solar drag race team wait for a sun break to begin their annual solar drag races at ..."
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International Herald Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Delft also is a perennially strong contender in a similar solar car race in Australia ..."
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Yes Insurance has an article mentioning: "... The high cost of petrol for drivers in Britain could be alleviated with the invention of a new solar-powered vehicle ..."
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National Post has an article mentioning: "... Not content with their success making vacuum cleaners, engineers at U.K.-based Dyson are working on a solar-powered car, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reports ..."
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Northwest Arkansas Times has an article mentioning: "... The Razorbacks still have the fastest solar-powered boat around ..."
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Imperial College London has an article mentioning: "... Chasing the sun â€" students compete in Europe's only solar-powered boat race ..."
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Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... A solar-powered aircraft developed by the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has flown from Zurich to London, setting a world record ..."
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Daily Mail has an article mentioning: "... James Dyson is working on a solar-powered car to match the success of his bagless vacuum cleaner ..."
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MiamiHerald.com has an article mentioning: "... Recently, South Plantation High students unveiled their second solar car. They're hoping the community will again pitch in for their expenses ..."
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Driffield Today has an article mentioning: "... with the support of Yorkshire Forward and sponsored by Setpoint Humberside, contains a number of resources including a wind vane, solar panel, solar powered cars and a solar powered cooker ..."
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York Daily Record has an article mentioning: "... Mike Roberts, a 2007 Spring Grove Area High School grad, sits in the as-yet-unfinished Tesseract II. Roberts is part of an MIT team building the solar-powered car for a 2,400-mile contest later this summer. (Submitted ..."
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Bonitanews has an article mentioning: "... two Edison College students of the newly formed Environmental Studies Club at the Collier County campus have plans to convert a pontoon boat to a solar-powered boat project ..."
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The Kingston Whig-Standard has an article mentioning: "... At school, Neil says his favourite subject is physics, an interest that has led him to work with his school's solar car team for the past three years ..."
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Boca Raton News has an article mentioning: "... straight year, a group of Allan Phipps' Advance Placement Environmental Science students from South Plantation High School developed a solar car ..."
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Inventorspot has an article mentioning: "... Solar-Powered cars are nothing new. People have been refining and revamping the design for quite some time now. As we shift toward more eco-friendly ..."
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KAALtv.com has an article mentioning: "... The solar powered-car was supposed to be in northern Minnesota Thursday as part of 10,000 mile trek across two countries. Instead, the vehicle is stuck in ..."
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East Central Minnesota Post Review has an article mentioning: "... The solar powered car that is making a 10,000 mile trek across two countries zipped through North Branch Friday morning after being stuck in Stillwater ..."
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Stillwater Gazette has an article mentioning: "... Marissa Engle (left to right), Marcelo da Luz and Evan Engle, a group making a 10,000-mile journey in a solar-powered car, stopped in Stillwater Thursday on their way to their turn around point, Inuvik, Canada ..."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz had heard of Minnesota nice, but he never expected the "special welcoming" he got Thursday when he drove his UFO-style, solar powered car across the state line ..."
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United Press International has an article mentioning: "... A Canadian flight attendant on a trip to the Arctic Circle in a solar-powered car ran into a roadblock as soon as he entered the state of Minnesota ..."
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Concord Journal has an article mentioning: "... Sixth-grader\'s solar-powered car makes final race - Concord, MA - The Concord Journal ..."
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The Morning News has an article mentioning: "... Starting today, Morris and Henry are the two-man reincarnation of the University of New Orleans Solar Boat Team ..."
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Philadelphia Inquirer has an article mentioning: "... in Chester Springs designed a solar-powered car that bested about 80 others, earning first place in the 2008 Philadelphia Junior Solar Sprint Championship ..."
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The Wenatchee World Online has an article mentioning: "... attempt to break a world record Saturday by piloting its first-ever solar dragster over an 820-foot course during the Fourth Annual World's Only Solar Drag Race ..."
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Janesville Gazette has an article mentioning: "... People drive erratically as they strain to get a look at his solar-powered vehicle along back roads ..."
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Sun.Star has an article mentioning: "... SINCE Tuesday, a display of the 1st Philippine Solar Powered Car is up at the Cinense Gymnasium at the University of the Assumption in the City of San Fernando until Friday of this week ..."
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York Press has an article mentioning: "... York man builds UK’s first road-legal solar car ..."
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Mother Earth News has an article mentioning: "... Israel's Solar-Powered Car The engineering department at Tel Aviv University uses solar pane ..."
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The Evening Sun has an article mentioning: "... Mike Roberts, a Spring Grove Area High School graduate and freshman at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sits in the chassis of a solar-powered car the college is entering in the North American Solar Challenge. Roberts isn't sure if he'll get to drive the car during a leg of the ..."
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Silicon.com has an article mentioning: "... It might look like a UFO hurtling towards you but this solar-powered race car is proof that fast wheels are not at odds with the environment ..."
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The Morning News has an article mentioning: "... the end of Tuesday to finish their solar-powered ships. They have to set up for the 15th annual Solar Splash, the college world championships for solar boats, that begins Wednesday morning ..."
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Sun-Sentinel.com has an article mentioning: "... Adam Nicoll, left, Kevin Neidorf and Allan Phipps time an emergency evacuation drill for a solar car designed by students at South Plantation High ..."
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Newindpress has an article mentioning: "... without saying that demand for ferries and houseboats by tourists is increasing by the day from the laments we hear from the tourists of Thekkady. Solar boats are definitely the need of the hour in tourism ..."
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Tyres & Accessories has an article mentioning: "... The solar car, Affinity, which has been given a special order to drive as a prototype vehicle, is thought to have a top speed of around 50-60mph and ..."
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University of Arkansas Daily Headlines has an article mentioning: "... The University of Arkansas College of Engineering will bring Solar Splash, the world championship of intercollegiate solar boating, to Lake Fayetteville from June 18 to June 22. People from across the region will be able to see the future of sustainable boating as ..."
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findingDulcinea has an article mentioning: "... Background: Solar-powered flight; Paul B. MacCready ..."
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Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... of the region and a most intriguing man versus machine competitions. From June 22 to June 28, Friesland will be home to the world's largest race of solar vessels: The Frisian Solar Challenge. The race runs along the 220-kilometres-long route of the Frisian Eleven Cities route already famous as the ..."
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North Attleborough Free Press has an article mentioning: "... lt;b>Photo by None</b><br />Kyra Boucher of Plainville, far left, watches her solar car race down the track ..."
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TopNews has an article mentioning: "... An eco-friendly solar-powered two-wheeler designed in New Delhi ..."
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Kingston This Week has an article mentioning: "... Check out Aurum, the queen's solar vehicle before it departs for the 2008 North American Solar Challenge, Thursday, June 12 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Union Gallery, 101 University ..."
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PhysOrg.com has an article mentioning: "... This year Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) have designed and built the UK's first road legal solar car ..."
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Village News has an article mentioning: "... may have been the first time that they had ever built a solar-powered racecar, but their lack of experience made no difference. Participating in the Solar Car Race at the Richmond Science Museum on May 31, these students took home top honors, including first and second place trophies and the award ..."
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News 8 KFMB has an article mentioning: "... Imagine running endless errands in your car and never having to pull into a gas station to fill up. The owner of a solar electric car company wants you to driver away from the pain at the pump forever ..."
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Plenty Magazine has an article mentioning: "... SEIA) has a website full of current information. If you're really serious about a career in solar energy, consider attending the industry's ..."
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Yorkshire Post has an article mentioning: "... The Affinity is said to be the only road-legal solar-powered vehicle in Britain. Its 934-mile, end-to-end route is half the distance of the Darwin-to-Adelaide event next year ..."
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Philadelphia Inquirer has an article mentioning: "... Two eighth-grade girls from the Montgomery School in Chester Springs designed a solar-powered car that bested about 80 others, earning first place in the 2008 Philadelphia Junior Solar Sprint Championship ..."
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Westlake West Life has an article mentioning: "... The bad news is that the solar cars are smaller than a shoebox and don't carry any passengers ..."
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Fort Worth Star Telegram has an article mentioning: "... your gas tank that better your fuel mileage by 25 percent and other nonsensical stuff. People have even written to ask if someday we'll have solar-powered automobiles. Well, we have solar-powered cars today. You own one; you just don't think of it that way ..."
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Business Weekly has an article mentioning: "... Following the completion of End to End, the CUER team turn their attention to producing a second, more advanced solar vehicle to compete in the 2009 World Solar Challenge. The WSC is the premier solar environmentally-friendly race, bringing together around ..."
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Kingston This Week has an article mentioning: "... The Queen's University Solar Vehicle Team (QSVT) will reveal its 11th car, Aurum, Thursday, June 12, from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Union Gallery (Ist floor Stauffer Library, on ..."
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MotorTrend Magazine has an article mentioning: "... engineering students face off with their solar cars that go 80 mph. "We're talking zero emission, fully solar-powered ..."
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Sify has an article mentioning: "... Tourism major CGH Earth launched a solar-powered boat, which it claimed was the biggest in India, to mark World Environment Day at its resort here Thursday ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... From solar-powered ovens to solar-powered cars, DelBono was exposed to the many possibilities of the sun's energy ..."
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Toronto Star has an article mentioning: "... He knows the car best, but he is neither an engineer nor a mechanic. He is just a guy who saw a solar car race on TV when he was a kid and the idea of building such a thing stuck in his head ..."
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Sioux Falls Argus Leader has an article mentioning: "... Sioux Falls will celebrate Solar Days at Falls Park next month during a nationwide event when solar cars will travel across the United States and into Canada ..."
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The Seoul Times has an article mentioning: "... He is undertaking his global tour in a Solar-powered vehicle called "Solar Taxi ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... Vosseler is preaching a gospel of energy democratization. After completing a world-record-setting voyage across the Atlantic in an entirely solar-powered boat last year, Vosseler set out to walk across this country in 2008, he said, because where the United States leads, the world will ..."
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Space Daily has an article mentioning: "... Wie, whose research expertise includes space vehicle dynamics and control, modeling and control of large space structures, and solar sail flight control system development and mission design, joined the Iowa State faculty last August. "I am very happy that Professor Bong Wie ..."
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Bradenton Herald has an article mentioning: "... Congressman Vern Buchanan and Cruise Car, Inc. president Ken Chester address the media at the showroom for hybrid electric/solar vehicles ..."
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The Keene Sentinel has an article mentioning: "... Solar paneled cars can go really fast and they use absolutely no energy from batteries (and) stuff ..."
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WWSB has an article mentioning: "... Chester got his solar powered cars up an running last year, and since then they've been taking off. Hundreds of them have gone to buyers all over the ..."
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Northwest Arkansas Times has an article mentioning: "... its summer reading program from 10 a.m. to noon June 9-12 in the parking garage. Students in fifth through 12 th grades can join a team to build a solar-powered vehicle with UA engineering students ..."
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Joplin Globe has an article mentioning: "... Globe/B.W.Shepherd Although the sun wasn't co-operating, John Powers, of Bloomington South High School in Bloomington, Ind., competed on a class A solar-powered bike at the Solar BikeRayce held at Crowder College in Neosho ..."
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Cape Cod Times has an article mentioning: "... Montessori students, from left, Bobby Bliss, Lucas Warburton, Amy Splitz and Sadie Bean show off their solar-powered cars. The one at left will compete ..."
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EcoGeek has an article mentioning: "... The Dutch have created the Czeers MK1 – the first solar-powered speed boat – which will help bridge a friendship between the love of speed and the love of the environment ..."
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Neosho Daily News has an article mentioning: "... In a bit of irony, high gasoline prices might have played a factor in low turnout to a solar transport competition this weekend in Neosho ..."
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