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Taking Liberties: Beacon on the Block

For generations, Bruce Williams’ family relied on Penfield Reef Lighthouse to keep them off the rocky shoals in Western Long Island. “It was a kind of a security blanket,” Williams said as he walked the boardwalk at Saint Mary’s by the Sea in Bridgeport, Conn. Williams owns Captain’s Cove Marina …

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Let There Be LEDs: Building a Better Lightbulb

If you thought mousetraps were tough, try building a better lightbulb. Just in time for Earth Day, a team of American inventors have created a bizarre-looking new bulb that turns illumination on its ear, using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) clustered within a conventionally shaped bulb for illumination rather than filaments or …

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The Future Now: Jetpacks to Go on Sale Late This Year

Flying cars and robot maids may still be far from reality, but one Jetsons-era vision of the future is very real: the jetpack. After nearly 30 years in development, New Zealand’s Martin Aircraft Company is finally gearing up to sell its jetpack: two rockets driven by a 2-liter, 200-horsepower engine …

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