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By Hashmonay, Ram A ABSTRACT This paper describes and theoretically evaluates a recently developed method that provides a unique methodology for mapping gaseous emissions from non-point pollutant sources. The horizontal radial plume mapping (HRPM) methodology uses an open- path, path-integrated optical remote sensing (PI-ORS) system in a horizontal plane to directly identify emission hot spots. The radial plume mapping methodology has been well developed, evaluated, and demonstrated. In this...

Pioneer Corp., which will continue to make plasma flat-panel TVs as other manufacturers are moving on to LCD TVs, declared Sunday it will be demonstrating a prototype that emits no light in black areas of the picture, which will improve contrast and image quality.Plasma and LCD sets on the market today cannot display perfect black images unless the set is off. The cells of a plasma display need a continual "priming current" to stay active, which give them a dim glow. LCDs contain a backlight,...

By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - If you have an envious streak, you probably shouldn't read this. Because chances are, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is cleverer than you. And he is proving it by earning a cool million dollars in four months on the Internet. Selling porn? Dealing prescription drugs? Nope. All he sells are pixels, the tiny dots on the screen that appear when you call up his home page. He had the brainstorm for his million dollar home...

By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - If you have an envious streak, you probably shouldn't read this. Because chances are, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is cleverer than you. And he is proving it by earning a cool million dollars in four months on the Internet. Selling porn? Dealing prescription drugs? Nope. All he sells are pixels, the tiny dots on the screen that appear when you call up his home page. He had the brainstorm for his million dollar home...