Cordless electric string trimmers are inherently more convenient to use than corded tools — there's no need to worry about how far the cord will stretch or whether it'll get caught on something ...

The string length doesn't matter, the system will work on bass guitars, too. In fact, the developers say that the LPD Pickup system can be used on any stringed instrument with a fingerboard.

Efficiency Vs. Cost Per Harvested Watt A system with a single string inverter can appear to be the most efficient, with peak inverter efficiency of perhaps 98% compared with a micro inverter at 96%.

While some of the parts of the OLPC's XO laptop are still coming together (like the UI), other parts are ready to rock, commercial-style. As we previously saw in a slide showing NickNeg's pull ...

In C/C++, we can use the backslash escape sequence to create a string with any embedded ASCII code.",\\x09" is a string with a comma followed by an unprintable character whose ASCII code is 09.How ...