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How Refurbished Electronics Work
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Refurbished electronics are items that have been renewed or updated in some fashion. Find out if it is better to buy refurbished electronics.
How Cutting Your Own CD Works
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Looking to create a demo CD of your work? If you don't have the money to pay for time at a pro recording studio, there are other avenues. Find out what you'll need to cut your own music CD at home.
What is a virtual hard drive?
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Virtual hard drives are the latest stage in digital data storage's evolution. Learn what virtual hard drives are all about.
Beyond Bitcoin: Ethereum Is the Next Big Cryptocurrency
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Some financial experts are putting their money on another cryptocurrency besides Bitcoin. HowStuffWorks lets you in on the secret.
What Kind of Number Am I?
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Everything in the universe comes down to numbers. There's a baffling mathematical symmetry to everything no matter how disorganized and chaotic it is. Numbers lie at the center of everything! But what numbers? Take the quiz and see what ones you know!
How Transmissive Film Works
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Transmissive film can make a LCDs display brighter and easier to read. Or it can keep others from reading your screen. Learn about transmissive film.
How Nuclear Medicine Works
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Nuclear materials get used in many forms of nuclear medicine -- everything from PET scans to chemotherapy uses them. Learn how nuclear medicine works.
How Cement Mixers Work
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Few are unfamiliar with the mixer trucks that transport concrete from the factory to the construction site. How do they keep that stuff from hardening while they move?
How Domain Name Servers (DNS) Work
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When you type a URL into your web browser's address bar, the correct page appears as if by magic (provided you typed it correctly). Is it the work of sorcery? Nope! Domain name servers are handling all the data behind the scenes.
How Motes Work
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Smart dust sounds like something out of a Disney movie, but it's not. Also called a mote or a wireless sensing network, this new technology is intriguing everyone from military personnel to vineyard owners. Find out what the big deal is and explore the many possible applications of this tiny device.