Professor Gang Chen, MIT explains several types of solar energy, with emphasis on a widely acclaimed solar thermoelectric device that his lab has developed. Dr. Chen gives a demonstration of how the device works, and explains that such technology is very popular and inexpensive in Europe and China.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-31 Monday

• Headlines for October 31, 2011
• "Deadly Monopolies": Medical Ethicist Harriet Washington on How Firms are Taking Over Life Itself

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10/26/11 - Part 1 of the Warrant Committee in Belmont, MA.

10/28/11 - Dolores Vidal interviews Amy Roberts from Out of the Box Moves and Dina Olinoff from Youville Assisted Living

Democracy Now! 2011-10-28 Friday

• Headlines for October 28, 2011
• “Blood on the Tracks”: Brian Willson’s Memoir of Transformation from Vietnam Vet to Radical Pacifist

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10/25/11 - Part 1 of the Planning Board in Belmont, MA.

10/25/11 - Part 2 of the Planning Board meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-27 Thursday

• Headlines for October 27, 2011
• Iraq War Vet Hospitalized with Fractured Skull After Being Shot by Police at Occupy Oakland Protest
• Egyptian Youth Activists: We are Happy to See Occupy Wall Street Movement Stand Up for Justice
• Drug War Profiteers: Book Exposes How Wachovia Bank Laundered Millions for Mexican Cartels

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Democracy Now! 2011-10-26 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 26, 2011
• Police Fire Tear Gas, Flash Grenades as Protesters Try to Retake Occupy Oakland After Predawn Raid
• Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered U.S. Justice System, Obama’s Assassination Program & the Arab Spring
• Glenn Greenwald on Occupy Wall Street, Banks Too Big To Jail and the Attack on WikiLeaks

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