Hardware is the general term that is used to describe physical artifacts of a technology.

It can be equipment such as fasteners, keys, locks, hinges, latches, corners, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts, especially when they are made of metal. In the United States, hardware has been traditionally sold in "hardware stores".

Though often used interchangeably to mean "hand tools," hardware historically referred to the metal bits that were used to make wooden products stronger, more functional, longer lasting and easier to fabricate/assemble than if they did not have the benefit of metal fittings.

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Fast, Citywide WiFi Launches In Baltimore
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:19:00 -0400
The nation's first rollout of WiMax has launched in Baltimore. Host Steve Inskeep talks to tech commentator Mario Armstrong about the fourth generation Internet service. It's a wireless connection that is fast and allows a subscriber to roam across the city.
New Solar Cell Easy As Pizza To Make
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:16:00 -0400
The iJET is a new type of solar cell that's cheap and easy to make, requiring not much more than a pizza oven, some nail polish remover, and a common inkjet printer. Australian scientist Nicole Kuepper describes her invention.
SpaceX Celebrates First Successful Rocket Launch
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:53:00 -0400
SpaceX's flagship Falcon1 rocket has successfully launched from an island in the central Pacific, becoming the first privately-developed rocket to orbit the planet. NASA has already contracted SpaceX to begin private space flight missions to the International Space Station beginning in 2010.

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An evolution from talk to text
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The U.S. cellphone industry has changed dramatically since that first call 25 years ago. Bob Barnett's phone call launched a nearly $150-billion-a-year industry.
Boeing military satellite bid a 'must win,' analysts say
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The unit has been hurt by a drop in commercial sales. A contract to build the next generation of communication satellites could be worth $15 billion. At Boeing Co.'s sprawling satellite-making complex in El Segundo, engineers for decades pioneered space systems that helped vastly alter the way we communicate by telephone and watch television today.
High-tech surveillance greets junior hockey fans in Tri-Cities, Washington
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
At the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Western Hockey League crowds are scanned from afar for bombs and more. But this is only a test. The modest junior hockey arena in this small eastern Washington agricultural hub is an ideal gathering place for local families.

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