The turning point was probably the fiasco of the Millennium Dome, which was meant to harness the best in British design to provide a national showcase but which turned into a loss-making embarrassment.

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Dr. Dennis Leung, assistant professor at Hong Kong University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, says the innovative design will enable people to harness wind power and reducing greenhouse gases at an affordable price.

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But this scale-out architecture represents a new design center, and there is much work still left to harness this machine and make it usable for the enterprise.

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