 Portuguese team makes first paper based transistor July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect ... | |
 Irish scientists probe seaweed power June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Ireland could become a key player in the production of biofuel from seaweed, scientists told a conference in the west of the country on Monday. | |
Study Finds Men More Than Women Share Creative Work Online June 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A Northwestern University study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates. | |
 Computer scientist turns his face into a remote control June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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New work at nexus of facial expression recognition research and automated tutoring
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Video-game news: Best of 2008, so far July 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Real news from the virtual world: | |
 3D Graphics Can Geometrically Guide Your Attention July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When you gaze at a painting, the first thing that catches your eye is usually not an accident. Since the beginning of art, painters have used strategic techniques to guide a viewer’s attention ... | |
 Verizon open network gets first, unsexy device July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- When Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international ... | |
 Grow your mobile in a pot? Maybe someday, say Nokia researchers July 22, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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With a mobile phone you can make calls on the go, shoot photos and pinpoint your position on a map. And who knows, maybe one day you'll be able to grow your phone in a pot, if the futuristic ideas of technology ... | |
 Research puts finger on virtual iPhone button 20 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A virtual tactile keyboard could hold the key to making the iPhone easier to use. | |
Researchers develop neural implant that learns with the brain June 24, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept ... | |
 Novel memory device is set to rival transistor-switched silicon-based memory June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Working with an international group of researchers, Professor Gehan Amaratunga has produced a novel memory device which is set to rival transistor-switched silicon-based memory. | |
 Exposing the Sensitivity of Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresists June 26, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing processes now under development are twice as ... | |
 One in two Chinese people uses mobile phone, report says June 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Almost one in two Chinese people now has a mobile phone, while the number of fixed-line subscribers has fallen, state media reported Thursday. | |
 Airless tire project may prove a lifesaver in military combat June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Rarely does one come across a business where the phrase “reinventing the wheel” is not just a metaphor, it’s an operating principle. | |
New Quantum Strategy Keeps Web Searches Private June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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When an Internet user types a word or phrase into a search engine, the Web server has the ability to find out that inquiry. As more people and businesses are becoming concerned about privacy, researchers are developing new ... | |
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