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Metal-embedding method helps tiny sensors function in extreme environments Technology / Engineering May 04, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineers have developed a method for fabricating "packages" of tiny sensors that measure temperature more accurately than bulk thermocouples. Inserted unobtrusively in critical ...

Finding a short circuit before it finds you Technology / Engineering June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A preemptive spark lasting for nanoseconds that helps find potentially dangerous short circuits hidden in the miles of wiring behind the panels of aging commercial airliners has been patented by Sandia National ...

Internet promoting pseudo-epidemics? Technology / Internet July 03, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet You see the signs promoting cancer screening nearly everywhere you go these days -- airports, bus stations and online. The ads promote cancer screening as a form of preventive medicine, and almost always refer you to an Internet ...

Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery' Technology / Computer Sciences December 08, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Borrowing ideas from speech recognition research, Johns Hopkins computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such ...

As fast as a shark in water Technology / Engineering December 15, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet With the help of tiny ridge-like structures in their scales, sharks are able to minimize drag when swimming. A new coating system takes advantage of this “riblet effect” to improve the aerodynamics of vehicles and aircraft.

Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims Technology / Internet May 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Internet sites such as MySpace and Facebook are popular ways for friends to stay in touch, but they also can be used by cyber sharks posing as "friends," enabling them to steal personal and financial information.

Tongue movements allow quadriplegics to control computers Technology / Engineering August 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using the pressure waves in the ear caused by tongue movements, researchers have designed a technique for interfacing with computers. For the millions of people living with spinal cord injuries, this hands-free, ...

A rose is a rózsa is a 薔薇: Image-search tool speaks hundreds of languages Technology / Computer Sciences September 12, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet From the fall of the Tower of Babel to the Esperanto global language movement, many humans have dreamed of sharing a common tongue. Despite the Internet's promise of global communication, language barriers ...

Life isn't 2-D, so why should our encyclopedias be? Technology / Internet August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Biologists and biochemists are now able to access 3D images of biomacromolecules underlying biological functions and disease. Rather than relying on text to provide the understanding of biomacromolecule structures, a collaborative ...

Mobile phone subscriptions to reach 4 billion by year-end: ITU Technology / Telecom September 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet The number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world will reach four billion by the end of the year driven by growth in developing economies, the International Telecommunications Union said Friday.

Amnesty: Web Companies Violating Rights Technology / Internet July 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed ...

Bat flight generates complex aerodynamic tracks Technology / Engineering May 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Bats generate a measurably distinct aerodynamic footprint to achieve lift and maneuverability, quite unlike birds and contrary to many of the assumptions that aerodynamicists have used to model animal flight, ...

Stilgoe predicts the return of railroad Technology / Other April 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet The golden age of the railroad ended in the mid-20th century, when Americans switched from Pullman cars to Chevys and eventually 747 jetliners. Yet, to John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in ...

Device burns fuel with almost zero emissions Technology / Engineering June 21, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet Georgia Tech researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range of devices - with next to no emission ...

Helicopters with Fuel Cells Technology / Engineering June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 The old saying that "there is strength in numbers" also applies to fuel cells. To deliver a high enough power output, a number of cells have to be connected in series. Manufacturers normally stack the fuel ...

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Metal-embedding method helps tiny sensors function in extreme environments Technology / Engineering May 04, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineers have developed a method for fabricating "packages" of tiny sensors that measure temperature more accurately than bulk thermocouples. Inserted unobtrusively in critical ...

Finding a short circuit before it finds you Technology / Engineering June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A preemptive spark lasting for nanoseconds that helps find potentially dangerous short circuits hidden in the miles of wiring behind the panels of aging commercial airliners has been patented by Sandia National ...

Internet promoting pseudo-epidemics? Technology / Internet July 03, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet You see the signs promoting cancer screening nearly everywhere you go these days -- airports, bus stations and online. The ads promote cancer screening as a form of preventive medicine, and almost always refer you to an Internet ...

Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery' Technology / Computer Sciences December 08, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Borrowing ideas from speech recognition research, Johns Hopkins computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such ...

As fast as a shark in water Technology / Engineering December 15, 2006 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet With the help of tiny ridge-like structures in their scales, sharks are able to minimize drag when swimming. A new coating system takes advantage of this “riblet effect” to improve the aerodynamics of vehicles and aircraft.

Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims Technology / Internet May 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Internet sites such as MySpace and Facebook are popular ways for friends to stay in touch, but they also can be used by cyber sharks posing as "friends," enabling them to steal personal and financial information.

Tongue movements allow quadriplegics to control computers Technology / Engineering August 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using the pressure waves in the ear caused by tongue movements, researchers have designed a technique for interfacing with computers. For the millions of people living with spinal cord injuries, this hands-free, ...

A rose is a rózsa is a 薔薇: Image-search tool speaks hundreds of languages Technology / Computer Sciences September 12, 2007 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet From the fall of the Tower of Babel to the Esperanto global language movement, many humans have dreamed of sharing a common tongue. Despite the Internet's promise of global communication, language barriers ...

Life isn't 2-D, so why should our encyclopedias be? Technology / Internet August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Biologists and biochemists are now able to access 3D images of biomacromolecules underlying biological functions and disease. Rather than relying on text to provide the understanding of biomacromolecule structures, a collaborative ...

Mobile phone subscriptions to reach 4 billion by year-end: ITU Technology / Telecom September 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet The number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world will reach four billion by the end of the year driven by growth in developing economies, the International Telecommunications Union said Friday.

Amnesty: Web Companies Violating Rights Technology / Internet July 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed ...

Bat flight generates complex aerodynamic tracks Technology / Engineering May 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Bats generate a measurably distinct aerodynamic footprint to achieve lift and maneuverability, quite unlike birds and contrary to many of the assumptions that aerodynamicists have used to model animal flight, ...

Stilgoe predicts the return of railroad Technology / Other April 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet The golden age of the railroad ended in the mid-20th century, when Americans switched from Pullman cars to Chevys and eventually 747 jetliners. Yet, to John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in ...

Device burns fuel with almost zero emissions Technology / Engineering June 21, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet Georgia Tech researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range of devices - with next to no emission ...

Helicopters with Fuel Cells Technology / Engineering June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 The old saying that "there is strength in numbers" also applies to fuel cells. To deliver a high enough power output, a number of cells have to be connected in series. Manufacturers normally stack the fuel ...

Metal-embedding method helps tiny sensors function in extreme environments

Finding a short circuit before it finds you

Internet promoting pseudo-epidemics?

Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'

As fast as a shark in water

Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims

Tongue movements allow quadriplegics to control computers

A rose is a rózsa is a 薔薇: Image-search tool speaks hundreds of languages

Life isn't 2-D, so why should our encyclopedias be?

Mobile phone subscriptions to reach 4 billion by year-end: ITU

Amnesty: Web Companies Violating Rights

Bat flight generates complex aerodynamic tracks

Stilgoe predicts the return of railroad

Device burns fuel with almost zero emissions

Helicopters with Fuel Cells

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