NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new “top-level domains”—the last ... | |
 How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox? 10 hours ago | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ... | |
 Automotive safety systems get more dependable 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As automotive safety systems become more complex, the risk of failure increases. But European researchers believe they have found a way to improve dependability. | |
 A baseball cap that reads your mind 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving ... | |
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling 15 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength’ – allowing them to be clearer and travel greater distances, potentially interfering ... | |
Precision control of movement in robots 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, Spain, led by Victor Etxebarria, is investigating the characteristics ... | |
Sharp Achieves the World’s Highest Power Density for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Sharp Corp. has achieved the world's highest power density, 0.3W/cc, for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for mobile equipment. This new technology enables efficient power generation from a small cell volume. The use of ... | |
 IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity. | |
LIDAR imaging detector could build 'super road maps' of planets and moons May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory (RIDL), in collaboration with Massachusetts ... | |
LG and Samsung Join Forces to Develop Mobile Digital TV Standard May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics, which together lead the global digital TV market, announced today that they will propose their jointly developed technology as the North American technology standard for mobile DTV. | |
Electronic voting system tested by Newcastle University May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An electronic vote capture and counting system, designed to overcome the problems which have dogged computerised voting systems throughout the world, notably the touch screen voting machines in the US and pilot schemes run ... | |
Undergraduates develop 'dirt-powered' microbial fuel cells to light Africa May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana from May 6 to 8, 2008. The innovation, microbial fuel ... | |
 Can you trust a robot to work safely with you in the kitchen? May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Can robots and humans work safely together? This issue will be addressed thanks to a research grant of over £1 million from the European Commission (EC). | |
Gaining Independence Through Video Games May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Today’s video games serve a multitude of functions ranging from entertainment to exercise and even education. Now, three graduates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Class of 2008 have created a game with an even more ... | |
 DNA fingerprinting simplified May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When Andrew was 12, his father ... | |
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