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Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person’s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games.

Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- The picture of a future with wireless sensor networks-webs of sensory devices that function without a central infrastructure--is quickly coming into sharper focus through the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory ...

Intel Unveils Extensible Host Controller Interface Draft Specification to Support USB 3.0 Architecture Technology / Other August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Intel Corporation today announced the availability of the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 in support of the USB 3.0 architecture, also known as SuperSpeed USB. The xHCI draft specification ...

Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Daniel A. Spielman, professor of applied mathematics and computer science at Yale, has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for developing a technique, known as Smoothed Analysis, that helps predict the ...

It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- As Olympic records are being broken left and right by Michael Phelps, questions have been raised do we have a performance enhancing water issue. Some attribute the gold hanging around Olympiad ...

Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drexel University students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a “hands-off” approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only ...

Elpida Develops World's First 2.5Gbps DDR3 SDRAM Technology / Semiconductors August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elpida Memory today announced that it had developed the world's first 2.5Gbps (bit per second) 1-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM. The new memory device has an optimized design based on a copper interconnect process and ...

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from ...

'Virtuality' gets real Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalising a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.

Alternative energy hits the road Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way ...

Algae jet fuel makes splash at international air show Technology / Energy August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld from ASU’s Department of Applied Biosciences recently flew to London to share their findings and research on the application of algae-based oils for creating biofuels ...

Video archive project can record lectures for posterity Technology / Other August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new video service on University of Michigan's campus can capture presentations, classes and training workshops, post them online within 24 hours and archive them indefinitely in a high-quality universal format.

'Anti-noise' silences wind turbines Technology / Engineering August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most such power units try to go easy on their neighbors' ears, but even the most ...

From 3-D to 6-D: Researchers developing super-realistic image system Technology / Engineering August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 (PhysOrg.com) -- By producing "6-D" images, an MIT professor and colleagues are creating unusually realistic pictures that not only have a full three-dimensional appearance, but also respond to their environment, ...

Towards lower fuel use -- technologies for lighter cars Technology / Engineering August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet With oil prices at an historic high and global concern about vehicle emissions, consumer demand - and the focus in car manufacturing - is shifting to lightweight, low-fuel consumption cars.

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Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person’s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games.

Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- The picture of a future with wireless sensor networks-webs of sensory devices that function without a central infrastructure--is quickly coming into sharper focus through the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory ...

Intel Unveils Extensible Host Controller Interface Draft Specification to Support USB 3.0 Architecture Technology / Other August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Intel Corporation today announced the availability of the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 in support of the USB 3.0 architecture, also known as SuperSpeed USB. The xHCI draft specification ...

Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Daniel A. Spielman, professor of applied mathematics and computer science at Yale, has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for developing a technique, known as Smoothed Analysis, that helps predict the ...

It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- As Olympic records are being broken left and right by Michael Phelps, questions have been raised do we have a performance enhancing water issue. Some attribute the gold hanging around Olympiad ...

Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drexel University students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a “hands-off” approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only ...

Elpida Develops World's First 2.5Gbps DDR3 SDRAM Technology / Semiconductors August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elpida Memory today announced that it had developed the world's first 2.5Gbps (bit per second) 1-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM. The new memory device has an optimized design based on a copper interconnect process and ...

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from ...

'Virtuality' gets real Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalising a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.

Alternative energy hits the road Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way ...

Algae jet fuel makes splash at international air show Technology / Energy August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld from ASU’s Department of Applied Biosciences recently flew to London to share their findings and research on the application of algae-based oils for creating biofuels ...

Video archive project can record lectures for posterity Technology / Other August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new video service on University of Michigan's campus can capture presentations, classes and training workshops, post them online within 24 hours and archive them indefinitely in a high-quality universal format.

'Anti-noise' silences wind turbines Technology / Engineering August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most such power units try to go easy on their neighbors' ears, but even the most ...

From 3-D to 6-D: Researchers developing super-realistic image system Technology / Engineering August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 (PhysOrg.com) -- By producing "6-D" images, an MIT professor and colleagues are creating unusually realistic pictures that not only have a full three-dimensional appearance, but also respond to their environment, ...

Towards lower fuel use -- technologies for lighter cars Technology / Engineering August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet With oil prices at an historic high and global concern about vehicle emissions, consumer demand - and the focus in car manufacturing - is shifting to lightweight, low-fuel consumption cars.

Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last

Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World

Intel Unveils Extensible Host Controller Interface Draft Specification to Support USB 3.0 Architecture

Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems

It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology

Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller

Elpida Develops World's First 2.5Gbps DDR3 SDRAM

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks

'Virtuality' gets real

Alternative energy hits the road

Algae jet fuel makes splash at international air show

Video archive project can record lectures for posterity

'Anti-noise' silences wind turbines

From 3-D to 6-D: Researchers developing super-realistic image system

Towards lower fuel use -- technologies for lighter cars

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