 Universal Power Adapter Offers Alternative to Wall Warts July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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When Doug Palmer realized he had forgotten his mobile phone adapter on a vacation in Mexico several years ago, the first thought that crossed his mind was, "There has to be a better way." | |
 Pioneer Develops World's First 16-Layer Optical Disc July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Pioneer Corporation has succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 gigabytes for the first time in the world. | |
 New tool provides better, faster onboard PHEV performance evaluation July 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Analysis and evaluation of plug-in hybrid vehicle performance is faster and better, thanks to a new tool developed by Argonne engineers. Called the Argonne Real-Time Data Acquisition (ARDAQ) system, it provides ... | |
 Making sure the internet delivers July 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
European researchers have developed affordable test suites that businesses can use to check whether their software will work with the next-generation internet. | |
 Fujitsu Develops New Technology that Ensures Authenticity of Digital Video Clips July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Fujitsu Laboratories announced today the development of the world's first technology that makes it possible to ensure that digital video data recorded over long time periods and then stored and managed in ... | |
 IBM Technology to Protect Customer Data in the Call Center Industry July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at IBM's India Research Laboratory have developed advanced data masking technology that helps call centers protect critical data without disrupting customer service or business operations. As IBM ... | |
 New tracking system boosts pilot safety July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Pilots will no longer be out of sight as they fly cross-country thanks to a new tracking system developed by Massey University mechatronics graduate and a former staff member. | |
 Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves. | |
 Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noise July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Around the world, an estimated one billion people--mostly in rural villages and the shanty towns surrounding developing-world cities--live in houses whose roofs are nothing more than thin sheets of corrugated ... | |
 The Day the World Changed July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Twenty years ago, a network engineer named Hans-Werner Braun started an e-mail message to the users of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) fledgling NSFNET project with that sentence to announce that the ... | |
 Pocket-sized magnetic resonance imaging July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The term “MRI scan” brings to mind the gigantic, expensive machines that are installed in hospitals. But research scientists have now developed small portable MRI scanners that perform their services in the ... | |
 Solution to high energy costs could lie underground July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Sandia National Laboratories researcher Georgianne Peek thinks a possible solution to high energy costs lies underground. And it’s not coal or oil. It’s compressed air energy storage (CAES). | |
Ski Faster with Camera-less Fusion Motion Capture July 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Professional skiers can now learn how to ski faster with the aid of a new system used to capture 3D motion of athletic movements – Fusion Motion Capture (FMC). Featured in Wiley-Blackwell’s journal, Sports Technology, ... | |
 Man versus machine poker re-match July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans. | |
To sing like Shakira, press '1' now June 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- is an important aspect of a singer's expression, used extensively by both classical opera singers and pop stars like Shakira. Usually, the quality of a vibrato ... | |
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