Internet via power lines set to launch July 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A plan to offer consumers Internet access through their home's power lines may soon come to fruition for residents of Grand Ledge, Mich. | |
High-tech bionic hand invented in England July 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The new, high-tech i-LIMB bionic hand, with five motorized fingers, will soon be sold in Britain for about $17,000, The Telegraph reported Thursday. | |
2006 Medal of Technology winners announced July 18, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Five people have been identified as winners of the 2006 U.S. National Medals of Technology, which are to be presented during a White House ceremony next week. | |
The cell phone connects to the hip bone July 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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U.S. scientists are developing a technology that allows mobile electronic devices to communicate by sending vibrations through bones. | |
Wearable power competition announced July 06, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Calling all engineers and designers -- the U.S. Defense Department is sponsoring a competition to develop a wearable electric power system for war fighters. | |
High-tech hockey uniform ready for use July 03, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A U.S. researcher has finished testing a new type of National Hockey League uniform designed to help players improve their game. | |
Scientists work at creating a 'robocar' July 03, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A U.S. government competition is under way with scientists at 53 universities and other institutions developing "robocars" -- cars of the future. | |
Report: U.S. broadband speed outdated June 26, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
So-called high-speed Internet broadband connection speeds are "pathetic" compared with other industrialized nations, a communications union report claimed. | |
Name new computing technology, win $500 June 25, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A $500 prize is being offered for the winning name submitted for the prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers. | |
U.S. attacks problem of 'produced water' June 20, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The U.S. Department of Energy has designed a Web program to help oil and natural gas companies solve the environmental challenge of produced water. | |
Security breach at Los Alamos June 15, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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The Los Alamos, N.M., National Laboratory reportedly breached national security by sending classified nuclear weapons information over the Internet. | |
Energy police patrolling China June 13, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
China is recruiting "energy police" to make sure offices, schools, shopping malls and other buildings aren't using too much power. | |
Science-based 9/11 animation created June 13, 2007 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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U.S. scientists have created a science-based animation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center twin towers. | |
Health concerns urge Wi-Fi removal June 04, 2007 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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After a warning from a government watchdog group, schools and families in Britain are scrambling to remove Wi-Fi systems. | |
Britain looks at new nuclear plants May 24, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The British government says it will run out of power in the near future unless it increases its number of nuclear power plants in the country. | |
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