 Stanford researchers developing 3-D camera with 12,616 lenses March 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 77 vote(s)
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The camera you own has one main lens and produces a flat, two-dimensional photograph, whether you hold it in your hand or view it on your computer screen. On the other hand, a camera with two lenses (or two ... | |
 Inexpensive roof vent could prevent billions of dollars in wind damage April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to havoc and damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. A local roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture ... | |
 Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 121 vote(s)
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Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from ... | |
 Chain Mail Fabric a Perfect Fit February 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 97 vote(s)
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Contemporaries of the ancient Greeks might find something familiar within the walls of the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois. In constructing a new type of smart fabric, researchers ... | |
 Handheld windmills serve as electric generators February 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 104 vote(s)
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It’s not quite nanotechnology, but these inches-long windmills can generate small amounts of electric energy to power a variety of low-voltage applications. Since they’re made entirely of plastic, they cost ... | |
Future of war demands futuristic flying machines April 03, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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While no one can predict where, when or why countries will fight future wars, experts are already creating war technology that may play a deciding factor in the outcome. Perhaps it’s a bit bold to say scientists can write ... | |
 Silicon Light Bulbs to Compete with Fluorescent Bulbs March 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 72 vote(s)
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1880, and, since the 1920s, the incandescent light bulb has remained largely unchanged. While that's a testament to Edison's ingenuity, it's also a bulb that uses up ... | |
 Inflatable Habitats for Polar and Space Colonists January 29, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Humanity has long since established a foothold in the Artic and Antarctic, but extensive colonization of these regions may soon become economically viable. If we can learn to build self-sufficient habitats ... | |
How strong is a hurricane? Just listen April 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Knowing how powerful a hurricane is, before it hits land, can help to save lives or to avoid the enormous costs of an unnecessary evacuation. Some MIT researchers think there may be a better, cheaper way of getting that crucial ... | |
 Backpack straps harvest energy to power electronics September 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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All that rubbing of your backpack straps on your shoulders may be put to good use, now that researchers have designed a novel type of energy harvesting backpack. The pack has straps made of a piezoelectric ... | |
 Needle-size device created to track tumors, radiation dose April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Engineers at Purdue University are creating a wireless device designed to be injected into tumors to tell doctors the precise dose of radiation received and locate the exact position of tumors during treatment. | |
 Laser remote makes watching TV even lazier March 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Modern-day remote controls can be complicated. But, thankfully, researchers are making TV the relaxing, mindless pastime that it was always intended to be with a new easy-to-use remote control. The controller ... | |
 Superconducting motor to increase power density May 24, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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The field of electric motors has recently entered a new era. The electric motors that you see today in everything from washing machines, toys, and fans use the same basic principles as motors from 50 years ... | |
 Integrating embedded systems April 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Embedded digital control systems are powerful and ubiquitous in the technologies we use, but getting them to cooperate is difficult. That situation is changing. | |
The not-so-digital future of digital signal processing April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Fungi processing audio signals. E. Coli storing images. DNA acting as logic circuits. It’s possible, and in some cases, it’s already happened. In any event, performing digital signal processing using organic and chemical ... | |
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