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The inaudible symphony analyzed Technology / Engineering November 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet By measuring 'inaudible' sounds, events like illegal nuclear tests can be detected. This 'infrasound' can also help us understand more about the upper atmosphere, according to Läslo Evers. Evers will receive a PhD based on ...

New technique to optimize computer speed Technology / Engineering June 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Who doesn’t dream of increasingly fast computers that consume less and less energy? To design these computers of the future, it is important to be able to control nanoscale strain in the processors. Until now, ...

Enabling the blind to find their way Technology / Engineering October 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- “Eyes on the future” is the mantra of the ‘World Sight Day’ held this month to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment. New technologies, developed by European researchers offering the visually ...

From 3-D to 6-D: Researchers developing super-realistic image system Technology / Engineering August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 49 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, ...

Software for safe bridges Technology / Engineering November 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Spanning deep gorges, rivers and freeways, bridges are an indispensable part of the traffic network. Yet their condition in Germany is appalling: In a survey carried out by the German automobile club ADAC ...

Rice's single-pixel camera takes high-res images Technology / Engineering October 02, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s) \| No comments yet For all their ease and convenience, there are few things more wasteful than digital cameras. They're loaded with pricy microprocessors that chew through batteries at a breakneck pace, crunching millions of ...

Solar Cells with 60% Efficiency? Technology / Engineering January 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 158 vote(s) \| User comments: 19 Nuclear Engineer Lonnie Johnson, best known for his invention of the super soaker squirt gun, has recently designed a new type of solar energy technology that he says can achieve a conversion efficiency rate ...

Boston Dynamics: Quadruped Rough Terrain Robot Prototype Technology / Engineering March 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 88 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 Boston Dynamics has released a prototype of an all-terrain robot, BigDog. The quadruped robot is equipped with a computer featuring sensors that aid its movements over harsh terrain. The robot is powered by ...

New underwater robot can hover in place Technology / Engineering September 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have designed a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter -- an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers ...

Invention could help reduce highway repairs Technology / Engineering September 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ohio University has licensed a new device that tests the durability of highway asphalt to an Athens, Ohio-based company founded by the engineering professor who invented the technology.

Stanford researchers developing 3-D camera with 12,616 lenses Technology / Engineering March 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 78 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 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 ...

Low-cost, Home-built 3-D Printer Could Launch a Revolution Technology / Engineering March 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 120 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Altair 8800, introduced in the early 1970s, was the first computer you could build at home from a kit. It was crude, didn't do much, but many historians would say that it launched the desktop computer revolution. ...

Baked Slug: New Method to Test Fireproofing Material Technology / Engineering October 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In a high-temperature blaze, how well does a fireproofing material shield a building’s important steel structures from heat? Answering this question has been surprisingly difficult, but it is important information ...

Ground speed sensor technology developed for motor vehicles Technology / Engineering October 20, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 2 Hitachi, Ltd. announced the development of a compact and low cost speed sensor technology for motor vehicles which provides accurate measurement of relative velocity using an mm–wave radar (77GHz band). The technology enables ...

Zeroing in on Wi-Fi 'dead zones' Technology / Engineering September 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Rooting out Wi-Fi "dead zones" in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities is an expensive proposition. Pre-deployment testing is so costly that most WiFi providers simply build their networks first ...

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The inaudible symphony analyzed Technology / Engineering November 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet By measuring 'inaudible' sounds, events like illegal nuclear tests can be detected. This 'infrasound' can also help us understand more about the upper atmosphere, according to Läslo Evers. Evers will receive a PhD based on ...

New technique to optimize computer speed Technology / Engineering June 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Who doesn’t dream of increasingly fast computers that consume less and less energy? To design these computers of the future, it is important to be able to control nanoscale strain in the processors. Until now, ...

Enabling the blind to find their way Technology / Engineering October 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- “Eyes on the future” is the mantra of the ‘World Sight Day’ held this month to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment. New technologies, developed by European researchers offering the visually ...

From 3-D to 6-D: Researchers developing super-realistic image system Technology / Engineering August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 49 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, ...

Software for safe bridges Technology / Engineering November 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Spanning deep gorges, rivers and freeways, bridges are an indispensable part of the traffic network. Yet their condition in Germany is appalling: In a survey carried out by the German automobile club ADAC ...

Rice's single-pixel camera takes high-res images Technology / Engineering October 02, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s) \| No comments yet For all their ease and convenience, there are few things more wasteful than digital cameras. They're loaded with pricy microprocessors that chew through batteries at a breakneck pace, crunching millions of ...

Solar Cells with 60% Efficiency? Technology / Engineering January 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 158 vote(s) \| User comments: 19 Nuclear Engineer Lonnie Johnson, best known for his invention of the super soaker squirt gun, has recently designed a new type of solar energy technology that he says can achieve a conversion efficiency rate ...

Boston Dynamics: Quadruped Rough Terrain Robot Prototype Technology / Engineering March 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 88 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 Boston Dynamics has released a prototype of an all-terrain robot, BigDog. The quadruped robot is equipped with a computer featuring sensors that aid its movements over harsh terrain. The robot is powered by ...

New underwater robot can hover in place Technology / Engineering September 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have designed a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter -- an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers ...

Invention could help reduce highway repairs Technology / Engineering September 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ohio University has licensed a new device that tests the durability of highway asphalt to an Athens, Ohio-based company founded by the engineering professor who invented the technology.

Stanford researchers developing 3-D camera with 12,616 lenses Technology / Engineering March 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 78 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 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 ...

Low-cost, Home-built 3-D Printer Could Launch a Revolution Technology / Engineering March 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 120 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Altair 8800, introduced in the early 1970s, was the first computer you could build at home from a kit. It was crude, didn't do much, but many historians would say that it launched the desktop computer revolution. ...

Baked Slug: New Method to Test Fireproofing Material Technology / Engineering October 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In a high-temperature blaze, how well does a fireproofing material shield a building’s important steel structures from heat? Answering this question has been surprisingly difficult, but it is important information ...

Ground speed sensor technology developed for motor vehicles Technology / Engineering October 20, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 2 Hitachi, Ltd. announced the development of a compact and low cost speed sensor technology for motor vehicles which provides accurate measurement of relative velocity using an mm–wave radar (77GHz band). The technology enables ...

Zeroing in on Wi-Fi 'dead zones' Technology / Engineering September 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Rooting out Wi-Fi "dead zones" in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities is an expensive proposition. Pre-deployment testing is so costly that most WiFi providers simply build their networks first ...

The inaudible symphony analyzed

New technique to optimize computer speed

Enabling the blind to find their way

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

Software for safe bridges

Rice's single-pixel camera takes high-res images

Solar Cells with 60% Efficiency?

Boston Dynamics: Quadruped Rough Terrain Robot Prototype

New underwater robot can hover in place

Invention could help reduce highway repairs

Stanford researchers developing 3-D camera with 12,616 lenses

Low-cost, Home-built 3-D Printer Could Launch a Revolution

Baked Slug: New Method to Test Fireproofing Material

Ground speed sensor technology developed for motor vehicles

Zeroing in on Wi-Fi 'dead zones'

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