 Automotive safety systems get more dependable 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As automotive safety systems become more complex, the risk of failure increases. But European researchers believe they have found a way to improve dependability. | |
 A baseball cap that reads your mind 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving ... | |
Precision control of movement in robots 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, Spain, led by Victor Etxebarria, is investigating the characteristics ... | |
 Da Vinci to be honored by small helicopter flight 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. | |
LIDAR imaging detector could build 'super road maps' of planets and moons May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory (RIDL), in collaboration with Massachusetts ... | |
 World's smallest helicopter to fly in da Vinci birthplace May 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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The world's smallest one-man helicopter will soon take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, who is credited with having first thought of a vertical-flight machine, its developer said. | |
Smart fortwo micro car receives top crash scores May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The 2008 Smart fortwo micro car, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, has earned top scores in crash tests conducted by the insurance industry. | |
 Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today. | |
 Soldered lenses May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the lenses. ... | |
 Flies' eyes could enhance robot vision May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Robots with flies' eyes could take advantage of the insect’s vision system to better locate the edges and boundaries of objects. This ability could help robots perform a variety of tasks more quickly and accurately ... | |
 New gas sensors for monitoring carbon dioxide sinks May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A novel gas sensor system makes it possible to monitor large areas cost-effectively the first time. The patented gas sensor is based on the principle of diffusion, according to which certain gases pass through ... | |
 Three-Story Structure Slammed in Magnitude 8 Earthquake on Shake Table May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Engineering researchers are subjecting a three-story structure resembling a parking garage to a sequence of earthquake "shake test" jolts as powerful as magnitude 8.0 as part of a series of seismic tests to ... | |
 Space is 'current frontier' for engineer working on next-gen wireless technologies May 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
Bhaskar Rao is a space explorer, though he is no astronaut. The electrical engineer from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering explores the “space frontier” that has opened up with the emergence of MIMO ... | |
 Contact Through Silver Particles in Ink May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Modern cars are full of sensors. The optimum quantity of air in the intake tract of a combustion engine is regulated by thermoelectric flow sensors, for instance. They measure which quantities of a gas or ... | |
 New cell-based sensors sniff out danger like bloodhounds May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A small, unmanned vehicle makes its way down the road ahead of a military convoy. Suddenly it stops and relays a warning to the convoy commander. The presence of a deadly improvised explosive device, or IED, ... | |
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