 Mayfly-Mimicking Sensor Could be High Tech 'Canary in the Coal Mine' June 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Security, health and safety sensors in coal mines, buildings or underground public transit areas where air or water does not readily flow may one day be improved by research on young mayflies at the University ... | |
 New technique to optimize computer speed June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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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, ... | |
Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Researchers at Purdue University are developing a miniature refrigeration system small enough to fit inside laptops and personal computers, a cooling technology that would boost performance while shrinking the size of computers. | |
University researchers promote new animal recognition technology June 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Two entrepreneurial researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland, have taken their collaborative research further along the commercialisation pathway with their appearance tonight ... | |
OSU's Transparent Electronics Key to Solar Energy Breakthrough June 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Transparent transistors and optoelectronics created by researchers at Oregon State University and HP have found their first key industrial application in a new type of solar energy system that its developers say will be four ... | |
 Honda starts producing next-generation fuel cell car June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Honda Motor Co. on Monday began producing a next-generation fuel cell vehicle that it hopes will propel zero-emission cars running on hydrogen closer to the mainstream. | |
 Vision sensors keep their eye on the ball at Euro 2008 June 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The silky skills of Europe’s top footballers will not be the only eye catcher this summer as the movement of the fans themselves fall under the watchful gaze of state-of-the-art video surveillance. | |
 Aussies hope new bike will carry them to Olympic gold June 12, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A new bicycle, designed with aerospace expertise, will give Australian cyclists the edge at this year's Beijing Olympics, team organisers said here Thursday. | |
 Rising Diesel Prices Renew Interest in Fuel Saving Technologies June 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon – and the resulting economic impact on products transported by truck – have created renewed interest in fuel-saving technologies developed during the past decade ... | |
University of Florida professor designs plasma-propelled flying saucer June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 72 vote(s)
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Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction. University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft ... | |
 Measuring the Footprint of Cells June 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Even the slightest differences are important in competitive sport: To improve a ski jumper's performance, the trainer can analyze the jump very accurately using force sensors. Researchers in Jena and Bremen ... | |
 Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Currently, we get most of our information from computers through visual and audio features. But as researchers from Korea point out, the most widespread sense on the human body is touch. While some tactile ... | |
 Helicopters with Fuel Cells June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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The old saying that "there is strength in numbers" also applies to fuel cells. To deliver a high enough power output, a number of cells have to be connected in series. Manufacturers normally stack the fuel ... | |
 IBM Cools 3-D Chips with Water June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly ... | |
Quake Research to Provide Rare Glimpse of How Structures Collapse June 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Structural engineers at the University at Buffalo are conducting some of the most comprehensive experiments ever attempted to develop methods of evaluating and designing steel buildings so that they will be less vulnerable ... | |
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