 A baseball cap that reads your mind May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 25 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 ... | |
 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. | |
 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. ... | |
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. | |
 Automotive safety systems get more dependable May 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
As automotive safety systems become more complex, the risk of failure increases. But European researchers believe they have found a way to improve dependability. | |
 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. | |
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 ... | |
Precision control of movement in robots May 16, 2008 | 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 May 16, 2008 | 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. | |
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