 Researchers showcase automated bus that uses magnets to steer through city streets September 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- The thought of a bus moving along city streets while its driver has both hands off the wheel is alarming. But a special bus introduced today (Friday, Sept. 5), steered not by a driver, but ... | |
 Real-life robots obey Asimov’s laws September 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed technology enabling robots to obey Asimov’s golden rules of robotics: to do no harm to humans and to obey them. | |
Boosting the capabilities of emergency relief efforts 59 minutes ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Humanitarian relief efforts are often hampered by the inability of the different international and local bodies involved to properly communicate and share information. European researchers have come up with a new system to ... | |
Boston University partners in NSF challenge to create wireless network using visible light October 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Boston University's College of Engineering is a partner launching a major program, under a National Science Foundation grant, to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light instead ... | |
 An 'electric' future for Formula 1 gearboxes? October 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Bristol University student, Niall Oswald, has won the e2v Award for the Best Electronic Engineering Student at the 2008 Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Awards for his final-year research project, ... | |
 Pterodactyl-inspired robot to master air, ground and sea October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, aeronautical engineer Rick Lind of the University of Florida, and their students Andy Gedeon and Brian Roberts have reached back in time 115 million ... | |
 Writing patterns, logos and lettering in light October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Logos and lettering can be written in light using freeform lenses. But how does the surface of the lens have to be structured in order to focus the light in the shape of a specific pattern? ... | |
 Disposable 'lab-on-a-chip' may save costs and lives September 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Low-cost, disposable cartridges that would let doctors perform diagnostic tests at the point-of-care could speed up diagnosis and treatment while lowering costs. European researchers are rapidly ... | |
 IU sends innovative technology to Antarctica to speed polar research September 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Environmental scientists studying the world's shrinking polar ice sheets will soon get a substantial boost in computing power thanks to IU's Polar Grid Project. | |
 Optical sensors make MRI scans safer September 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance scans will be safer for children and other patients needing anaesthesia, thanks to new kinds of optical sensors developed by a team of European researchers. | |
Robotic 'vacuum' offers shipping industry a cleaner solution September 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- An automated robotic cleaning system that removes marine growth from the hull of a ship is being pioneered at Newcastle University. | |
 HP Labs award will lay groundwork for next generation computers September 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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While most personal computers today can process a few hundred thousand calculations per second, computer scientists are laying the groundwork for exascale machines that will process more than a million trillion ... | |
 Oxford turbines to harvest energy from tides September 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Oxford researchers have developed a new tidal turbine which has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler and more robust and scaleable than current ... | |
 Fuel-saving designs improve efficiency of hydraulic systems September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Researchers at Purdue University have shown how to reduce fuel consumption and dramatically improve the efficiency of hydraulic pumps and motors in heavy construction equipment. | |
Engineers develop a laser solution to power plants slowed by slagging September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Quietly, and with little of the fanfare accompanying the relentless surge in gasoline costs, the price of coal has doubled in less than a year. | |
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