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Would you like a large shake with that little Mac? Technology / Other March 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet What began as a way to prevent damage to the hard drive from a dropped laptop has led to an innovative project that lets seismology and engineering students or researchers study, store and share data to better ...

Visual technology enables brain to learn in new ways Technology / Other March 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet New technology at Tufts University's Center for Scientific Visualization is enabling researchers to translate the most abstract, complex scientific concepts into clearer, more precise 3-dimensional images than conventional ...

Virtual reality can yield real legal woes Technology / Other March 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet What your avatar does in an online fantasy world may very well land you in court. As virtual worlds increasingly generate real-world legal disputes, a cyberlaw scholar at the Rutgers School of Law—Camden is authoring a book ...

'Digital piracy' may benefit companies Technology / Other March 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 42 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Unauthorised copying of software, music or films, so-called digital piracy, may have benefits for the affected companies, an Oxford researcher has claimed.

Huachuca Biometrics Device Separates Friends from Foes Technology / Other March 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 A new mobile device is enabling US soldiers in Iraq to determine if individuals on the streets are civilians or insurgents, no matter what kind of clothing they wear or names they give.

'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year Technology / Other March 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, ...

Argonne's lithium-ion battery technology to be commercialized by Japan's Toda Kogyo Technology / Other March 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Toda Kogyo Corp. (Toda) of Japan have reached a world-wide licensing agreement for the commercial production and sales of Argonne’s patented composite ...

Merchant Terminals Provide New Method For Stealing Customer's Credit Cards Technology / Other March 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet UK based Timesonline reports a flurry of credit card fraud in the first half of 2007. Researchers at Cambridge found chip and PIN merchant terminals lack necessary security encryption. The merchant terminal can be programmed ...

Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity Technology / Other February 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide.

Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head Technology / Other February 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 138 vote(s) \| User comments: 16 A recently unclassified report from the Pentagon from 1998 has revealed an investigation into using laser beams for a few intriguing potential methods of non-lethal torture. Some of the applications the report ...

Clever clothes in a smart world Technology / Other February 14, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Pretty soon your gym gear will be more high tech than the groaning treadmill beneath you. Smart textiles and wearable devices can monitor your vital signs as you go about daily life. These clever clothes already exist and ...

The trouble with hybrids: Hybrid electric vehicles not as green as they are painted Technology / Other February 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 Hybrid electric vehicles that run on both conventional gasoline and stored electricity can be no more than a stop gap until more sustainable technology is developed, according to researchers in France. Writing in the Inderscience ...

Bug guts map brings scientists closer to understanding different bugs' role in the body Technology / Other February 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have made a major step towards understanding precisely which bugs in the gut are involved in which processes in the body, by mapping the different species of bugs living in seven members of the same Chinese family.

Next-generation hi-fi: deepening the musical experience Technology / Other February 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Large-scale digital music distribution is bringing about a profound revolution in the way we ‘consume’ music. The market is still in flux, but it is very clear that the hi-fi systems of the future will be ...

Supportive devices or unnecessary surveillance? Technology / Other February 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In the near future, every manufactured product – our clothes, money, appliances, the paint on our walls, the carpets on our floors, our cars – will be embedded with intelligence, networks of tiny sensors and actuators, which ...

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Would you like a large shake with that little Mac? Technology / Other March 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet What began as a way to prevent damage to the hard drive from a dropped laptop has led to an innovative project that lets seismology and engineering students or researchers study, store and share data to better ...

Visual technology enables brain to learn in new ways Technology / Other March 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet New technology at Tufts University's Center for Scientific Visualization is enabling researchers to translate the most abstract, complex scientific concepts into clearer, more precise 3-dimensional images than conventional ...

Virtual reality can yield real legal woes Technology / Other March 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet What your avatar does in an online fantasy world may very well land you in court. As virtual worlds increasingly generate real-world legal disputes, a cyberlaw scholar at the Rutgers School of Law—Camden is authoring a book ...

'Digital piracy' may benefit companies Technology / Other March 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 42 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Unauthorised copying of software, music or films, so-called digital piracy, may have benefits for the affected companies, an Oxford researcher has claimed.

Huachuca Biometrics Device Separates Friends from Foes Technology / Other March 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 A new mobile device is enabling US soldiers in Iraq to determine if individuals on the streets are civilians or insurgents, no matter what kind of clothing they wear or names they give.

'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year Technology / Other March 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, ...

Argonne's lithium-ion battery technology to be commercialized by Japan's Toda Kogyo Technology / Other March 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Toda Kogyo Corp. (Toda) of Japan have reached a world-wide licensing agreement for the commercial production and sales of Argonne’s patented composite ...

Merchant Terminals Provide New Method For Stealing Customer's Credit Cards Technology / Other March 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet UK based Timesonline reports a flurry of credit card fraud in the first half of 2007. Researchers at Cambridge found chip and PIN merchant terminals lack necessary security encryption. The merchant terminal can be programmed ...

Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity Technology / Other February 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide.

Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head Technology / Other February 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 138 vote(s) \| User comments: 16 A recently unclassified report from the Pentagon from 1998 has revealed an investigation into using laser beams for a few intriguing potential methods of non-lethal torture. Some of the applications the report ...

Clever clothes in a smart world Technology / Other February 14, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Pretty soon your gym gear will be more high tech than the groaning treadmill beneath you. Smart textiles and wearable devices can monitor your vital signs as you go about daily life. These clever clothes already exist and ...

The trouble with hybrids: Hybrid electric vehicles not as green as they are painted Technology / Other February 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 Hybrid electric vehicles that run on both conventional gasoline and stored electricity can be no more than a stop gap until more sustainable technology is developed, according to researchers in France. Writing in the Inderscience ...

Bug guts map brings scientists closer to understanding different bugs' role in the body Technology / Other February 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have made a major step towards understanding precisely which bugs in the gut are involved in which processes in the body, by mapping the different species of bugs living in seven members of the same Chinese family.

Next-generation hi-fi: deepening the musical experience Technology / Other February 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Large-scale digital music distribution is bringing about a profound revolution in the way we ‘consume’ music. The market is still in flux, but it is very clear that the hi-fi systems of the future will be ...

Supportive devices or unnecessary surveillance? Technology / Other February 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In the near future, every manufactured product – our clothes, money, appliances, the paint on our walls, the carpets on our floors, our cars – will be embedded with intelligence, networks of tiny sensors and actuators, which ...

Would you like a large shake with that little Mac?

Visual technology enables brain to learn in new ways

Virtual reality can yield real legal woes

'Digital piracy' may benefit companies

Huachuca Biometrics Device Separates Friends from Foes

'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year

Argonne's lithium-ion battery technology to be commercialized by Japan's Toda Kogyo

Merchant Terminals Provide New Method For Stealing Customer's Credit Cards

Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity

Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head

Clever clothes in a smart world

The trouble with hybrids: Hybrid electric vehicles not as green as they are painted

Bug guts map brings scientists closer to understanding different bugs' role in the body

Next-generation hi-fi: deepening the musical experience

Supportive devices or unnecessary surveillance?

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