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Ever since its merger with Blizzard, video game publisher Activision has been accused of eliminating any attempt to innovate and of relying on the same core franchises, including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in order to generate revenue.
But at least one leading executive working at the company believes that ... |
14 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Colorado School of Mines scientists have just create a new type of filter for circular polarized light, bringing the goal of having the ability to control all possible polarizations of visible light one step closer to reality. The achievement opens the way for several high-profile applications.
Light filters are ob... |
9 February 2012
07:03 GMT |
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At this point, railguns are among the most devastating long-range weapons that can be deployed to the battlefield. Experts at the US Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) want to make them even more effective, by having them fire in rapid succession.
The thing about railguns is that they use electromagnetic forces to ... |
9 February 2012
06:37 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of York Department of Physics led an international collaboration of researchers who recently announced the development of an improved method for magnetic recording. The achievement could be used to develop very advanced hard drives, as well as other devices. Information stored on suc... |
8 February 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Scientists say that the next step in modern warfare will be to augment the minds of soldiers taking the battlefield, so that they are able to interface with their weapons directly. What this means is that the warfighters will be able to use their brains to control firearms and other equipment directly. Naturally, o... |
7 February 2012
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A collaboration of experts in the United States has just finished developing the high-temperature version of photonic crystals, advanced materials that are used for numerous applications. The new constructs can function at temperatures of up to 1,200 degrees Celsius, opening even more applications.
The research team... |
3 February 2012
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The American space agency cannot go about exploring space without a series of guidelines to ensure that no time and money are needlessly wasted. The latest set of such guidelines were recently delivered to NASA by the US National Research Council (NRC).
In the new report, entitled “NASA Space Technology Roadma... |
2 February 2012
03:53 GMT |
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By using induced pluripotent stem cells as a starting point, researchers in the United States say they can obtain liver-like cells that could help them crack the mystery surrounding hepatitis C. The condition is puzzling because it produces different effects on patients.
The overall effects are the same – mos... |
1 February 2012
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A team of experts at the Rice University announces the development of a new class of terahertz polarizers, which make good use of carbon nanotubes for improving their performances. The devices could have applications in the fields of communication, sensing and security applications.
The robust terahertz polarizer t... |
31 January 2012
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A paper published in the January 25 issue of the New Journal of Physics describes a tube-like structure that is capable of masking three-dimensional objects from microwave light. This invisibility cloak is one of the few out there that is capable of hiding 3D objects from view.
The tube itself is made up of insulat... |
26 January 2012
07:52 GMT |
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A group of investigators was recently able to boost a standard scanning electron microscope's (SEM) ability to resolve and measure the crystal structures of both nanoparticles and thin films, by as much as 1,000 percent. SEM imaging will from now on be used increasingly often in nanotechnology studies.
SEM imag... |
25 January 2012
03:48 GMT |
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A group of experts at the Vanderbilt University announces the development of a prototype bionic leg, which they say is capable of supporting its user in conducting a number of motions that are impossible to do with existing prosthetics.
Researchers already sold the technology to a major prosthetics manufacturer, so ... |
24 January 2012
03:29 GMT |
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The emerging field of optogenetics is an area of science that deals with using light to control various aspects of neural functionality. Researchers at the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Kendall Research have just developed a new type of instrument that acts like a neural router.
The tool will help investigators de... |
23 January 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Over the past few years, robotics experts have been working on developing intelligent robots, capable of conducting a wide array of missions. Right now, scientists based at the Georgia Tech University are working on emulating ants' teamwork and snake movements in two new classes of robots.
These machines would ... |
23 January 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Physicists and engineers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) announce the development of an innovative power-over-fiber (PoF) communications cable, which is capable of achieving total electrical isolation.
According to its creators, the cable will make it a lot easier to ac... |
18 January 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Producing a whole subclass of organic compounds called nitrogen-containing heterocycles should now be a lot easier for scientists, thanks to a team of experts based at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in Pasadena. Experts here developed a new method for creating complex molecules.
The main applicati... |
17 January 2012
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A group of scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, announces that it's currently working on developing a very special type of printer, one that will be capable of printing artificial living tissues on command.
The new investigation could finally provide research tea... |
17 January 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Razer unveiled Project Fiona at the CES with claims that it will redefine the way PC players look at their gaming devices and the leader of the company believes that the innovation included is a sign of how the PC market can be revived.Speaking at the CES 2012 trade show Min-Liang Tan, who is the Chief Executive Offi... |
17 January 2012
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A collaboration of scientists from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), in the United States, announces the development of a new imaging technique, which allows investigators to take high-detail anatomical images of the whole mammalian brain.
Thus far, this ability was only the prerogative of very few, highly-... |
16 January 2012
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Star Wars: The Old Republic has performed better than expected in the months since its simultaneous world release and as gamers discover more of the experience the developers at BioWare are having to answer charges that the new game lacks innovation and is too close to its main competitor.As part of a post mortem ana... |
13 January 2012
08:57 GMT |
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The future of graphene in the electronics industry is assured, experts behind a new investigation on the material's properties explain. They say that they were able to make the extremely strong, unbelievably thin carbon compound magnetic.
This property was never observed in graphene before. In its natural stat... |
9 January 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 might have been the biggest entertainment launch of 2011 but the executives at Activision are not interested in resting on their laurels and will try to use downloadable content to expand the attractiveness of the series.Eric Hirshberg, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Activision P... |
5 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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All of us enjoy at least a couple of hours in front of our TV sets and sometimes we even choose to stay indoors rather than traveling, visiting our friends or just having a great time outdoors.
Soon enough we will be able to carry around our own LED television attached to high-tech vests, due to an unbelievable inv... |
5 January 2012
08:51 GMT |
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The absolute lower limits of miniaturization may not be reached for at least a few more decades, say researchers who recently conducted a study on the properties of graphene nanowiggles. The advanced nanoscale material could soon replace silicon in all electronic equipment.
The issue with silicon is that electronic... |
5 January 2012
05:47 GMT |
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The first time I saw this video, my jaw literally dropped. I mean, just check out what this microphone can do. Just attach it to any rigid surface, and it can produce sounds that you can record afterwards. If you're a music producer, then you can understand what this means for your sounds.
Researchers Bruno Zam... |
4 January 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Stephan Boyer, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently created a self-balancing unicycle that looks as a lot of fun to ride.
The new piece of technology is seen in this video as it gets a drive test on some hallway. The machine is still quite small, so you couldn't venture past co... |
29 December 2011
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Paper computing may be the way of the future, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab assistant professor Leah Buechley. She and her team recently presented their latest innovation, a kit for sketching and drawing circuits on a very special type of paper, using a very special pen.
The kit contains a fe... |
28 December 2011
04:37 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Purdue University announce the development of specialized arrays capable of controlling light. The instruments can manipulate photons in very specific ways, potentially enabling a new generation of computers, microscopes and telecommunications devices.
The arrays are made up of ver... |
27 December 2011
04:34 GMT |
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Sustainable design is not only highlighting improvements when it comes to giant towers, homes and commercial buildings.
Small items, like birds houses are also open to innovation revealing a deep respect for the environment and a high dosage of creativity, Inhabitat informs.
The bird houses launched on the market... |
23 December 2011
10:50 GMT |
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Thanks to the work of a team of Stanford engineers, a new type of improved organic semiconductors could soon be used to develop better TV and computer screens, more advanced and efficient solar panels, as well as cell phones and other electronics that can be bent and twisted in all directions.
What the team did dur... |
22 December 2011
03:50 GMT |
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Even though the uncertainties dominating the solar market keep putting investors on the run, scientists are still aiming to innovate this line of business. One of the most recent discoveries is a new kind of cost-effective solar paints, meant to replace the common photovoltaic solar panels.
Experts from University ... |
22 December 2011
03:06 GMT |
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University of California in San Diego (UCSD) investigators announce the creation of a living neon sign that is powered up by millions of bacterial cells. Fluorescent proteins attached to the cells' biological clocks allow them to blink in unison, just like LED or light bulbs would in a street ad billboard.
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20 December 2011
06:31 GMT |
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Japan seems eager to green up every line of business. What we wear can definitely define who we are nowadays, when eco textiles are available on a large scale. Japan is now one step closer to a sustainable fashion industry, since it has revealed the first renewable, bio-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fiber, t... |
19 December 2011
03:11 GMT |
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A group of visionaries is currently setting the foundation of what will soon become a mechanical clock. What separates it from anything else is the fact that it will be constructed for a single purpose – keep a precise track of time over the next 10,000 years, arXiv reports.
In other words, experts are trying... |
16 December 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Nintendo has already clarified that Shigeru Miyamoto will not resign his current position inside the company, supervising all its big franchises, but the legendary creator of Mario and Zelda confirmed the kind of future games he will be working on.Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle Shigeru Miyamoto addressed rec... |
14 December 2011
21:41 GMT |
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A system designed to signal the presence of chemicals such as pathogens, explosives, disease-related biomarkers or toxins through a visual glow has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge.
The instrument has a variety of applications in numerous fields of resea... |
14 December 2011
14:01 GMT |
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During the SuperComputing 2011 (SC11) conference, which was held in Seattle, Washington this mid-November, experts were able to use a wide-area network circuit to transfer data from one location to another at a combined rate of 186 gigabits per second (Gbps).
The international team that developed the new capability ... |
13 December 2011
08:59 GMT |
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Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the development of a new imaging system that is capable of capturing video at a rate of one trillion frames per second. The device is capable of imaging light as it travels through a bottle. As the video embedded at the end of this article will conf... |
13 December 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, which is working under a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop the Membrane Optic Imager Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE) telescope, announces the completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR).
This is a critically important milestone fo... |
13 December 2011
03:12 GMT |
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This is one of those inventions that might very well turn a big chunk of the IT industry on its head, provided the printer idea actually takes off.
ZINK is a relatively young company, founded in 2005, but it might just make printer ink totally unnecessary.
That is the nature of its focus: to create printers that d... |
6 December 2011
08:59 GMT |
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Scientists at the Rice University demonstrated that a bi-dimensional carbon compound can be outfitted with organic molecules, thus opening up organic chemistry as a new field for graphene applications.
For the past 6 years or so, physicists and chemists have been trying to figure out the extent to which the material... |
30 November 2011
04:24 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom, announces the development of a new strategy for creating nanoporous materials. They explain that this innovation makes it considerably easier to produce this class of substances, which have numerous applications.
For instance, they can b... |
30 November 2011
03:38 GMT |
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Scientists based in Zürich, Switzerland, announce the development of a new type of magnetic nanoparticle, which is more than capable of attaching itself to harmful molecules in the blood. Through this approach, it may become possible to purge the blood of all contaminants.
These nanoscale magnets (nanomagnets)... |
28 November 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Stanford University investigators announce the development of a new type of electrode, which could make it possible for experts to design and construct batteries capable of grid-level energy storage.
Based on the clever use of nanoparticles, these electrodes could set the foundation for a new generation of batterie... |
24 November 2011
06:04 GMT |
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Scientists based at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) say that a new generation of gas sensors could put existing devices to shame. They add that the key to improving performances to such an extent is the use of the bi-dimensional carbon compound graphene.
Discovered only in 2005, the material already broug... |
23 November 2011
10:25 GMT |
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A group of experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the development of a technique that allows optical signals to be processed directly through a circuit, rather than be converted to electrons, and then back into photons.
This achievement brings the goal of constructing an optical compute... |
23 November 2011
07:33 GMT |
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An MIT Media Lab grad student is working on a piece of software that will highlight if a news article is real or if it makes false claims. Dan Schultz, the creator of this innovative application calls it the 'truth goggles' and it's his belief that internet users can greatly benefit from since it will... |
23 November 2011
05:43 GMT |
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A new alloy created in the United States can be controlled via magnetism, opening the way for new applications in sensor and micromechanical device applications. The multi-institution research group that carried out the work was coordinated by experts at the University of Maryland (UMD).
The alloy was obtained by co... |
23 November 2011
05:00 GMT |
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In a paper published in the October 7 issue of the scientific journal Optics Express, physicists at the Princeton University show that trying to block the path of a light beam by covering the hole through which it passes tends to enhance the photon stream, rather than subdue it.
Conventional wisdom holds that placin... |
22 November 2011
18:41 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the University of Georgia (UGA) announce the development of an amazing new material, which is capable of emitting light in near-infrared wavelengths for prolonged periods of time. The interesting thing is that it does so after being exposed to sunlight for just a minute.
According to th... |
21 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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