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One would think that food would remain the one thing beyond the capabilities of 3D printing, since it screams too much synthetic nourishment, but certain people high up beg to differ. And by certain people high up, we mean NASA. That's right, NASA wants 3D-printed food to become a reality, and soon. Quite a ... |
21 May 2013
06:00 GMT |
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While taking part in their annual field trip to the Wakatobi Marine National Park in Indonesia, a group of University of Essex students got to attend some really quirky lectures.
Not to beat around the bush: Professor David Smith's lectures were held underwater, at about 18 meters (almost 60 feet) below sea le... |
19 May 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Graphene is considered the next big thing in technology, thanks to the material's various traits, but it is still something that will improve on what already exists, instead of a new idea. The real leap forward will happen when quantum computers become reality. A quantum computer is controlled by the laws of q... |
10 May 2013
07:49 GMT |
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HIV is one of the most loathsome viruses currently plaguing mankind, even though it is easier to avoid than illnesses of older times. That is why there is much vested interest in detecting and eradicating it.
Obviously, progress towards the former goal has been inconclusive at best and demoralizing at worst, althou... |
9 May 2013
08:51 GMT |
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I'd love to say that scientists have finally invented an invisibility cloak, or cloaking field or whatever, but that is not the case.
Rendering an item invisible to the perceivable light spectrum hasn't been achieved yet, except in very small proportions.
Shielding items from microwaves, however, has been... |
7 May 2013
10:37 GMT |
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Robots can be a wonderful thing, but most aren't nearly as close to the ideas brought to life in science fiction and spy films.
The world is getting there though. In fact, I have it on good authority that a genuine robotic fly has been created.
And by good authority, I naturally mean the BBC News channel.
A t... |
3 May 2013
07:19 GMT |
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Insects are very interesting creatures, because of many reasons, but most of all due to how their eyes work. While most bugs have two eyes, these aren't normal. They are more like surfaces dotted with countless smaller eyes. Dragonflies and praying mantises, for example, each have two bulbous ocular systems th... |
2 May 2013
05:49 GMT |
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Since mobile gadgets are becoming more and more prominent, the need for good but small batteries has never been stronger, and is only likely to become stronger still, which is why every idea for improving battery capacity and life is welcome.
Chinese scientists have just revealed one such idea, though they haven... |
30 April 2013
03:49 GMT |
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I suppose that after seeing elastic touchscreens in action, I shouldn't start gushing over the idea of a shape-changing mobile device, but I can't really help it. Much.
Researchers from the University of Bristol's Department of Computer Science, led by Dr. Anne Roudaut and Professor Sriram Subramanian... |
29 April 2013
06:04 GMT |
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Smartwatches have begun to spread, as a concept anyway, but while they, in theory, could do everything a smartphone does, they don't have a big enough screen for it, even with touch support. It all boils down to size: while the technology does exist for cramming everything, physically and virtually, in the wat... |
27 April 2013
05:05 GMT |
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You'd think that a robot inspired by a sea turtle would be used to explore underwater environments or stuff like that, but that's not the case for the “FlipperBot” invented by engineers from Georgia Tech and Northwestern University. That's not even the strangest thing in my book. I find it... |
24 April 2013
21:41 GMT |
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As if flexible displays weren't enough of a Sci Fi leap, MIT researchers have invented an elastic touchscreen, of all things. That's right, Dhairya Dand and Rob Hemsley have revealed a display that lets you pinch it and can return to its previous state afterwards. Depth cameras measure movements each time... |
19 April 2013
10:19 GMT |
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Considered the holy grail of semiconductors, Graphene has been the heart of next-generation processor and storage device research for years.
In fact, it has been theorized that it can be used in just about anything really.
Unfortunately, researchers from Rice University have discovered a big problem with graphene, ... |
19 April 2013
09:28 GMT |
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Samsung has been doing its best to develop and finalize its flexible OLED display technology, hoping to have it ready for commercial availability by year's end.
That would suggest that bendable, foldable or rollable gadgets, like phones and e-readers, could be up for sale in 2014-2015.
Sadly, the company has s... |
17 April 2013
05:59 GMT |
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Graphene, the material made of carbon atoms set in hexagonal molecules, and which is seen as the holy grail of semiconductors of all kinds, continues to be one of the main topics of discussion among tech researchers.
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been in the thick of graphene resear... |
11 April 2013
04:55 GMT |
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While the Solar Impulse (i.e. a sun-powered plane) is getting ready to travel across the United States, one other very green means of transportation is preparing to embark on a rather similar journey.
Long story short, the Tûranor, which also happens to be the world's largest solar-powered boat, will soo... |
4 April 2013
02:59 GMT |
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Fiber optics cables might make people think they transfer data at the speed of light, but they really don't. The best-made cables work at 40 Gb at most, and have relatively low latencies.
True, the latencies are actually quite high compared to copper wires, and whatever other alternatives were tried over the y... |
29 March 2013
04:36 GMT |
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Building walls can be made of various materials, sometimes a mix of wood and stone, other times metal and concrete, or any other combination of the four. Often, though, another substance is used: foam.
Foam material is good for a lot of things, but its main use is that, in addition to impact resistance, it provides... |
27 March 2013
09:57 GMT |
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Normal 3D displays need special glasses to produce the correct effect, and even then, it's mostly a feel of depth than anything else. You don't get to see the object from a different perspective if you move to a different position in regard to the screen.
Glasses-free panels have the same limitation, in a... |
21 March 2013
04:46 GMT |
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One would think that different technological products would need different materials to work, but graphene has established itself as a universal means of taking science to the next level.
The material is being considered for super-fast processor, ultra high-capacity storage products, various other applications and,... |
6 March 2013
04:04 GMT |
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It is a well-known fact that, as far as certain aspects of their behavior are concerned, chimps are not all that different from humans.
In fact, a new study published in the American Journal of Primatology argues that female chimpanzees are quite likely to be particularly friendly when interacting with males, and q... |
5 March 2013
09:07 GMT |
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Cameras of all types, embedded or otherwise, use something called image sensors to capture images and record video. Not too much time in the future, this may no longer be normal.
Researchers from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz have created a very suitable alternative though.
At first glance, it looks like ... |
23 February 2013
06:50 GMT |
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This week has turned into one of unusual but very promising research milestones. We've seen a storage technology that uses sound to enhance magnetic capacity, and now we get to see magnetism used for something else.
We'll cut right to the chase: a group of scientists from the University of Cambridge has r... |
22 February 2013
04:43 GMT |
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Microsoft launched a special version of its MSN portal just a few days before the public debut of the new Windows 8, introducing a brand new design that brings it in line with this operating system, but also performance improvements supposed to help it load faster.
And as far as Microsoft is concerned, these efforts... |
22 February 2013
01:17 GMT |
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Capacity has been the one constant advantage that hard disk drives have maintained over solid-state ones, and while researchers from the Oregon State University, US, don't have a way to help companies maintain that advantage, they do have something that can boost capacities all around.
Western Digital, Seagate... |
21 February 2013
08:15 GMT |
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The 2013 Developer Marketing Survey conducted by Evans Data crowns Microsoft the “Most Relevant Tech Company Today,” as the Redmond-based technology giant has managed to beat all its tech rivals.
The study involved more than 450 software developers and measured their perception on stability, relevancy, g... |
14 February 2013
17:41 GMT |
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The idea of implants is one that science fiction has been going on about for decades, and which has been turned into reality to a certain extent, but which only now is crossing over the boundaries into the fantastical. As is often the case, the first steps towards a new scientific milestone were taken by testing th... |
14 February 2013
10:27 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Southern California have finished one of their latest projects, which will supplement the energy efficiency of hardware today even further than anyone may have dared hope for.
Batteries are one of the essential components of all consumer electronics devices, or other tech products, ... |
14 February 2013
09:41 GMT |
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In order to capture decent photos of very small objects, cameras need sensors with very high resolutions. They also need to be very close to the objects in question, and even then they can only snap a picture of one side.
Not so for the Multi Angle Snowflake Camera, or MASC for short. Developed by researchers from ... |
5 February 2013
07:01 GMT |
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Even though one analyst firm found that the tablet market grew by 75% over the course of the fourth quarter of 2012, another believes that the segment is nearing saturation.
Market watcher Transparency Market Research thinks the increase will be of only 13.1% between 2012 and 2018.
To be fair, though, the study p... |
31 January 2013
08:09 GMT |
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The European Union did not create the Graphene Flagship. The members of the consortium, like Nokia and the University of Cambridge, actually gravitated towards one another due to similar interests.
The EU does have every intention of encouraging the research of this material though.
As a perceived key to everythi... |
29 January 2013
07:02 GMT |
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Sequoia may no longer be the world mightiest supercomputer (that's the Titan now), but it is the second greatest, and the one that the US National Nuclear Security Administration will use to make top-secret analyses, but noise will have to do as subject matter in the meantime. Indeed, the petascale Blue Gene/Q... |
29 January 2013
03:10 GMT |
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California state senator Leland Yee has recently been quoted as saying that he does not believe gamers should have a voice in the debate around the way violent titles are influencing real-world behavior because they are self-serving and desensitized.
Via his official Twitter, the politician is issuing an apology of ... |
28 January 2013
17:41 GMT |
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The current means of creating crystalline silicon, an essential element in computer chips, is expensive and quite hard on the environment. Stephen Maldonado though, a professor of chemistry and applied physics at the University of Michigan (UM), has come up with an alternative.
Sand covers much of the Earth's ... |
26 January 2013
05:55 GMT |
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The idea of pulling things towards us with our minds or some technological implement, without actually using any physical means, is one that fantasy and Sci-Fi fiction has been playing with for decades, if not centuries.
Science Fiction even popularized the idea of tractor beams to such a point that every series of... |
26 January 2013
04:38 GMT |
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Jay Rockefeller, a United States senator, is set to reintroduce his bill that would require the National Academy of Sciences to work with the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.
The three federal institutions would have 18 months to complete the project and would then report back to t... |
25 January 2013
21:21 GMT |
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Graphene will surely play an important role in the industry, being a good material for everything from super processors to high-capacity storage. The University of Cambridge wants to make sure it does everything to crack its mysteries.
To that end, the educational and research institution has put together plans for ... |
25 January 2013
09:28 GMT |
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United States President Barack Obama has mentioned video games in his speech outlining executive measures designed to curb the wave of gun-based violence that hit the country, asking for Congress to provide the Center for Disease Control with the resources it needs to research the potential effects of violent video g... |
17 January 2013
03:40 GMT |
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Fireflies are interesting little insects, among the few animals capable of generating their own light. They brighten up any night, which is probably why scientists from the University of Namur in Belgium started to look at them more closely than usual.
Or rather, the researchers from the University of Namur in Belg... |
14 January 2013
10:29 GMT |
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Jay Rockefeller, the United States senator from West Virginia, says that he plans to re-introduce the violent video games research bill that he initiated after the fatal Sandy Hook shooting.
Initially, the proposed legislation died after the session of Congress was declared closed in early January, but now that new ... |
11 January 2013
21:31 GMT |
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Researchers from the Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia have decided to figure out what sharks are like before they become the alpha predators of the ocean.
The findings proved quite curious, in that it has been discovered that sharks are very much subject to predators' whims before growing... |
10 January 2013
10:44 GMT |
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Of all the possible descriptions of a research & development center, a place meant to enhance “interaction among staff, foster connections with the community and provide a space to attract employment” is not the kind we would expect.
Nevertheless, these are the words that Samsung used when speaking of an... |
28 December 2012
08:25 GMT |
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John Davison Rockefeller IV, aka Jay, a United States Senator hailing from West Virginia, is proposing a bill that would see the National Academy of Sciences receive an official mandate to study the impact that violent video games and other types of violent media have on the minds of youngsters.
The official website... |
21 December 2012
03:37 GMT |
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Research and Markets has published the “iPad and Smartphone Use in the Pharma Industry” report which analyzes the overall market for iPads, iPhones, and other platforms in the pharmaceutical market. The report also looks at the opportunities presented by iOS devices in the life sciences sector.
Citing an unspecified... |
15 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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NVIDIA may be known mostly for its graphics chips and cards, but the past few years saw it become a prominent ARM processor maker as well. Now, it is moving on the embedded chip industry.
Though some may not know it, NVIDIA is behind some of the embedded processors used by Audi, BMW, Tesla and Lamborghini cars, as w... |
12 December 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Quite a while back, the news that South Korea intended to keep hunting whales, supposedly for scientific purposes, caused quite a media stir. As reported, the idea that someone can hunt, kill these animals, and later claim that the information obtained in this manner helps with conservation efforts is one that envi... |
7 December 2012
08:05 GMT |
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Even if there wasn't some sort of prompting on the part of the world's leadership, or the executive bodies of each country, the industry would be looking into better portable energy solutions.
That doesn't mean the latest investment on the US Government's part is a waste though, or at least not e... |
3 December 2012
03:36 GMT |
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With a number of only 10 to 20 types of black colored flowers out of more than 20,000 kinds of dahlias known in the world, the specimen has been enticing scientists for years.
While it is already known that red dahlias get their color from an increased anthocyanin level and the white ones are colored that way due to... |
28 November 2012
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A recent survey by research company Nielsen shows (the obvious) that most Christmas wish lists begin with an “i” and end with “Pad.”
Almost half of the children surveyed by Nielsen say they want a full-sized iPad (up from 44% last year) this Christmas. 36 percent expressed a smaller wish – th... |
22 November 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Static electricity is a funny thing. It gathers through the oddest of ways, like rubbing a balloon against one's hair. Researchers figured it was high time that energy was harnessed.
Their latest and most bizarre idea? Finger twitch-based battery recharging.
Not that twitchy fingers would be the only source. E... |
20 November 2012
08:30 GMT |
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