Technology

Cycling for Science #1- Tensegrity

Cycling for Science #1- Tensegrity Velocipedological science Cycling is more than just a pleasant way to keep fit: it is a pleasant way to learn some interesting velocipedological science facts.  Don't just exercise your muscles: exercise your brain ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Dec 17 2014 - 7:10pm

Is Big Data Taking Over The Fashion Industry?

Big data may be taking over the fashion industry's runways, according to an analysis of relevant words and phrases from fashion reviews. At the Workshop of Information Technology and Systems in Auckland, researchers analyzed 6,629 runway reviews of 8 ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2014 - 6:13pm

Pilot Project For Removal Of CO2 From Deep Waters

In the former mining area Herrerias in Andalusia, the deep waters of Pit Lake Guadiana show extremely high concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO 2).  Levels are so high that if it were to bubble up, human beings close-by would be jeopardized. To d ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2014 - 10:47am

W-Band Wireless: High Speed Internet, Outdoors And Everywhere

A European team is working on the world’s first W-band wireless system-  millimeter wave technology for high speed wireless mobile and fixed point Internet- as part of a £2.8 million TWEETHER project. Millimeter waves- found in the spectrum between microwa ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2014 - 9:00am

Being Popular On Facebook May Hamper Fundraising Efforts

No one in business can figure out what an 'SEO expert' is- in most cases it is simply the person who knows the password to the Facebook account. A new study finds that it may be better to have less popular people rather than marketing experts ta ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 26 2014 - 5:00pm

12 New Causes Of Developmental Disorders Found

A nationwide project to study the genetic causes of rare developmental disorders has found 12 causative genes that were unidentified before. The Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) nationwide genome-wide diagnostic sequencing program sequenced DNA a ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 30 2014 - 11:49am

Your Technology New Year's Resolutions For 2015

By David Glance, University of Western Australia People of the western world have been making resolutions for the new year for over 4,000 years. The Babylonians, along with the Romans who later developed the idea further, made resolutions in the hope of f ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 29 2014 - 2:30pm

Cycling for Science #2- Geology

Cycling for Science #2- Geology Cycling on tarmac roads in summer is all very well but you can learn a whole lot about geology- and the laws of physics- if you ride off-road.  For example: today I went for a ride along a little-known trail and discovered ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 1 2015 - 8:34pm

Nanostructures Could Lead To Your Future Cyborg Robot Chassis

A new research effort is focused on nanostructured materials with biocompatible and antibacterial properties. Ana Maria Arizmendi Morquecho, scholar at the Research Center for Advanced Materials (Cimav) in Mexico, says that the challenge is to find appropr ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 2 2015 - 12:58pm

David Orban Guest Post: On Becoming A Cyborg

The following is a guest post by David Orban, CEO at Dotsub, faculty and advisor at Singularity University, and trustee of Network Society Research. When I implanted an NFC chip in my left hand about two months ago at the Singularity University Summit Eur ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 5 2015 - 10:45am