Technology

With ApplePay, America Caught Up To Kenya Of 2004- How 'Good Enough' Holds Us Back

Don't mobile payments make more sense? US Navy By Ethan Zuckerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Apple’s product launches are covered with breathless enthusiasm usually reserved for royal weddings and vaccines for dread diseases. The recent l ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 6 2015 - 6:57pm

Artificial Intelligence Is Not Close To Creating A Doomsday Machine

Is artificial super-intelligence lurking nearby, under wraps? eugenia_loli, CC BY By Tony Prescott, University of Sheffield ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 8 2015 - 9:00am

This Robot Learns Your Every Basketball Move

Automated cameras make it possible to broadcast sporting events but the choices lack the creativity of a human camera operator or director. The camera just goes back and forth following the ball. Disney Research engineers have now made it possible for robo ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2015 - 12:33pm

Coffee Shop Hackers Can Snoop- Even When You Are Not On The Internet

You may feel safe working at the coffee house because you are not using their public Wi-Fi connection. Think again. And that smartphone is even more vulnerable to snooping. The new breed of coffee shop hackers can see what you're doing by analyzing th ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2015 - 12:28pm

Air Asia 8501- Tail To Be Raised

Air Asia 8501- Tail To Be Raised The recently located tail of Air Asia flight 8501 is to be raised according to reports by Detik News. ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 8 2015 - 1:17pm

What's Better, Pop-Up Fabrication Or 3-D Printing?

It won't exactly set off a Blu-ray versus HD-DVD cultural firestorm, but there is an alternative to 3-D printing. And it's better in many ways.  Pop-up assembly relies on compression buckling. If that sounds like one of children's books, wit ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2015 - 4:40pm

2015 Is The Year To Try 3-D Printing At Home

The first Kinematics dress, now acquired by the MoMA. Nervous System By Martijn Gommeren, Cardiff Metropolitan University Have you considered buying a 3D printer? A major spectacle at the Consumer Entertainment Show in Las Vegas for the last two years, th ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 10 2015 - 9:00am

DNA Trax: Spray-On DNA Barcode Tracks Harmful Chemicals

By Marsha Lewis, Inside Science (Inside Science TV) – Everything from food, to air to water runs the risk of becoming contaminated. Now, chemists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have developed a technology that can detect and tr ...

Article - Inside Science - Jan 13 2015 - 9:00am

Air Asia Black Box Located

Air Asia Black Box Located Detik News reports that divers operating from the vessel KN Jadayat have located the black box from Air Asia flight 8501. Sunday, 01/11/2015 19:26 pm Divers from KN Jadayat Discover Aircraft Black Box In Crushed Wreckage M Iqbal ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 11 2015 - 8:55am

VR Game Detects Mild Cognitive Impairment

A recent study showed that a virtual reality cognitive training game could be a screening tool for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among a sample of older adults. Mild cognitive impairment  is a condition that often predates Alzheimer's ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2015 - 9:30am