Technology

Data Glasses That Make You Look Less Like A Dork

Google Glass gave the idea of data glasses an uphill cultural hill to climb- rather than being a must-have accessory, they became a source of derision. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2015 - 10:30am

Global Sanitation Fund Reports Major Sanitation Advances For 7 Million People In 13 Countries

The Global Sanitation Fund's latest Progress Report details how support for nationally-led programs has helped 7 million people in over 20,500 communities become open-defecation free, improved toilets for 4.2 million people and seen eight million peo ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2015 - 10:28pm

Brainprint: Our Reactions To Terms Could Replace Passwords

Passwords have to be complicated in order to keep them from being stolen but our reactions to words are subjective- and those could lead to the best security of all. In a new study, researchers from Binghamton University observed the brain signals of 45 vo ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2015 - 4:42pm

Hybrid-Electric Street Sweepers

Unless you are a wealthy elite, an electric car is not a viable option because gasoline still rules when it comes to energy density, meaning electric has a more limited range, and solar energy is not close to replacing fossil fuels yet so the environment i ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 6 2015 - 2:28pm

Next-Generation Illumination Is Here: Quantum Dot-Based White-Blue LED

A Silicon (Si) quantum dot (QD)-based hybrid inorganic/organic light-emitting diode (LED) that exhibits white-blue electroluminescence has been created. A hybrid LED is expected to be a next-generation illumination device for producing flexible lighting an ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 7 2015 - 8:36am

Stretchable Ceramics, Made By Flame

Scientists synthesizing nanoscale materials using simple and highly efficient flame technology have been able to “bake” nanostructures using tin oxide, which opens up a wide field of possible new applications. Metal oxides in bulk form are generally brittl ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 8 2015 - 9:00am

AI Does Science: First Model Of Regeneration Discovered By Non-Human Intelligence

An artificial intelligence system has for the first time reverse-engineered the regeneration mechanism of planaria, small worms that can regrow body parts. This is the first model of regeneration discovered by a non-human intelligence and the first compreh ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 8 2015 - 11:30am

Dynamic Whole-Body PET Scan Detects More Cancer

Imaging lung cancer requires both precision and innovation and clinical positron emission tomography (PET) imaging reates advanced whole-body parametric maps, which allow quantitative evaluation of tumors and metastases throughout the body, according to r ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2015 - 8:00am

Most Advanced Newborn Simulator- Newborn Tory

 The Newborn Tory S2210 is the industry's most advanced, life-like newborn patient simulator, according to manufacturer Gaumard Scientific Company. Fully tetherless and wireless, Newborn Tory enables health care professionals to easily administer and ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 8 2015 - 8:34pm

Injectable Electronics Create Cyborg Tissue

Electronic devices that can be injected directly into the brain, or other body parts, have been a staple of science fiction for decades- and they seem a little closer to reality if you visit Charles Lieber's chemistry lab at Harvard.  A team of inter ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2015 - 2:00pm