Applied Physics

In The Big Bang and the Birth of Culture, we talked about the beginning of culture long before what anthropologists had previously assumed. ...

Article - Howard Bloom - Feb 29 2008 - 1:17am

Would 'Virtual Peers' Help Autistic Kids Interact With Real-Life Children?

Using “virtual peers”-- animated life-sized children that simulate the behaviors and conversation of typically developing children-- Northwestern University researchers are developing interventions designed to prepare children with autism for interactions ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 29 2008 - 12:47pm

AT4 Wireless And Ekahau Partner To Deploy Combined Asset And Staff Tracking Solution For Hospitals

HELSINKI, March 3 /PRNewswire/--- Wi-Fi Based Real-Time Tracking Used Seamlessly for Both Asset Tracking and Staff Safety Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced the successful completion of a proj ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 3 2008 - 4:30am

VPIsystems' OnePlan(TM) To Optimize Sky Link's Wireless Network

HOLMDEL, New Jersey, March 3 /PRNewswire/--- Leading Russian Wireless Service Provider Deploys OnePlan Network Resource Planning to Reduce Backhaul Expenses and Strengthen Network for Next Generation Services Call it Wireless 2.0. Seeing their voice servi ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 3 2008 - 8:30am

Surface Dislocation Nucleation In Metal Means A Limit To Superstrength At The Nano Level

Penn engineers have developed a model that shows while metals tend to be stronger at nanoscale volumes, their strengths saturate at around 10-50 nanometers diameter, at which point they also become more sensitive to temperature and strain rate. Using this ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2008 - 11:42am

Technology: Magnetic Levitation 'most Realistic Sense Of Touch Of Any Haptic Interface In The World Today'

Computers are commonly used as tools to design and manipulate three-dimensional objects but soon they may provide people with a way to sense the texture of those objects or feel how they fit together, says the creator of a haptic, or touch-based, interface ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2008 - 10:53am

A Serotonin Clue In Autism

Many children with autism have elevated blood levels of serotonin – a chemical with strong links to mood and anxiety. But what relevance this “hyperserotonemia” has for autism has remained a mystery. New research by Vanderbilt University Medical Center inv ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2008 - 3:42pm

INCAT-HAL Aerostructures Limited Launched

DETROIT and LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/--- New Joint Venture Company is positioned to be a global leader in aerostructures engineering and design- Will be the Preferred Delivery Center, for both organizations, for all aerostructures INCAT, a global leade ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 4:30pm

ING Renault F1 Team Chooses Appro Xtreme-X(TM) Supercomputers For New Computational Fluid Dynamics Centre In UK

MILPITAS, California, March 5 /PRNewswire/--- Appro to Support Renault's Drive for Performance in Formula 1 Racing Appro (http://www.appro.com), a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems, today announced that it has been awa ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 5 2008 - 2:30am

SolFocus Appoints Senior Executives To Head European Operations

MADRID, Spain, March 5 /PRNewswire/-- SolFocus today announced the appointment of Roberto de Diego Arozamena as Managing Director of SolFocus Europe, and Pedro Ladron de Guevara de Echavarria as Vice President and General Manager of the company's Tra ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 5 2008 - 2:30am