Applied Physics

'Back Of The Envelope' Notes For Modern Diesel Engine Recovered

You may never have heard of the Perkins high-speed diesel engine but the system is still used in numerous buses, taxis, ambulances, fire engines and ships of today. Autobiographical notes written by the Lancashire inventor of the engine have been recovered ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2008 - 10:37am

Organic Digital Signal Processing- Without Electric Currents

Fungi processing audio signals. E. Coli storing images. DNA acting as logic circuits. It’s not only possible, in some cases it’s already happened. Performing digital signal processing using organic and chemical materials without electrical currents could b ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2008 - 6:54pm

Spartan Corn III- Cow Stomach Microbe Enables 'Self-Ethanoling' Corn

Ethanol is not great. Even Al Gore had to eventually concede he had made a mistake in promoting it for almost two decades once it became common knowledge that driving food prices up for a costly, energy-negative alternative to gasoline that didn't imp ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2008 - 10:09am

It Is Rocket Science, After All- The Sound Waves That Ruin Engines Get Less Mysterious

There’s a strange wave phenomenon that’s plagued rocket scientists for years, a lurking threat with the power to destroy an engine at almost any time. For decades, scientists have had a limited understanding of how or why it happens because they could not ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2008 - 4:10pm

This Is One Kraken You Don't Need To Fear

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $65 million grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) to develop Kraken, a state of the art supercomputer. Kraken will enhance the computational power of the TeraGrid, the world's largest ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2008 - 8:19pm

KeeLoq Remote Keyless Entry System For Cars And Buildings Is Hacked

KeeLoq, a remote keyless system used for access control since the mid-1990s, is by many the most popular of such systems in Europe and the US. Besides the frequent use of KeeLoq for garage door openers and other building access applications, several automo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2008 - 9:49am

100 Teams Qualify For 'World's Largest Rocket' Contest

Countless hours spent designing, hand-building and testing model rockets has paid off for 100 teams that will be vying for the sixth annual Team American Rocketry Challenge national title next month. The Aerospace Industries Association announced the final ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2008 - 5:49pm

Komodo Dragon- This Ancient Killer Has A 'Space-Age' Skull

Varanus komodoensis, the fearsome Komodo dragon, is the world's largest living lizard and, with 60 razor-sharp serrated teeth, can take on very large animal prey. A new international study has revealed how it can be such an efficient killing machine d ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 10:20am

DOCDATA Will Supply Systems To The Government Printing Works Of South Africa

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, April 14 /PRNewswire/-- Industrial Automation Integrators (IAI) B.V. in Veldhoven, a subsidiary of DOCDATA N.V. in Waalwijk, will supply a SheetMaster Flex system and a WebMaster Flex system to the Government of South Africa (Go ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 14 2008 - 10:32am

Development Kit For Customizable ARM7-based MCUs

SAN JOSE, California, April 15 /PRNewswire/--- AT91CAP7X-DK Includes ARM7-based Microcontroller with 80K LC FPGA Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced its AT91CAP7X-DK development kit for designers to develop, emulate, and ultimately migrate ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 15 2008 - 7:30am