Technology
- Do Any Science Publishers Care About Scientists?
-
When is a multi-million dollar business that charges money before a science article can be seen by the public superior to another multi-million dollar business that charges money before a science article can be seen by the public? Apparently only if they ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 20 2011 - 7:08pm
- 15 Years Before "Star Wars", Take A Look At The Pedipulator The Army Tested
-
Long before "Star Wars", science-fiction had talked of robot walkers. In "War of the Worlds", even aliens from Mars had giant, mechanized tripeds and they got killed by a few germs. But the real world worked on them also. Now on di ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 2 2011 - 6:04pm
- Paper Circuits Almost Here
-
Univ. of Illinois announced a silver pen for writing conductive cursive. Researcher Jennifer Lewis notes “Pen-based printing allows one to construct electronic devices ‘on-the-fly,’". I think, imagine just tracing a circuit schematic instead of havi ...
Article - Project Calliope - Jul 5 2011 - 4:04pm
- JediBot- Clone Wars Coming To A Computer Lab Near You
-
Students are often driven by baser concerns and robotics students even more so- hungry all of the time? Invent a robot that can cook. Need to take over the Republic? Build some robots that, oddly, use colored swords. The Experimental Robotics cours ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2011 - 5:34pm
- Google+ + Google Docs Shout Out
-
Short post about this URL, a Google Doc spread sheet. Not sure if Google+ will take off and stay off the ground. I used Google Wave which disappeared into the sea. If you are a Science blogger Trying out Google+ then you might as well add your nam ...
Blog Post - Doug Sweetser - Jul 15 2011 - 12:26am
- Cephalobotics
-
The Economist has published a highly amusing (at least to me) and informative article about "the new robotics," inspired by the diversity of natural forms: ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Jul 17 2011 - 6:23pm
- Thinking Worlds 3D- $4,999 Games Creation Software Is Now Free
-
Caspian Learning says that the latest version of their Thinking Worlds 3D simulation&games creation technology will be completely free to use. The new version of the software will remove practically all of the barriers to simulation and game design th ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 18 2011 - 10:22am
- Social Media Advertising Analyzed
-
TBG Digital, a global marketing and technology company specializing in Facebook and social media advertising campaigns, today released its first study into global advertising on Facebook. The reportindicates that companies are working hard to acquire fans ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 19 2011 - 12:38pm
- Mendeley Reference Manager Software Comes Out Of Beta
-
One of the fundamental precepts we laid out in the original Science 2.0® vision was collaboration. It's tricky stuff, collaboration, it requires scientists who are often competitors to other labs to be more open- and that may never happen, but for s ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2011 - 12:36pm
- Citroën Launches Latest DS4 Model With New Vibrant 'Aura' Contextual Advertising Unit
-
French car manufacturer, PSA Peugeot-Citroën, is using Vibrant's new Aura contextual advertising unit to raise awareness of the newly launched Citroën DS4 hatchback. The campaign will run until the end of September 2011, across Auto and Lifestyle sit ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 2 2011 - 9:40am