Technology

Back To The Future II- Your Flying Hoverboard Arrives Four Years Early

Who says mathematics papers can't be practical?   Noah T. Jafferis, Howard A. Stone, and James C. Sturm of Princeton took a theoretical shot at a flying hoverboard and made it work- except it is a 4-inch conductive plastic sheet that “flies” using tra ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 5 2011 - 11:20am

Recreating Technology: If You Landed On Another Planet, Could You Make A Toaster?

Just supposing, what if you landed on a planet a lot like Earth and, bereft of modern technology, had to try and rebuild something that looks like home?   You could survive, sure, a little trial and error would get you food and shelter. Creating fire can b ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 10 2011 - 2:56pm

Computational Linguistics: Figuring Out Who Wrote The Bible

In Jewish and Christian tradition, Moses wrote the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. Recent evidence shows that multiple writers had a hand in composing the text of the Torah and the other books of the Hebrew Bible and of the New Testament are als ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 11 2011 - 12:47pm

Design Not Great Priority For Laptop Users

PARIS, October 12, 2011  -- Users and reviewers of comparison site dooyoo.co.uk have given a big thumbs up to one of Samsung's biggest 2011 laptops released on the market, and indicated that laptop users are favoring substance over style in their con ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 12 2011 - 10:43am

Finding Bad Apples- Using Artificial Vision

Rotten oranges can be detected manually in dark rooms with the help of ultraviolet light that illuminates the essential oils in damaged rind through fluorescence but that type of light poses some risk on fruit quality, like a reduction in vitamin C. Scient ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2011 - 8:55am

Zombies: The Safer Terrorists

How can you test for disaster without freaking out all your co-workers?  Assume the best way to test for a disaster is to simulate it.  Now factor in that a typical co-worker, if they overhead that a chlorine tanker overturned in DC or that terrorists are ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Oct 26 2011 - 2:31pm

Smart Skin- Low Power Electronics Get Human

Low power electronics and devices for active, modern lifestyles is getting edgy; the research is on for stuff that is wearable, epidermal, implantable- heck, even edible. Smart skin, created by MC10, is an example of an 'epidermal electronic system. I ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2011 - 1:00pm

Want To Pick Your Baby's Gender? Now You Can Enjoy A Vacation In Cyprus Too

Just can't stand the thought of having another daughter, or even a first one?  People in Europe and the Middle East who can rationalize they want to "balance" their family or minimize the risk of certain genetic diseases have a new option: ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2011 - 3:28pm

IPhone 4 Siri Knows Apple Customers Well: The Rise Of Big Sister

“Siri” is the personal assistant application on the newest iPhone. Now it is not exactly news that Apple products are overpriced and of relatively low quality- do not drop the new iPhone; it is fragile. Apple aims for those who ‘are easily parted from the ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Oct 25 2011 - 12:22am

IVF Overkill- The Right Timing May Be Better For Infertile Couples

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has helped numerous couples have children who otherwise would not have been able to, but a British study of a  non-invasive, drug-free alternative to IVF could save them (and the taxpayers who fund the NHS) a lot of money. A n ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2011 - 1:46pm