Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Spry robot built to zip like the butterfly

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — High-speed video of butterflies’ agility in flight may help researchers build tiny robots that mimic the insects’ maneuvers. Continue…

Friday, February 3, 2012 16:59 - 4 Comments

Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2012 15:28 - 5 Comments

Charge the electric car while you drive

STANFORD (US) — New technology could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2010 14:59 - 1 Comment

Software keeps track of third parties

STANFORD (US) — As the Federal Trade Commission pushes for a “do not track” mechanism to protect online consumer privacy, researchers are developing technology to make it work. </p

Science & Technology - Aug 13, 2010 14:43 - 0 Comments

With home video, content beats quality

RICE (US)—Home video quality doesn’t matter that much as long as the viewer enjoys what’s on, according to a new study. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 15, 2010 9:20 - 1 Comment

Lithium could be gold mine for Afghanistan

TEXAS A&M (US)—Afghanistan has mineral deposits that could potentially turn it from being one of the poorest countries on Earth to one of the richest. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 12, 2010 12:08 - 0 Comments

Should technology get a penalty flag?

CARDIFF U. (US)—New technology in sporting contests like the World Cup should be used sparingly to increase the fairness of decisions, according to a new study. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 12, 2010 10:32 - 3 Comments

Maintaining mobility with ‘Smart Walker’

CORNELL (US)—An electronic button braking system that replaces bicycle-style squeeze brakes will make rolling walkers safer and easier to use. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 18, 2010 10:51 - 1 Comment

Why machines should get back to nature

NYU (US)—Nature and technology may seem worlds apart, but a new book argues that the natural world can bolster the capacity of today’s most sophisticated machines. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 25, 2010 13:40 - 2 Comments

Global get-together: It’s time to talk

DUKE—International business teams cannot rely entirely on technology to overcome time and space barriers; they still need to talk. And that probably means working some overlapping hours, says a Duke University management professor. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 9, 2009 11:43 - 7 Comments

Googling God

PENN STATE (US)—Online searches of a spiritual nature are not on the decline in the United States despite that fact that most search engines perform poorly in response to religious queries, researchers find. (more…)

Society & Culture - Nov 23, 2009 17:20 - 4 Comments

Learning powered by search engines

PENN STATE (US)—Using Internet search engines is no longer just a daily convenience, but has evolved to become part of the learning process as well, according to new research. (more…)

Society & Culture - Nov 12, 2009 15:52 - 0 Comments

Internet meltdown unlikely

U. MINNESOTA (US)—Even as Internet traffic grows by as much as 50 percent a year, concerns that usage will eventually overwhelm the system are unfounded, according to work by mathematics professor Andrew Odlyzko. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 20, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments

Light’s a total turnoff for protein

A photoactivatable protein enables control of cell movement in living cells. Activation of Rac in the red circle (left) led to localized cell protrusion and translocation of the kinase PAK to the cell edge (right hand image, Pak in red). (Credit: Yi Wu)

Science & Technology - Jul 1, 2009 11:48 - 0 Comments

Palm-sized weapon in the fight against IEDs

“Their invention outperforms everything that exists in the market today,” says Nilton Renno, a professor at the University of Michigan, regarding portable IED detectors designed by a student team. “The combination of a movable command center with a wireless sensor network can be easily deployed in the field and adapted to different situations.”