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Will 3-D printing launch a new industrial revolution?

Peter Schmitt, an MIT doctoral student, printed a clock in 2009. He didn't print an image of a clock on a piece of paper. He printed a three-dimensional clock -- an eight-inch diameter plastic timekeeping ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (34) | comments 56 | with audio podcast

A plan for better banking: Researchers propose model of systemwide diversification

As much of the developed world continues to dig out from the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, a team of researchers at Harvard and in London has created a model of bank failure aimed at helping economies ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Client-directed therapy technique drastically reduces divorce/separation rates

Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When adult patients have anxiety disorder, their children need help too

In what is believed to be the first U.S. study designed to prevent anxiety disorders in the children of anxious parents, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center have found that a family-based program reduced symptoms ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A View From the Other Side: Dubai Plans to Cool Sizzling Sandy Beach

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dubai's out this world's Palazzo Versace located in the Culture Village has hired Hyder Consulting to use their innovative engineering talents to cool off the hotel/condominium resort's sizzling ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (28) | comments 11 weblog

Web tool helps determine best energy storage options

(Phys.org) -- Sandia National Laboratories and the Department of Energy have released a new tool to help utilities, developers and regulators identify the energy storage options that best meet their needs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

India's TCS quarterly profit leaps 23%

India's biggest outsourcing firm TCS reported Monday net profit jumped 23 percent in the three months to March, beating market forecasts as US and European customers boosted orders.

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India takes US visa fee hike to WTO

India is challenging the United States at the World Trade Organisation over increased visa fees for skilled workers that have hit the country's flagship outsourcing firms, an official said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

India's Tata says US class action 'without merit'

Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday denied a US class action suit that it unfairly kept the US tax refunds of Indian employees working abroad, saying the claims were "without merit". ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rules patchwork 'threatens cloud computing growth'

A global patchwork of conflicting laws and regulations could hobble the growth of the cloud computing market, according to a new study.

Technology / Business

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China faces conflict of law, business in iPad row

(AP) -- Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark - side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India's Wipro quarterly profits, revenue outlook up

Wipro, India's third-largest software exporter, reported Friday a 10.3 percent rise in quarterly profit but said the global outlook remained uncertain for the nation's flagship outsourcing sector.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India's largest IT firm TCS Q3 profit up 23%

India's biggest outsourcing company, Tata Consultancy Services, reported on Tuesday that net profit rose 23 percent in the third quarter, matching forecasts, thanks to a rise in orders.

Technology / Business

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chinese video websites in court as industry grows

(AP) -- China's two biggest video websites are fighting in court over accusations they are misusing each other's programming as rivalry heats up in an industry that is luring viewers from bland state TV.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mobile money transfers gaining currency with consumers

If you need to pay a baby sitter, send money to a kid in college or reimburse a friend for lunch but don't have your checkbook or cash on hand, pick up your smartphone.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0