News tagged with contact
DARPA sets sights on high-tech contact lenses
(Phys.org) -- A Bellevue, Washington, company specializing in display technology based on eyewear and contact lenses has sealed a deal with DARPA. Innovega, which says its technology can open a “new dimension ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Carbon Nanotube Speakers Could Be Powered by Lasers, Transform Noisy Spaces into Peaceful Sanctums
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UT Dallas team's study published in the Journal of Applied Physics expands the extraordinary capabilities of nanotechnology to include laser-powered acoustic speakers made from assemblies of car ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Beyond stain-resistant: New fabric coating actively shrugs off gunk
Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a fabric coating that would give new meaning to the phrase "stain-resistant" -- a coating that would take an active role in sloughing off grease, ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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A woman's touch: Physical contact increases financial risk taking
A woman's touch is all it takes for people to throw caution to the wind. That's the conclusion of a new study published online in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. If a female ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2010 |
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Unexpected ice-formation mechanism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Extremely hydrophobic materials cause water to roll right off objects that have been coated with them. Up to now, it was assumed that aircraft or wind turbines coated in such a way did not ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Terminator-style info-vision takes step towards reality
The streaming of real-time information across your field of vision is a step closer to reality with the development of a prototype contact lens that could potentially provide the wearer with hands-free information ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Nanotubes find niche in electric switches
New research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Listening to the stars
It is almost night on the island of Puerto Rico. Astronomer Joanna Rankin raises her head toward the sky. A few of the brightest stars shine through blue cracks in a ragged dome of gray clouds. To her back, ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Darpa researchers design eye-enhancing virtual reality contact lenses
Currently being developed by DARPA researchers at Washington-based Innovega iOptiks are contact lenses that enhance normal vision by allowing a wearer to view virtual and augmented reality images without the ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 01, 2012 |
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A blind eye in regards to a mother's love
Aggressive and emotionally cold children literally do not see the love in their mother's eyes, according to new research findings that highlight the significance of poor eye contact in childhood.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Learning from lizards: Geckos inspire new method to print electronics on complex surfaces
Geckos are masters at sticking to surfaces of all kinds and easily unsticking themselves, too. Inspired by these lizards, a team of engineers has developed a reversible adhesion method for printing electronics on a variety ...
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Rich man, poor man: study shows body language can indicate socioeconomic status
A new study in Psychological Science reveals that nonverbal cues can give away a person's socioeconomic status (SES). Volunteers whose parents were from upper SES backgrounds displayed more disengagement-related behaviors compar ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals
Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid and the University of Zaragoza theoretically predict, in a scientific study, that contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals.
Apr 02, 2012 |
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The sound of seduction: Lowering voice may be means of signaling attraction
the preening, the coy eye contact - but voice plays a role, too.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 20, 2010 |
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Autistic teens master social cues, find friends
(AP) -- Thirteen-year-old Andrea Levy ticked off a mental list of rules to follow when her guest arrived: Greet her at the door. Introduce her to the family. Offer a cold drink.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 21, 2009 |
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