News tagged with creative ideas

5 more minutes? New clock answers resounding 'no'

(AP) -- There is no snooze button. If you unplug it, a battery takes over. As wake-up time approaches, you cannot reset the alarm time.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Apple's next hot release: The dividend check

(AP) -- Apple made computers sexy. Can it do the same for the musty old dividend?

Technology / Business

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0

People are biased against creative ideas, studies find

The next time your great idea at work elicits silence or eye rolls, you might just pity those co-workers. Fresh research indicates they don't even know what a creative idea looks like and that creativity, hailed as a positive ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (41) | comments 75 | with audio podcast




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Robotic jellyfish could one day patrol oceans, clean oil spills, and detect pollutants (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Talking works: UB professor develops method to analyze creative problem solving

(Phys.org) -- Talk -- if it's the right kind -- can increase creativity, leading students to create useful, new ideas that solve problems, a University at Buffalo professor has found by using a statistical tool that he invented.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earliest musical instruments in Europe 40,000 years ago

The first modern humans in Europe were playing musical instruments and showing artistic creativity as early as 40,000 years ago, according to new research from Oxford and Tübingen universities.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

America expands once again -- digitally, this time

(AP) -- The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual ...

Technology / Other

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The 2012 transit of Venus

On June 5th, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Facebook to kick off IPO the hacker way: reports

Facebook will go public hacker style with an all-night software bending bash to culminate with co-founder Mark Zuckerberg remotely ringing the Nasdaq opening bell on Friday, reports said.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research: Too much, too little noise turns off consumers, creativity

The sound of silence isn't so golden for consumers, and both marketers and advertisers should take note, says new research from a University of Illinois expert in new product development and marketing.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Language diversity will make London a true global player

Understanding linguistic diversity among London's schoolchildren is key for the city's future as a 'global player', research shows. A study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) mapped the distribution ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Mowing down the competition: Supermileage Team aims to break fuel barriers

(Phys.org) -- Can a car really get 3,300 miles to the gallon? The University of Michigan's Supermileage Team is on its way to proving it can—with a lawnmower engine.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Jury deadlocks on key issue in Google-Oracle trial

A federal jury failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case against Google, blunting the impact of its finding that Google relied on another company's technology to build its ...

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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