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A robot that identifies doors from their handles

The intelligent robots that appear in the movies have little relation to real life, although the tendency in current robotics to create machines that are as independent as possible is a fact. "The robot has to be aware of ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Scientists find gold-plated fossil solution

(Phys.org) -- An international team of scientists in the University of Leicester’s Department of Geology has found a solution to a research problem involving fossils right next door - in the University’s Chemistry ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Spider guitar dazzles with style and sound (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Massey University mechatronics professor Olaf Diegel made his dream come true when he created a series of colourful 3D-printed electric guitars with latticed bodies adorned with spiders and butterflies. ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Research opens doors to UV disinfection using LED technology

Research from North Carolina State University will allow the development of energy-efficient LED devices that use ultraviolet (UV) light to kill pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The technology has a wide array of applications ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hotmail in hot water over password flaw, rushes fix

Hackers tried to get the best of Hotmail by figuring out how to reset Hotmail user passwords for e-mail accounts this month. Locking hotmail users out of their own accounts when trying to key in their passwords ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Dutch 'flying car' takes to the skies

Is it a flying car or a driving aircraft? Either way, the Personal Air and Land Vehicle, or PAL-V for short, has just proved it can handle the skies as well as the highway, both at up to 180 kilometres (112 ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Bacteria use chat to play the 'Prisoner's Dilemma' game in deciding their fate

When faced with life-or-death situations, bacteria — and maybe even human cells — use an extremely sophisticated version of "game theory" to consider their options and decide upon the best course ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A camera that peers around corners (w/ video)

In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the experimental setup that enabled that video was des ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Far-out photosynthesis

Photosynthesis maintains Earth's habitability for life as we know it, and shapes the way we search for habitable worlds around distant stars. Scientists have discovered a microbe that can use low-energy light ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Capsule and skydiver ready for record-setting freefall

Part science experiment, part publicity stunt, part life-long ambition, the Red Bull Stratos mission will feature skydiver Felix Baumgartner attempting to break the speed of sound with his body in a record-setting ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Functional oxide thin films create new field of oxide electronics

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed the first functional oxide thin films that can be used efficiently in electronics, opening the door to an array of new high-power devices and smart sensors. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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