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US toys in 2010 are 'green,' high-tech... and cheap

US toy makers are coming out of a long recession tunnel this year, hoping to ride the recovery wave with new lines of classic, "green" and high-tech toys, and a sales pitch centered on affordability.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate

Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with a grown-up toy -- an iPad, sign of a powerful trend that has set alarm bells ringing among child development experts.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Materials inspired by Mother Nature: A 1-pound boat that could float 1,000 pounds

Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant that, in everyday terms, a boat made from 1 pound of the substance ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (33) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Weird and wonderful gadgets wow world's top IT fair

Water-powered clocks, eye-controlled arcade games and pole-dancing robots: this year's CeBIT tech fair, the world's biggest, showcased gadgets ranging from the useful to the downright nerdy.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

NASA's first J-2X engine rockets through first round of testing; development continues strong

(PhysOrg.com) -- The best tech gift for propulsion engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.? It's NASA's first new human-rated rocket engine to be developed in 40 years. The J-2X engine ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 13

High-tech gadgets offer plenty for gifts

Every year gadgets and their accessories are the hot gifts to give and get.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft engineer envisions computers that adapt to us

For decades, we controlled computers with a mouse and keyboard. The plastic mouse became a prosthetic for our hand, and the keyboard an extension of our fingers.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For common toy breed dog windpipe issue, veterinarians use technology and precision

Jack, a 12-year-old Yorkshire terrier, was lethargic and gasping for air when he arrived at the University of Missouri Veterinary Hospital. His tongue and gums were a bluish-purple. But, just one day following ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Post-silicon computing

Could Pittsburgh be the nation's next "Strontium Valley"? The University of Pittsburgh is the lead institution on a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Marketers target kids with tech

Isabella Sweet doesn't wear a target on her chest. But kid marketers covet this 9-year-old as if she does. Perhaps it's because she's a techie.

Technology / Other

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FarmVille's Zynga files for $1 billion IPO (Update)

Zynga, maker of FarmVille and other popular online games, filed paperwork Friday for an initial public offering aiming to raise about $1 billion from the markets.

Technology / Business

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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