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Converting cars to all-electric is catching on, but slowly

Does that old Honda in your driveway need a valve job? Transform it with an electric conversion. A team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has come up with a kit to make your 2001-2005 Civic a zero-emission battery ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Imec releases industry’s first 14nm process development kit

Imec today announces that it has released an early-version PDK (process development kit) for 14nm logic chips. This PDK is the industry’s first to address the 14nm technology node. It targets the introduction of a number ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Simulating firefighting operations on a PC

Firefighters often put their lives at risk during operations, so it is essential they have reliable tools to help them do their job. Now, a modular simulation kit is set to help develop new information and ...

Technology / Engineering

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

Research leads to enhanced kit to improve design and processing of plastics

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed a world-leading pvT (pressure-volume-temperature) and thermal conductivity test kit.

Chemistry / Polymers

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breaking the mold

National Physical Laboratory, after over nine years of extensive research, has developed a world-leading pvT (pressure-volume-temperature) and thermal conductivity test kit that can be used to help improve ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imerj and Frog show off a hybrid smartphone and tablet PC

(PhysOrg.com) -- When you picture a hybrid Smartphone/ tablet PC do you think of a device that looks stunningly like a Nintendo DSi? If so then your mental picture matches the one from the design team at Imerj ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Microsoft Kinect makes moves on computers

Microsoft on Thursday began letting software developers imbue computers with voice and motion-sensing technology from its Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 videogame console.

Technology / Software

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers release complete de novo E. coli O104 genome, details of their detection kit

Scientists worldwide have been working on the publicly available genomic sequences of the deadly E. coli O104 strain, which is causing the current health crisis in Germany and now spreading throughout Europe. To continue to spe ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Simpler, less-expensive detection kit for osteoarthritis, liver disease, and cancer developed

A research team from Chiang Mai University (CMU) have developed a simpler, less-expensive Detection Kit for monitoring Hyaluronan using purified protein from the waste cartilage of a variety of species from the meat processing ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Kondo Robot releases a hexapod robot kit (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kondo Robot, a Japan-based robotics company known for selling robotics kits which often end up in robot-on-robot battles, announced the release of a new robot kit. The kit, named the KMR-M6 ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Amazon, others make fixes after IU informaticists uncover online security flaws, receive free products

(PhysOrg.com) -- Internet security researchers at Indiana University and Microsoft Research have exploited software flaws in leading online stores that use third-party payment services PayPal, Amazon Payments ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Google's Android tablet software inches closer

Google Inc. is getting closer to releasing a version of the Android software meant for tablet computers, one that will include a fresh look and updated Web browser and keyboard.

Technology / Software

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Windowfarms unveils new garden kits that grow up to 32 plants per window

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's the cold weather or a lack of outdoor space that prevents you from growing a vegetable garden, if you have a window, you can grow a garden by using a Windowfarm. Windowfarms, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Kids' science kits may take hit from safety ruling

(AP) -- One of the tools that teachers use to get kids jazzed about science - hands-on science kits - could face an uncertain future amid a debate on safety.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser goes LEGO

(PhysOrg.com) -- What does a scientist do to visualise a space journey? Build a model, of course. A model of Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser made out of LEGO blocks started out in this small way and has grown ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0