News tagged with new invention

Mind-reading skateboard gets cues from neuroheadset (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Austin, Texas-based Chaotic Moon Labs made a splash earlier this year with a high-tech Kinect-controlled skateboard moving by the rider's hand signals. Now they are showcasing another skateboard that ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Invention analyzes plant diseases without leaving the field

Farmers and field scientists can now instantly identify diseases attacking crops and plants, thanks to a Michigan State University professor's new invention.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Brighton design students makes biking safer with BLAZE projection system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Emily Brooke, a design student at the University of Brighton, may just be the best friend that a biker has ever had. Anyone who has tried to ride a bike on crowded city streets knows how much ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 7 | with audio podcast weblog

Internet pioneer Paul Baran dies in Calif. at 84

(AP) -- Paul Baran, whose work with packaging data in the 1960s has been credited with playing a role in the later development of the Internet, has died at age 84, his son said.

Technology / Other

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Intruder alert: 'Smart Dew' will find you!

A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University — a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" — will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered outdoors on rocks, fence posts ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 16