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Ping-pong robots debut in China (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week some oohs and ahhs were in order as two ping-pong playing robots made their debut at Zhejiang University in China. The two robots played against each other and with humans. True, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 15, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog




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A guide to self-assembly

Imagine gently shaking a box of Lego building blocks, and then looking inside to find a series of complete structures.

Chemistry / Materials Science

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

Megaupload's Kim Dotcom granted bail in N.Zealand

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom was freed on bail in a surprise move, after a New Zealand judge dismissed fears the internet tycoon would flee the country to escape US online piracy charges.

Technology / Business

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Megaupload boss' bail appeal 'rejected' in N.Z.

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Friday failed to overturn a ruling that he remain behind bars in New Zealand while US officials seek his extradition for alleged copyright piracy, reports said.

Technology / Other

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

Researchers discover novel anti-viral immune pathway in the mosquito

(Medical Xpress) -- As mosquito-borne viral diseases like West Nile fever, dengue fever, and chikungunya fever spread rapidly around the globe, scientists at Virginia Tech are working to understand the mosquito's ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First controlled experiments on ocean acidification in the deep sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- After six years of design and testing, MBARI scientists have a sophisticated new tool for studying the effects of ocean acidification on deep-sea animals. This complex system, the Free-Ocean ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

iFling robot gets juiced for third design iteration

(PhysOrg.com) -- The team at the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), which created the little iFling robot, says the iFling is now in the process of its third design ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 12, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Playing ping-pong with single electrons: Research provides important technique for transferring quantum information

Scientists at Cambridge University have shown an amazing degree of control over the most fundamental aspect of an electronic circuit, how electrons move from one place to another.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Weighted ping-pong balls can fall endlessly through a granular medium (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a meteor impacts a planet or a moon, it always stops at a relatively shallow depth, even when impacting at high speeds. Until now, researchers have assumed that all objects impacting ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 38 | with audio podcast feature

First ever single crystal metallic glass created under 25 gigapascals of pressure

Glass, by definition, is amorphous; its atoms lack order and are arranged every which way. But when scientists squeezed tiny samples of a metallic glass under high pressure, they got a surprise: The atoms ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Technology companies on a hiring binge again

The 20 recruiters sized up Scott Mersy as they would a star high school running back. But instead of timing his 40-yard dash or checking his percentage of body fat, they were interested in his stats in cloud computing and ...

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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