Ever since the advent of smartwatches, technologists have been looking to expand interactions beyond the confines of the small watch face. A new wearable technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University suggests turning ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 5, 2016
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Ferocious lightning storms millions of times more powerful than those on Earth could be responsible for unexplained radio signals from planets orbiting other stars.
Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2016
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Two astronomers at Columbia University in New York suggest humanity could use lasers to conceal the Earth from searches by advanced extraterrestrial civilisations. Professor David Kipping and graduate student Alex Teachey ...
Astronomy
Mar 31, 2016
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The search for radio signals from alien worlds is expanding to 20,000 star systems that were previously considered poor targets for intelligent extraterrestrial life, US researchers said Wednesday.
Astronomy
Mar 30, 2016
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X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 22, 2015
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One minute your wireless Internet is working fine. The next minute, it takes an infuriatingly slow five seconds to load a single Web page. You paid for the fastest Internet speed available but during these all-too-frequent ...
Telecom
Nov 9, 2015
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Could there be intelligent life in the star system KIC 8462852? A recent analysis of data collected by the Kepler space telescope has shown that this star, informally known as Tabby's Star, evidences aperiodic dimming of ...
Astronomy
Nov 6, 2015
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Traditional computers manipulate electrons to turn our keystrokes and Google searches into meaningful actions. But as components of the computer processor shrink to only a few atoms across, those same electrons become unpredictable ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 2, 2015
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project got a $100 million boost this week from Russian billionaire Yuri Milner. While this may seem like a lot of money to spend on a nearly impossible task, many astronomers ...
Astronomy
Jul 22, 2015
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New technology developed at The Ohio State University makes cell phone batteries last up to 30 percent longer on a single charge.
Engineering
May 26, 2015
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