Technology

Mendeley Gets Funding To Develop A Citation Style Language Editor

Mendeley, the citation sharing tool, and the Columbia University Libraries have agreed to jointly develop a graphical and user-friendly Citation Style Language editor, which will enable academic researchers to develop their own citation styles, significan ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2012 - 11:07am

Money For Startups: Endangered Specie?

For innovative and high-tech startups that need financing, a worldwide drought is in the offing. Coming shortage of equity investment The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports a surge in early-stage entrepreneurial activity worldwide in 2011. Over 12 pe ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Feb 13 2012 - 9:31pm

SpeechJammer Gun Shuts People Up Remotely

Japanese researchers Kazutaka Kurihara of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Koji Tsukada of Ochanomizu University have developed a portable SpeechJammer gun that can silence people from a hundred feet away. Their clai ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 3 2012 - 6:34pm

Cool Future Tech: Heart Pacemaker Powered By The Heart Itself

A mini-medical machine could mean a new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers. Rather than use batteries, engineering researchers at the University of Michigan say they can use vibrations from heartbeats themselves. Their new device is designed to harvest e ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2012 - 10:47am

Biodegradable Transistors Are Made From...You

The basis of the computing revolution is silicon but that popularity has led to e-waste. We are okay with iPads being made in Chinese child labor sweat shops but we don't want to damage American landfills after we replace them. A team from Tel Aviv U ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2012 - 10:39am

It's Always Raining Links- But Do We Ever Have Droughts?

Not a day goes by where rain doesn't fall on the Earth. Our weather patterns have changed through the eons and there have been wetter periods and dryer periods but so far as I know the rain keeps falling and will continue to keep falling until Earth ...

Blog Post - Michael Martinez - Jun 3 2012 - 3:50am

… Hermes’ Dirty Little Trick

Hermes is the son of Zeus. He is the messenger. He wears winged sandals, a winged hat,and a magic wand. He is the fastest of the gods. He is the god of thieves and he is the god of commerce. Even when he steals, he does it so gracefully. He is the guide f ...

Article - Zeynep Altinay - Mar 11 2012 - 11:03am

Marvel Augmented Reality At SXSW Interactive

AUSTIN, Texas, March 12, 2012-- Yesterday, at the SXSW Interactive Festival, Marvel Entertainment unveiled Marvel AR, the first augmented reality app from a comic book company. As part of the recently announced Marvel ReEvolution, which brings the world o ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 12 2012 - 8:35pm

Design for a national secure identity system

The fatal flaw of all biometric (or cognitive) identity validation is that once its signature is stolen it is unusable for that individual again. Hence, the system eventually makes it more difficult to verify identities, particularly valuable identities, ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 12 2012 - 1:42pm

300,000 Books Published Before 1800 Made Available Online