Technology
- Mobile Content Market Revenue Plummets But There's A Silver Lining
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Operator storefronts and portals now account for just 6% of content downloads worldwide, with Google Play and Apple's App Store now comprising nearly 70% between them. The increasing popularity of OTT (Over The Top) stores had led to many operators c ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 6 2013 - 2:53pm
- Computer Can Distinguish Between Apples And Plums
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How is a 3-year-old better than a computer? A pre-school child can look at a cartoon of a chicken and know that's a chicken but a computer cannot. But things are getting better. In the International Journal of Applied Pattern Recognition, a comput ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2013 - 11:33am
- Life Science Research Tools Market Trending Down
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Research and Markets has released its "Life Science Research Tools Market Size, Growth and Trends 2006-2016" report. ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 8 2013 - 2:30pm
- They Have Robots On The Internet Now?
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Researchers have developed a cloud-computing platform, the RoboEarth Cloud Engine, that allows robots connected to the Internet to directly access the powerful computational, storage, and communications infrastructure of modern data centers for tasks and ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2013 - 9:57am
- AT&T 400 Gb/s Data Transmission Shatters Old Distance Record
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As network carriers debate the next Ethernet standard, and whether transmission speeds of 400 gigabit per second or 1 terabit per second should be the norm, engineers are working on new ways to squeeze next-generation performance out of current-generation ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2013 - 1:03pm
- Introduction to the 555 Timer IC
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In this article you will learn how to build an optical theremin using a 555 Timer IC. You will learn the functions of the pins on the 555 chip that are used in this build. You will learn that when the 555 is in astable mode, the output from pin 3 is a cont ...
Blog Post - Steve Schuler - Mar 22 2013 - 3:50pm
- March Madness: Scientifically Predicting The NCAA Basketball Tournament National Championship
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Can a computer predict the winner of the NCAA basketball tournament, called March Madness by fans and the NCAA corporate juggernaut alike? If so, Science 2.0 will save you some time: third seed Florida will be your national champion. The prediction is fro ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2013 - 8:57pm
- Build A Simple Tone Generator With The 555 Timer IC
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In my previous blog post, Introduction to the 555 Timer IC, you learned how to build an optical Theremin using a 555 Timer. The original Theremin used radio frequency interference caused by the movement of the player's hand to change the pitch of the ...
Article - Steve Schuler - Aug 6 2013 - 8:07am
- DNA Testing Identifies Ingredients In Foods
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Modern DNA sequencing techniques have been turned toward creating a highly sensitive, quantifiable analysis of animal, plant, and microbial substances present in foodstuffs. In pilot studies, the researchers were able to use their new DNA method to detect ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2013 - 10:27am
- Compact Particle Accelerators Get A New Laser System Proposal
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An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system inspired by telecommunications technology that could be used in both fundamental research at laboratories such as CERN and more applied tasks such as proton therapy and nuclear ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 28 2013 - 3:20pm
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