Technology

In the 21st century science is growing more technical and complex, as we gaze further and further while standing on the shoulders of many generations of giants. At the same time the public has a hard time understanding research and its relevance to societ ...

Article - Matteo Cantiello - Feb 25 2016 - 12:56pm

Science Experts Make Movies Better

By Marsha Lewis, Inside Science – What do the movies: "Frozen," "Thor," and "Iron Man" all have in common? They’re all examples of when science and science fiction collide. From the "final frontier" to a frozen fant ...

Article - Inside Science - Feb 26 2016 - 7:30am

Hooray For Ex Machina? Hollywood Robot Depictions May Boost A.I. Acceptance

In a survey, older adults who recalled more robots portrayed in films had lower anxiety toward robots than seniors who remembered fewer robot portrayals, said S. Shyam Sundar, Distinguished Professor of Communications and co-director of the Media Effects ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2016 - 6:22am

In Human Development Research, Big Data Could Mean Better Results

While there is no Hubble telescope gathering data about the universe of human development, projects to make large amounts of information-- big data-- more accessible to developmental researchers could bring behavioral science's biggest questions into ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2016 - 8:25am

World's Smallest Diode Created, Using A Single Molecule Of DNA

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that nanoscale electronic components can be made from single DNA molecules. For two decades, the search has been on to replace the silicon chip in order to keep the hope of Moore's Law alive. To find ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2016 - 6:00am

Valley Less Uncanny: We're Already Wired To Like Robot Sex

When "The Polar Express" film came out, it was creepy to a lot of people. It was a cartoon with faces modeled after the real actors, but still a digital creation. The same response happens when people are around a robot that veers closer to bein ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2016 - 5:44am

Puro Sound Labs Headphones- A Review

Are millennials going deaf because of high music volumes? That certainly seems to be the concern, because of ubiquitous ear buds and.mp3 players. A company named Puro Sound Labs says they have a solution; bluetooth headphones that block out ambient sound, ...

Blog Post - Lila Abassi - Apr 11 2016 - 5:16pm

Humans: The New Supercomputer

A computer can probably beat you at chess and no one goes anywhere without a GPS. Transhumanist prophet Ray Kurzweil says we will ascend into being computers in a few years (though he also claims solar power will out-produce fossil fuels in a decade, so u ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2016 - 12:00pm

Monovision: How Victorian Technology Can Improve Virtual Reality

HANOVER, N.H.- Virtual and augmented reality have the potential to profoundly impact our society, but the technologies have a few bugs to work out to better simulate realistic visual experience. Now, researchers at Dartmouth College and Stanford Universit ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2016 - 12:17pm

World's Tiniest Thermometer Made Of DNA

Researchers have created a programmable DNA thermometer that 20,000 times smaller than a human hair, using a discovery made 60 years ago- that DNA molecules that encode our genetic information can unfold when heated. "In recent years, biochemists als ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2016 - 12:08am