Technology

First Beam For The Large Hadron Collider

The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN was successfully steered around the full 27 kilometres of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator at 10h28 this morning. This historic event marks a key moment in the transition from over two decad ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2008 - 10:19am

Eon Mini- An Army Parachutist Gets First 'Pacemaker' For Pain Relief

St. Jude Medical today announced the first patient implant of an Eon Mini, what they are billing as 'the world’s smallest, longest-lasting, rechargeable neurostimulator' to treat chronic pain of the trunk or limbs and pain from failed back surger ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2008 - 6:28pm

Netlog Launches "Instant Translation" For Developers As Part Of OpenSocial Initiative

Netlog, a European social networking site that also allows almost instant translation into 23 languages, has opened its translation and localization capabilities to third-party developers. They also announced they will give developers access to their &quo ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2008 - 11:33am

Virtual TV Company Launches- "We Are Giving Away TV Studios"

A Bonn-based company is launching a virtual TV studio accessible to everyone via http://make.tv. The new service will be presented for the first time at photokina in Cologne on 23rd September, at Booth B054 in Hall 9, and they say it will revolutionize li ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2008 - 11:22am

Large Hadron Collider(LHC) Restart Delayed Until Spring 2009

Investigations at CERN (1) following a large helium leak into sector 3-4 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel have indicated that the most likely cause of the incident was a faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator’s magnets. Befor ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2008 - 5:00pm

Jurassic Beer- How Long Does It Take To Get A Good Brew?

Fossil Fuels Brewing Company of Manteca, California is convinced that beer, like wine, takes time to get right. In this case, 45 million years. It's truly a beer no one else can claim to have. Manteca is a short drive from here so you can bet this sto ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2015 - 5:20pm

6 Terabit Trans-Pacific Express Submarine Cable Completed

With one of the most aggressive submarine cable builds in the world now complete, the first phase of the Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable system directly connecting Mainland China, the United States, South Korea and Taiwan is ready for service. The 1 ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 11:54pm

Captain Birdseye's Robotic Nose

The Captain can't freeze smelly fish that's past its best- and Icelandic scientists can now help him out by detecting the levels of stench-making bacteria faster than ever before. The research in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Journal of ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2008 - 10:18am

Years After The Hype, Flexible Screen Technology Comes Alive

Rigid television screens, bulky laptops and still image posters are one step close to being a thing of the past. New research published by researchers from Sony and the Max Planck Institute in the New Journal of Physics demonstrate the possibility of benda ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2008 - 10:53pm

Robotic Spy Plane Inspired By The Pterodactyl

Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, aeronautical engineer Rick Lind of the University of Florida, and their students Andy Gedeon and Brian Roberts have reached back in time 115 million years to one of the most successful flying crea ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2008 - 9:34am