Technology

Optimizing Airlines- Ontology To The Rescue

As airports become stretched to capacity and calls mount for new runways and terminals, a computer scientist in Greece has designed a system that could ensure as many seats as possible are filled on each flight and no one is left stranded at check-in.    I ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2008 - 10:42am

Nanoporous Ceramic Membranes Could Be Breakthrough For Implantable Medical Devices

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants. The researchers have found that the unique properties of a new material can be ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2008 - 2:12am

Protein Patterning Technique Is So Accurate It Can Reproduce Art Masterpieces

Canadian researchers have created a new protein patterning technique that's enabled them to reproduce complex cellular environments and a miniature version of a masterpiece painting. According to a new study published in the journal Lab on a Chip, sci ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2008 - 2:48pm

Particle Synthesizer Lets You Become Beethoven- In Real Time

It's classical music for the "Guitar Hero" generation- a way to compose and perform at the same time, with infinite variations.    That's right, you can be Ludwig van Beethoven (except not deaf) and perform his Ninth symphony, armed wit ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 23 2008 - 2:23pm

Realistic Robots Approach The Edge Of The Uncanny Valley

In 1970, a Japanese roboticist named Masahiro Mori described what he called the "uncanny valley"- a point on a graph relating human affinity for a machine to its likeness of humans themselves, where human affinity plummets as the likeness becomes ...

Article - Chris Rollins - Nov 24 2008 - 4:40pm

Some Brits Ditching Christmas Cards For 'Christmasee' Videos

Showing loved ones that you're thinking of them is still the main focus at Christmas time but are traditional cards becoming outmoded by technology?   Results of a survey published today conducted by Christmas video messaging site Christmasee.com sho ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 24 2008 - 8:49pm

Integrated Blood-Barcode Chip Means Cheap,Fast Blood Tests

A new "barcode chip" developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) promises to revolutionize diagnostic medical testing. In less than 10 minutes, and using just a pinprick's worth of blood, the chip can measure ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2008 - 3:30pm

Vegetable Oil Can Power Your Home

A super-efficient system that has the potential to power, heat and cool homes across the UK is being developed at Newcastle University. It works by burning vegetable oil to power a generator and provide electricity for the home. The waste heat from this p ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2009 - 3:02pm

Will You Be Ghettoized By Robot Culture?

No one really feels left out if they don't have an iPod.  An MP3 player is nice to have but not essential to the human condition.   But Spanish researchers who have carried out a study looking into the potential future impact of robots on society say ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2008 - 9:59pm

Meta Goes Beta, Says JetBrains

JetBrains, creators of intelligent and innovative productivity-enhancing tools for software developers, have announced the Beta version of their new product- Meta Programming System, or MPS. Meta Programming System is a brand new concept of software devel ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2008 - 3:01am