Technology

Cars that drive themselves? Being cut up by some remote hand that never touches you? It's not a Stephen King novel, it's the latest in robotics and it's coming to a Senate floor near you. Last week the National Science Foundation (NSF) pr ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2009 - 5:21pm

Can The Wii Replace Real Exercise For Kids?

Nintendo is trying to sell you something so they will claim in marketing that Wii 'active' video games are good exercise for kids, but are they really? Yes, says a new study in the journal Pediatrics, though only if they are the kind of kids who ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:55pm

MemeTracker: The "genetics" Of News Cycle Chatter

Q: Which phrase, more than any other, surged in utilzation in the news during the final months of the U.S. presidential campaign? A: Obama's "lipstick on a pig" quip For the first time, the Web has been used to track and attempt to measure ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 16 2009 - 2:52pm

Take Your Own Apollo 11 Flight (In A Video Game, Anyway)

Games2Win, an online game company, today announced the launch of Apollo 11: Mission to the Moon, which recreates the historic mission to the moon, without the mind-numbing terror of knowing you were sitting on top of a mess o' solid rocket fuel prote ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 17 2009 - 1:32pm

Say Hello To E.T.- SentForever Wants You To Talk Into Space

SentForever are letting people transmit free messages into deep space through their Web site to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. So you can send a message to extraterrestrials at the speed of light, some 670 million miles per h ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2009 - 1:52pm

Twitter for dead people

Who doesn't need a little more widsom in their daily lives? Well, now you can have it, thanks to a real-time Twitter-like search engine that "looks to organize and share information and 'wisdom' currently on the web." ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 20 2009 - 12:26pm

Vanish: This Article Will Self-Destruct In 5... 4... 3... 2...

When we were kids, you could do stupid things and, if you absolutely needed them to be left behind, you moved away and never spoke to your old friends again. Now stupid things end up on YouTube. Forever. What if you don't want your college-era rant ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2009 - 10:55am

Blind People Behind The Wheel? Yes Indeed

A group called the Blind Driver Challenge team in Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory has retrofitted a four-wheel dirt buggy with laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other cutting-edge technologies. D ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:56pm

Tangential Science: Sometimes Naked Girls Are Just An Excuse

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny. 1. Drought is a serious problem in many parts of the world, going well beyond our California 'limit the days you water your lawn' irritation and well into 'We ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 23 2009 - 3:46pm

Brewing Science: Beer Company Builds University Of Nottingham Its Own Brewery

Think University of Nottingham students enjoy a pint on occasion? It's a safe bet, since the school is putting in a fully-functioning brewery, and brewing must be a key contributor to the East Midlands economy since it boasts some 78 small or medium ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2009 - 11:12am