Archive for 'Technology'
Computer hackers R.I.P. — making quantum cryptography practical
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors capable of receiving information with much higher key rates, thereby able to receive more information faster.
Published as part of IOP Publishing’s New Journal of Physics‘ [...]
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Make brighter, full-color electronic readers? — Brilliant!
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
Electrofluidic Display Technology developed at the University of Cincinnati puts electronic book readers ahead by a wide margin
Electrofluidic Display Technology developed at the University of Cincinnati puts electronic book readers ahead by a wide margin.
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Faster than the speed of sound: New control system has what it takes to guide experimental aircraft
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a jet is flying faster than the speed of sound, one small mistake can tear it apart.
And when the jet is so experimental that it must fly unmanned, only a computer control system can pilot it.
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Google Earth aids discovery of early African mammal fossils
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by admin.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A limestone countertop, a practiced eye and Google Earth all played roles in the discovery of a trove of fossils that may shed light on the origins of African wildlife.
The circuitous and serendipitous story, featuring University of Michigan paleontologists Philip Gingerich, Gregg Gunnell and Bill Sanders, is the subject of a segment on [...]
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A bright future with solar lanterns for India’s poor
Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by admin.
Solar energy could greatly improve standard of living in poor households in India / Women and children benefit most
Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country’s future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, who is Tata-Sadguru [...]
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Quantum ghosts are helpful
Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by admin.
Physical Review Letters paper
The idea that far distant particles can somehow ‘talk’ to each other worried Einstein so much that he called it ’spooky action at a distance’.
Having confirmed its existence, scientists today are learning how to use this ’spooky action’ as a helpful tool. Now a team of physicists at the University of Bristol [...]
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New organic material may speed Internet access
Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by admin.
The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard.
In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes will have filled every vacant space between and around the bricks.
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New research suggests key to happiness is gratitude — and men may be locked out
Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by admin.
FAIRFAX, Va.—With Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and high school and college graduations upcoming, there will be plenty of gift-giving and well wishes. When those start pouring in, let yourself be grateful—it’s the best way to achieve happiness according to several new studies conducted by Todd Kashdan, associate professor of psychology at George Mason University.
Gratitude, the [...]
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Engineers crack ceramics production obstacle
Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by admin.
New computer-aided ‘predictive technology’ has potential to save industry time, money and reduce wastage
Engineers at the University of Leicester have invented a new technique in the manufacture of ceramics that has the potential to save the industry time and costs while reducing wastage.
The novel method takes away the traditional ‘trial and error’ approach to manufacture [...]
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