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Photographers take pictures of the new Japanese Nissan Motor's electric vehicle called "Leaf"

Japanese car makers out to electrify Tokyo show

Technology / Energy

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 17

Move over hybrids -- the biggest buzz at this year's Tokyo Motor Show looks set to come from electric cars as the dream of affordable zero-emission vehicles moves closer to reality.


The Link Between Weight and Importance

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has demonstrated what we must have known all along at some level: that there is a link between the physical act of carrying heavy objects and the abstract concept of importance.


Princeton pair sets world record in packing puzzle

Mathematicians set world record in packing puzzle

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding the best way to pack the greatest quantity of a specifically shaped object into a confined space may sound simple, yet it consistently has led to deep mathematical concepts and practical ...


A glimpse at Intel's futuristic gadgets

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Wouldn't it be useful to have a gadget that immediately warned you when the information you just saw on the Internet or heard from a buddy might be baloney?


What if there is only one universe?

What if there is only one universe?

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (56) | comments 102

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lee Smolin, author of the bestselling science book The Trouble with Physics and a founding member and research physicist at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, ...


Inlet Outlet

'Inlet Outlet' Lets Users Give Power Back To Wall Sockets

Technology / Energy

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (34) | comments 26

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever wish you could you power your home's electrical appliances with the energy you generate on your exercise bike? A new concept called an "inlet outlet" could allow homeowners to put power ...


Their infinite wisdom

Their infinite wisdom

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hotel guests come and go. But in the first decade of the 1900s, a pair of frequent Russian visitors to the Hotel Parisiana, near the Sorbonne on Paris' Left Bank, stood out vividly. The children ...


Japanese auto firm Honda Motors preview a hybrid vehicle prior to the  Tokyo Motor Show

Electric cars take on hybrids at Tokyo show

Technology / Energy

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Futuristic concept cars, plug-in hybrids, zero-emission electric vehicles and even a hydrogen-powered scooter jostled for the limelight as the Tokyo Motor Show kicked off on Wednesday.


Nissan's new concept vehicle, the "Land Glider"

Nissan's new concept car 'feels like flying' (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 14

Nissan unveiled Thursday a futuristic concept car that tilts to the side when going around bends to make drivers feel like they are gliding through the air.


This combo photo shows two views as Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor unveils the "FT-86 Concept"

Toyota unveils 'green' sports car

Technology / Energy

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Toyota unveiled Tuesday a new lightweight, sporty concept car inspired by an iconic coupe from the 1980s, saying its vision of the future was both mean and green.


The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid car

Finnish firms announce electric car plans

Technology / Energy

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Finnish engineering company Metso's unit Valmet Automotive and utility Fortum said Thursday they will jointly develop an electric concept car to be shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010.


ASUStek Shows Off Concept Notebooks

ASUStek Shows Off Concept Notebooks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- ASUStek showcased its concept notebook with both an internal display and external display for checking e-mail, utilizing a dedicated MP3 key without opening the notebook. The external display ...


Ring-cellphone concept combines style and basic functions

Ring-cellphone concept combines style and basic functions

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Even though it's one of the tiniest cell phones you've probably ever seen, it would be difficult to lose this one. As its name implies, the "ring-cellphone" is worn on the finger, and includes all the components ...


Random Antenna Arrays Boost Emergency Communications

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- First responders could boost their radio communications quickly at a disaster site by setting out just four extra transmitters in a random arrangement to significantly increase the signal power at the receiver, ...


Creativity in mathematics

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

"Mathematics links Art and Science in one great enterprise, the human attempt to make sense of the universe." So writes Abel Prizewinner and Fields Medalist Sir Michael F. Atiyah in the January 2010 Notices of the American Ma ...