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Virtual testing gives lightweight planes lift-off

Technology / Engineering

created 9 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Monash University aeronautical engineers are working with the world's leading aerospace company to fast-track the design and construction of a new generation of super lightweight and efficient passenger airplanes.


Computing with a wave of the hand

Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...


You may be ready for online ritual suicide with the aid of a new website  that helps you kill your virtual identity

'Anti-social network' aims to be Facebook killer app

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook makes you despair? Social networking makes you want to end it all? You may be ready for online ritual suicide with the aid of a new website that helps you kill your virtual identity.


The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) building in Washington

FTC warns of explicit content in virtual worlds

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The US consumer protection agency warned parents Thursday that children can easily bypass age requirements in virtual worlds and access violent or sexually explicit content.


Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.


New technology helps scientists understand ancient fossils

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Some of the world's oldest human bones and other ancient relics are studied here using some of the world's newest technologies.


Milling and drilling in cyberspace

Milling and drilling in cyberspace

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Machinists, NC programmers or mechatronics engineers -- trainees in engineering jobs often have to master complex equipment. In the future, trainees will practice and learn milling, turning, drilling and programming ...