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Touchable hologram

Touchable Hologram Becomes Reality (w/ Video)

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (51) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed 3D holograms that can be touched with bare hands. Generally, holograms can't be felt because they're made only of light. But the new ...


Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration

Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration

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created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Normally, virtual worlds are the setting of many online games and entertainment applications, but now they’re becoming a place for scientific collaboration and outreach, as well. A team of ...


Computing with a wave of the hand

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

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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, ...


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Intel wants a chip implant in your brain

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (35) | comments 49

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chip maker Intel wants to implant a brain-sensing chip directly into the brains of its customers to allow them to operate computers and other devices without moving a muscle.


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'Fear detector' being developed

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- British scientists are aiming to develop a device that can detect the smell of fear, and that could one day identify terrorists, drug smugglers, and other criminals.


3D Glasses

3D TV -- Without the Glasses (w/ Video)

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even with "active shutter" 3D technology for television sets, the wearing of special glasses is still required in order to get the proper experience. They aren't those red and blue or red and ...


Gyrowheel to keep new bike riders upright

Gyrowheel to keep new bike riders upright (w/ Video)

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new device called the Gyrowheel could soon revolutionize the way children learn to ride bicycles, and they will be able to learn on their own, without training wheels, and in as little as ...


Cyborg beetles to be the US military's latest weapon

Cyborg beetles to be the US military's latest weapon (w/ Video)

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 35

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to ...


Dyson's Bladeless Fan

Dyson Unveils His Bladeless Fan (w/ Videos)

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (38) | comments 26

(PhysOrg.com) -- James Dyson, inventor of the bag-less vacuum cleaners has taken his invention one step further with the unveiling of the bladeless fan. Using 'Air Multiplier' technology the bladeless fan ...


The robot uses a laser range finder and radio communications to recreate the behaviour of fish

Cars may one day mimic fish to avoid collisions

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes -- by mimicking the behaviour of fish.


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GE Shows Off 1TB DVD-Sized Disks at the Emerging Tech Conference

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the September '09 Emerging Tech Conference in Boston, GE announced it has been developing a 1TB DVD size disk that can be read by a modified Blu-ray player.


Active Shutter 3D Technology for HDTV

Active Shutter 3D Technology for HDTV

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony and Panasonic have recently announced a new technology, called "active shutter" for producing the experience of 3D on high definition TVs. The first models are expected to be available ...


Light Peak Module

Intel's Light Peak Will Replace Copper Wires

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (33) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Wednesday, the company announced a new optical cable that will be able to transfer data, between electrical devices, starting at speeds of 10 ...


Honda President Takanobu Ito  displays the prototype model of a personal mobility device called the 'U3-X'

Japan's Honda unveils futuristic unicyle (w/ Video)

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 12

It looks a bit like a plastic figure of eight, and its Japanese designers say it could revolutionise the way we get around, in total comfort and without breaking a sweat.


Room's Ambience Fingerprinted By Phone

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Your smart phone may soon be able to know not only that you're at the mall, but whether you're in the jewelry store or the shoe store.