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Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head
Feb 18, 2008 |
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A recently unclassified report from the Pentagon from 1998 has revealed an investigation into using laser beams for a few intriguing potential methods of non-lethal torture. Some of the applications the report ...
Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory
Nov 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and ...
New kind of cement absorbs pollution
May 16, 2006 |
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An Italian company has begun marketing a cement that is capable of absorbing pollution from vehicles.
'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year
Mar 14, 2008 |
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In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, ...
Focus images instantly with Adobe’s computational photography
Oct 09, 2007 |
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Adobe has recently unveiled some novel photo editing abilities with a new technology known as computational photography. With a combination of a special lens and computer software, the technique can divide ...
IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Our Lives Over the Next Five Years
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Unveiled today, the second annual "IBM Next Five in Five" is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years.
Brain on chip: Nerve tissue interfaced with a computer chip
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Before informational input perceived by the mammalian brain is stored in the long-term memory, it is temporarily memorised in the hippocampus. Understanding the function of the hippocampus as an important player ...
The Last Supper Will Travel The Internet At 16 Billion Pixels
Oct 26, 2007 |
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HAL 9000 will send The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci soaring through the Internet on October 27, 2007 with a high density view of 16 billion pixels. The time given for the launch is 9:30 A.M. Central European ...
Scientist Claims Most Accurate Speed Detector
Oct 13, 2007 |
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A scientist has won a court battle over a speeding ticket using a speed detector he invented, which may soon be available on a commercial basis.
Eco-architecture could produce 'grow your own' homes
Aug 21, 2008 |
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A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A children's playground, made entirely from trees? A shelter made from living tree roots that could provide natural protection against earthquakes in California?
Toshiba Introduces New 10 Year--Quick Charge Industrial Battery
Dec 11, 2007 |
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Toshiba will begin selling the SCiB quick charge-10 year battery in March, 2008. This industrial battery increases safety, versatility in power source and qualifies as environmentally sensitive.
To prevent accidents, car must know its driver
May 30, 2007 |
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Over the past several years, scientists working in the area of intelligent vehicles have developed predictive braking systems to help prevent rear-end collisions. When your car gets dangerously close to the ...
'Digital piracy' may benefit companies
Mar 17, 2008 |
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Unauthorised copying of software, music or films, so-called digital piracy, may have benefits for the affected companies, an Oxford researcher has claimed.
Ion-Mask Technology Could Make Waterproof Gadgets Widespread
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Using technology developed by the British Defense Department to repel chemicals from soldiers' uniforms, a spin-off company called P2i is fabricating waterproof cell phones and other gadgets. Because the so-called ...
Self-Cooling Soda Bottles?
Jul 11, 2006 |
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Every day, the sun bathes the planet in energy--free of charge--yet few systems can take advantage of that source for both heating and cooling. Now, researchers are making progress on a thin-film technology ...
