- new3-D Design Simplified
A new website could accelerate the adoption of 3-D printing.Researchers at Cornell University have launched EndlessForms, a website that lets users create sculptures virtually and render them in physical form. The site demonstrates a technology that…
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- newPower-Scavenging Batteries
Inexpensive chips harvest mechanical energy to charge batteries for wireless sensors.MicroGen Systems, a startup based in Ithaca, New York, is developing energy-harvesting chips designed to power wireless sensors like those used to monitor tire pres…
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- newFinding Office Buck-Passers, Heroes, and Shirkers
Emerging data-mining software tells whether employees are helpful, toxic, or management material—and how well the company functions.Consider your workplace e-mail style. When asked a question, do you confer with others and attribute your response…
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- newHow Carriers Hamstring Your Smart Phone
"Middlebox" study reveals slow downloads, battery drains, and security flaws.A team at the University of Michigan and Microsoft Research has uncovered, for the first time, the frequently suboptimal network practices of more than 100 cellular carrier…
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- newBlog - Steve Jobs, Secret Sex Symbol [Video]
Steve's retiring -- here's the tribute video Apple's founder deserves
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- newBlog - Sony Binoculars that Record in HD and 3-D
The company is releasing digital binoculars that include a built-in GPS receiver. When will we get our first bird-watching blockbuster? The binoculars are the symbol of the birdwatcher, that humblest of sorts.
- 8 hours ago, 24 Aug 11, 9:22pm -
- newBlog - Apple Is Interested in Wireless Charging
Though we hope it's not seriously pursuing the awkward strategy in a new patent application.If patent applications were like movies, then Apple's patent applications would be Hollywood blockbusters—they're eagerly anticipated and widely debated. A…
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- newBlog - Will the Future Hold 'Floating Microcountries'?
PayPal founder and billionaire Peter Thiel thinks so. He's invested $1.25 million into the idea."Big ideas start as weird ideas," Patri Friedman, an ex-Googler and the grandson of the late economist Milton Friedman, recently told Details. And Friedm…
- 13 hours ago, 24 Aug 11, 3:37pm -
- newBlog - Experiments Show Gravity Is Not an Emergent Phenomenon
The way gravity effects quantum particles proves that it cannot be an emergent phenomenon, says physicist.Advertisement:Prepare for Tomorrow, Today, with Cisco The way the world consumes and shares data will dramatically change in the next f…
- 20 hours ago, 24 Aug 11, 9:23am -
- ISPs Could Make More Money by Offering Multiple Service Plans
A study finds that three to four tiers of service would be all that it would take to create better options for consumers and near-optimal profits for providers.With just a handful of different pricing packages, Internet service providers (ISPs) can…
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