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Using Infrared Cameras To Find Tastiness of Beef

JoshuaInNippon writes “Might we one day be able to use our cell phone cameras to pick out the best piece of meat on display at the market? Some Japanese researchers seem to hope so. A team of scientists is using infrared camera technology to try and…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Google To Pay Bounties for Chrome Browser Bugs

Google has unveiled a bug-bounty program that will pay researchers $500 for each vulnerability they report in the Chrome browser and its underlying open-source code

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Proto-2 humanoid robot auditions for Thunderbirds 2.0

While there are some robots like ASIMO still keeping it real with their classic robot looks, it seems that humanoid bots these days are increasingly falling into one of two categories: creepy and more creepy. Making no attempt to alter that trend ar…

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New Data Shows No Decrease In Crashes After Driving While Yakking Laws Were Implemented

We’ve been suspicious of whether or not “driving while yakking” laws actually do any good. There are already laws against reckless driving, and picking out specific driving distractions doesn’t seem likely to change things, since people just switch…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Self-Healing Polymer ‘Starfish’ Prolong Lifetime Of Automotive Oils

Researchers have created self-healing polymers that could extend the lifetime of automotive oils. These polymers are suitable to add to lubricants and could maintain the physical properties of engine oils for longer, they claim helping engine efficiency.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Energy-harvesting rubber could power phones

Researchers from Princeton and Caltech have come up with a unique piezoelectric material that could harness body movements to charge consumer electronic devices and even pacemakers.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Mind-control mobile-phone games

Lancaster University researchers have created one of the world’s first mobile-phone games to be controlled by the brain.

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Team creates self-healing polymers

Researchers at Warwick University have created self-healing polymers that could extend the lifetime of automotive oils.

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Cosmic Log: Is fusion success in sight?

Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Experiments at the National Ignition Facility have given researchers confidence that they’ll achieve a milestone in nuclear fusion this year.
National Ignition Facility – Nuclear fusion – Alan Boyle – Laser – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
 

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Researchers demonstrate interactive board game technology (with video)

FROM GAMERTELL – Researchers from Canada’s Queen’s University are developing a way to make interactive board games that might not even require a projector… MORE »Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell. | Comment o…

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