Technology - general

Wearable computing gloves can teach Braille, even if you’re not paying attention

24 Jun 2014

Root power for cancer and inflammatory diseases

23 Jun 2014

Study shows greater potential for low-cost solar power plants

Study shows greater potential for low-cost solar power plants

23 Jun 2014

New analysis of large-scale 'concentrating solar power' plants suggests they could meet 70-80 per cent of electricity demand if they are linked together

Opposing phenomena possible key to high-efficiency electricity delivery

20 Jun 2014

UCLA researchers create nanoscale structure for computer chips that could yield higher-performance memory

14 Jun 2014

Professor disputes claims of computer passing Turing Test

Professor disputes claims of computer passing Turing Test

14 Jun 2014

An Imperial College professor has disputed the claim of a computer pretending to be a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy had passed the Turing Test

New web technology lets users track how their private data is used online

14 Jun 2014

Sailor teams up with researchers to make zero-carbon yacht

Sailor teams up with researchers to make zero-carbon yacht

13 Jun 2014

A British sailor is teaming up with researchers from Imperial to develop a zero-carbon energy system for the yacht he aims to race around the world

Does 'free will' stem from brain noise?

12 Jun 2014

Scottish independence could harm biomedical research: Sir Paul Nurse

Scottish independence could harm biomedical research: Sir Paul Nurse

10 Jun 2014

No longer sci-fi: phone-compatible ‘hologram’ projector likely soon

10 Jun 2014

Rising CO2 poses significant threat to human nutrition: Harvard study

By By Todd Datz | 07 Jun 2014

A simulated city for automated cars to open at U-Michigan

07 Jun 2014

University of Michigan building fake city to test self driving cars

University of Michigan building fake city to test self driving cars

07 Jun 2014

The fake city would be dubbed an “automated vehicle testing site facility” and operated by the university’s Mobility Transformation Center

IIT-Kanpur unveils its second supercomputer, makes global 500

04 Jun 2014

Chimpanzees show similar personality traits to humans

Chimpanzees show similar personality traits to humans

03 Jun 2014

Chimpanzees have almost the same personality traits as humans, and they are structured almost identically, according to new research

New technologies making it easier to protect threatened species

02 Jun 2014

Researchers create tractor beam in lab

02 Jun 2014

Think fast, robot

30 May 2014

Improving a new breed of solar cells

Improving a new breed of solar cells

By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 29 May 2014

Solar-powered roads to generate power

Solar-powered roads to generate power

28 May 2014

A prototype power system using solar road panels to generate power, melt snow in the winter, offer embedded LED lighting and display driver alerts is being tested in the US

Graphene to make large scale electricity storage a reality

Graphene to make large scale electricity storage a reality

27 May 2014

Graphene – the world’s thinnest material isolated – could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.

Making money from lignin: improvng lignocellulosic biofuel biorefining

Making money from lignin: improvng lignocellulosic biofuel biorefining

26 May 2014

Electricity use slashed with efficiency controls for heating, cooling

Electricity use slashed with efficiency controls for heating, cooling

23 May 2014

Mumbai restaurant uses drone to deliver pizza

Mumbai restaurant uses drone to deliver pizza

23 May 2014

The drone used for delivering the pizza cost around $200 for the experimental delivery and consumed less than 65 watts energy, or equal to that consumed by a small light bulb

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