Technology - general
Stanford engineers observe the moment when the mind changes
07 May 2015
Deeper understanding of decision-making will help researchers to fine-tune the control algorithms of neural prostheses to enable people with paralysis to drive a brain-controlled prosthetic arm or guide a neurally-activated cursor on a computer screen
New technique shows shale-drilling chemicals in drinking-water taps near leak
07 May 2015
Substances commonly used for drilling or extracting Marcellus shale gas travelled from shale gas wells more than two kilometers in the sub-surface to drinking water wells
New technique shows shale-drilling chemicals in drinking-water taps near leak
07 May 2015
Substances commonly used for drilling or extracting Marcellus shale gas travelled from shale gas wells more than two kilometers in the sub-surface to drinking water wells
Solar energy holds the best potential for long-term energy needs: MIT solar report
By By Melissa Abraham | MIT Energy Initiative | 06 May 2015
One-shot learning: researchers find the brain regions responsible for jumping to conclusions
05 May 2015
Space-based solar power project
05 May 2015
The space-based, highly adaptive power generator will enable versatile on-demand power anywhere on the planet and will be able to almost instantly distribute the power to different locations
“Fingerprinting” chips to fight counterfeiting
05 May 2015
Researchers create random variations in silicon chips as authentication identifiers for consumer products
Imagination, reality flow in opposite directions in the brain
04 May 2015
Aiming to discern discrete neural circuits, researchers have tracked electrical activity in the brains of people who alternately imagined scenes or watched videos
3D-printed aerogels improve energy storage
02 May 2015
Often referred to as “liquid smoke, aerogel is a synthetic porous, ultralight material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas
Packing more laser beams, data, into fibre optic strands
30 Apr 2015
As digital traffic soars, researchers strive to send multiple laser beams, each with it’s own data stream, through fibre optic strands that can only handle a single beam today
Weighing — and Imaging — molecules one at a time
30 Apr 2015
Chirping electrons: cyclotron radiation from single electrons measured directly for first time
29 Apr 2015
3D printing is passe, 4D printing is here
27 Apr 2015
Engineering the smallest crack in the world
25 Apr 2015
Car safety system could anticipate driver's mistakes
24 Apr 2015
By observing the driver’s body language and considering that in the context of what’s happening outside the car, a new computer algorithm determines the probability of a driver's next move
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