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Microsoft IllumiRoom releases virtual gaming from your TV to fill your lounge

, Jan 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has revealed IllumiRoom, the latest fruit of its virtual reality research, using Kinect and projection systems to turn your living room into a huge, immersive gaming environment. The proof-of-concept, shown off today at CES, uses projected visualizations rendered in real-time to extend gaming from your TV to your whole environment. Read The Full Story

Giant squid caught on camera

, Jan 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Never-before-seen footage of a giant squid in its natural habitat, off the shore of Japan, will be revealed late this month, after researchers from Discovery Channel and NHK joined forces to hunt the 10-foot long beast. Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real will air on January 27 in the US, and follows 55 submarine dives with twin submersibles used to comb the ocean for the elusive animal. Read The Full Story

DIY Google Glass puts iOS in front of your eyes

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google may be beavering away on the last stages of Project Glass before the Explorer version arrives with developers, but meanwhile DIY wearable computers are springing up, some with Apple’s iOS at their core. A straightforward combination of an iPod touch, off-the-shelf wearable display, Bluetooth camera and a set of safety goggles was enough for AI researcher Rod Furlan to get a glimpse at the benefits of augmented reality, he writes at IEEE Spectrum, though the headset raised as many questions as it provided answers.

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Radiation in space could cause changes in the brains of astronauts

, Jan 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

A new study conducted on mice has been investigating what the effect of radiation in space that astronauts would be subject to on a mission to Mars might do to the brain. NASA hopes to put astronauts on the surface of Mars or possibly asteroids closer to the earth in the coming decades. According to the study, researchers have shown for the first time that exposure to radiation levels equivalent to a Mars mission could produce cognitive problems and speed changes in the brain. Read The Full Story

Hubble celebrates New Year with new star birth photo

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a galaxy 45 million light years away, described as "bursting with new star formation" as a vastly-powerful black hole churns through matter. The photo - of the NGC 1097 galaxy - centers on a black hole 100 million times the mass of our own sun and, as we tick over into a new year, shows the evolution of new solar systems. Read The Full Story

University of Zürich Artificial Intelligence Lab shows off Roboy robot

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Another incredibly creepy robot has turned up, this time from the University of Zürich's Artificial Intelligence Lab. The creepy robot has a gigantic smooth head and exposed Terminator components. The bot is called Roboy and was built with help from both engineers and scientists. Read The Full Story

Curiosity plays peekaboo: New self-shot before 9-month mountain climb

, Dec 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA's Curiosity rover has set mountain climbing as its New Year's Resolution, with the intrepid space explorer headed up a Martian peak  for its 2013 challenge. The nine-month trek - punctuated with pitstops for drilling and sample analysis - will see Curiosity clamber up the 3 mile high Mount Sharp at the center of the Gale Crater it landed near, further hunting evidence that the red planet might once have supported microbial life. Before that, however, Curiosity couldn't resist snapping another self-portrait - with the mountain clearly visible in the background. Read The Full Story

Mars Express christens new space antenna with red planet pics

, Dec 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA's Curiosity rover may be getting us close-up to Mars, but the European Space Agency's Mars Express probe has a far more macro perspective as it beams back the first shots to be received at the new Malargüe space tracking station. Powered up earlier this month, the ultra-sensitive radio antenna funneled back shots from the Mars Express' Visual Monitoring Camera showing the red planet from over 6,000 miles away. Read The Full Story

Hunt for life in Antarctic underground lake foiled

, Dec 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

The hunt for ancient life under the Antarctic ice has ended for one British team, after technical problems forced drills offline over the holidays. "On Christmas Eve we took the decision to cease our efforts to directly measure and sample Subglacial Lake Ellsworth" professor Martin Siegert of the British Antarctic Survey confirmed, with experts still uncertain as to what prevented two 300m boreholes from converging as planned, and allowing scientists to search for subglacial life and evidence of climate change. Read The Full Story

California Sutter’s Mill meteorite entered Earth’s atmosphere at 64,000 mph

, Dec 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Back in April of this year, a meteorite entered the atmosphere of Earth creating a bright fireball in the daytime sky on April 22 over Northern California. For scientist Peter Jenniskens, the meteorite impacted right near his base of operations meaning he only had to drive a few hours to search for fragments from the meteorite. The trajectory of the meteorite was well documented and was picked up by three Doppler radar stations on the ground. Read The Full Story

Magical magnets: Research tips denser HDDs and galaxy-spanning instant comms

, Dec 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

A new type of magnetism exhibited by a new state of mater could boost data storage technology and even revolutionize traditionally finicky superconductors, MIT researchers claim. The team, led by Young S. Lee, managed to create a so-called quantum spin liquid (QSL), previously only the stuff of theory, which demonstrates a third state of magnetism, where the electron's fields are constantly in flux and interacting with each other. In fact, they could well lead to a brand new form of communication, using quantum entanglement. Read The Full Story

Fighting helped shape the human hand say US researchers

, Dec 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

A group of researchers from the University of Utah have published a study focusing on the human hand. During the study, the researchers used instruments to measure the forces and acceleration when martial artists hit a punching bag. The study found that the structure of the fist provide support and increases the ability of the knuckles to transmit punching force when a blow is delivered. Read The Full Story
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