Tag Archive for 'research'
Could indiscriminate users be seriously affecting Blu-ray sales? That’s one of the suggestions from ABI Research’s latest report, that cites customers seeing only middling improvements in picture quality over DVD. It adds up to users reluctant to pay for upgrades - both to Blu-ray players and the HDTVs necessary to make the most of them.
“While [...]
Microsoft isn’t set to officially unveil its Surface Sphere until Demofest 2008 kicks off, but that hasn’t stopped Seattle PI’s Todd Bishop from running his hands-on story a little early. The multitouch-sensitive display, a spherical version of the original Microsoft Surface table, is intended as a design exercise or “an exploration of ideas”, according to project [...]
Ferromagnetic fluid is great stuff, but it actually has more practical uses than simply dancing around whenever a magnet gets near. Researchers at Université Laval in Quebec are looking to use the fluid to replace mercury in liquid mirrors, in effect creating a tiltable, highly reflective surface ideal for use in telescopes.
MTI Micro have been putting their Mobion fuel cell through it’s paces, in testing intended to demonstrate just how much improved the technology is over current Li-Ion power packs. A lab test version of the fuel-cell lasted 2,700 hours of continuous use, with further tests suggesting power degradation of less than 15-percent.
We are all guilty of having our chargers lying about and typically they stay plugged into the outlet even when they’re not in use. That is unless you’ve already caught wind that it’s actually bad to do that.
I sadly, actually caught wind that it was bad and still have stuck to my habits. Mostly because [...]
Women that happen to be well endowed when it comes to bra size generally have plenty of well founded complaints. Large breasts cause back problems and for the athletic types they have on occasion had to resort to wearing two sports bras just to minimize bouncing.
Well, there’s bad news for those on the blue team, turns out you’re more likely to lose than the red team. There is actual scientific proof of it, yes, some scientist actually bothered to do a study on this.
Stanford decided to do a study to try to delve into the reason more men get addicted to video games than women and have come up with what they think is a suitable reason. It turns out that the part of the brain the generates those warm mushy rewarding feelings is more activated in [...]
There have always been rumors that cellphones might have a few unwanted side effects, typically I have scoffed a bit at them. I am a bit curious about this new one though, especially since the researcher happens to be a former skeptic until the facts they discovered were too much to ignore.
Politicians are constantly ranting and raving about violent video games and their affect on children. Well some researchers, including two Harvard researchers have come up with a conclusion that is bound to really piss off anyone who has cried wolf about video games causing violence.
Actually, they will likely just ignore it entirely. The [...]
