Tag Archive for 'science'
LEDs might not be used just for light in the near future. In fact, they could be used as WiFi “access points” if a group of researchers at Boston University have anything to say about it. The group is being funded by the US National Science Foundation with a $18.5 million grant and it could [...]
Solar panels are a well known source of alternative energy. However, they are often discredited for not being very efficient, in that they do not convert as much energy as they could. However, these cylindrical solar panels made by Solyndra generate more energy.
And really it all is in the form. Apparently, the cylindrical shape makes [...]
New concepts and science breakthroughs are always interesting to read up on. That’s why when I saw what DARPA was up to yesterday, I just had to write about it for you all. DARPA is working to develop a submersible aircraft. Yup, you read that right.
Can you believe it, folks? NASA started up for business 50 years ago today on October 1, 1958 when the first employees sat down to a day’s work. And even better yet, NASA is still doing what they do best: giving us permission to look to the sky in wonder with a tangible hope of [...]
Tired of waiting in the security lines at the airport? Tired of having your laptop scanned? Well now, you can do more than use a checkpoint-friendly bag. In fact, you can send a little message to the scanner operators!
After many blunders, the SpaceX Falcon 1 has reached orbit successfully. The privately-funded rocket program, backed by Elon Musk, has finally been realized after three attempts that failed, resulting in the scattering of “Scotty,” actor James Montgomery Doohan from Star Trek fame’s ashes over the Pacific Ocean and a few explosions.
Japanese scientists have discovered a method of changing magnetic domains - such as those used in RAM and hard-drives - using magnetic fields rather than the current process of electromagnets, in a system that could see storage become faster and more energy efficient. Magnetic domains, tiny regions inside magnetic materials that behave as individual magnets [...]
Late last year word first got around about the portable nuclear reactors Hyperion Power was planning on developing. But now in late 2008, the company is still committed to the idea and have even set a shipping date of June 2013. That’s pretty ambitious!
Polygraph tests have been used for a long time to detect whether or not a person is lying. They rely on respiration rate, blood pressure, pulse and anxiety levels to determine when someone is lying.
But a new kind of polygraph will used near-infrared spectroscopy to determine lies from truths. A patent was recently filed [...]
As you most likely have already heard, the Large Hadron Collider was taken offline due to a problem with the device’s magnets. But then, we found out a full-on helium leak caused even more concern. And now we won’t see the good ‘ol LHC up and running again until the spring of next year.
