May 25 2008
Imagine a mechanical Pelé or David Beckham six times smaller than an amoeba playing with a “soccer ball” no wider than a human hair on a field that can fit on a grain of rice. Purely science fiction? Not anymore.
May 23 2008
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) engineers have developed a robotic device able to act as a brain-computer interface. This is the ‘first robotic approach to establishing an interface between computers and the brain by positioning...
May 23 2008
A German psychologist has warned “professional smilers” such as flight attendants and shop assistants that too much forced smiling can cause stress, depression and even heart problems.
May 21 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iceland is the world’s most peaceful nation while the United States is ranked among the bottom third, according to a study released on Tuesday. The “Global Peace Index,” compiled by the Economist Intelligence...
May 21 2008
Customers in shopping centres are having their every move tracked by a new type of surveillance that listens in on the whisperings of their mobile phones. The technology can tell when people enter a shopping centre, what stores they visit, how long...
May 21 2008
Earth Outreach KML: Climate Change In Our World Author: Met Office Explore and learn about the impacts of climate change and find out how you can make a difference with Climate Change in our World. The Met Office Hadley Centre, British Antarctic Survey...
May 21 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have found some matter that had been missing in deep space and say it is strung along web-like filaments that form the backbone of the universe. ADVERTISEMENT The ethereal strands of hydrogen and oxygen atoms could...
May 21 2008
Each year, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) puts out its list of the 12 “greenest cars”, taking into account tailpipe emissions, gas mileage, and curb weight. Here is our photo gallery of this year’s...
May 20 2008
The CECT WRIST is a wrist watch mobile phone with a dedicated keypad built on to its strap.
May 20 2008
It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving based on your brain wave patterns....