All the stories tagged with: research
Researchers use LCD projectors for mind control?
01/18/2011, The smart folks over at the Georgia Institute of Technology have managed to use inexpensive components from ordinary liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors to control both the brains and muscles of tiny organisms such as worms. While previous research was [...]
Researchers easily hack keyless car entry systems
01/17/2011, Going wireless is always a convenient thing, though it’s far from the safest approach. Many folks are just getting used to keyless car entry systems that allows you to enter the car as long as you have the security key [...]
Researchers try to determine if you’re a pro gamer with science
01/13/2011, Are researchers running out of things to research about? Probably not, but a group of psychology professors at the University of Illinois have been doing some research and discovered that you can tell how gifted someone is at gaming by [...]
Researchers come up with self-powered solar microchips
01/02/2011, There’s no doubt that solar energy will play a major part in the future. Now researchers out there have come up with a fancy microchip that can be self-powered, thanks to a built-in solar panel. The microchip is used as [...]
About 4 million Nokia N8 phones sold according to research
12/29/2010, Considering that Nokia’s CEO previously touted the N8 as the company’s savior, you can bet that the company is hoping that the phone will sell well. Now word is going around that the company may have shipped as many as [...]
Tweetdeck’s interpretation of Android user data proves interesting
10/12/2010, Tweetdeck, one of the most popular Twitter desktop clients, has now hit the Android platform albeit in beta at the moment. After letting 36,427 active beta testers go through the app, the statistics point towards the HTC Desire as the [...]
Microsoft Research works on Wearable Electromyography-Based (EMG) Controller
10/06/2010, Microsoft Research has been delving into the Wearable Electromyography-Based (EMG) Controller segment, where you will be able to wear it or have it attached to your body temporarily. What does EMG do? Well, it will offer Human-Computer Interface (HCI) which [...]
MIT Self-Healing Solar Cells Makes Harnessing Solar Power Efficient
09/07/2010, MIT energy researchers are at it again, and this time they’re introducing self-healing solar cells that would make it easier to go green without any loss of power over time. The biggest constraint with solar technology is that the sun’s [...]
Researchers Developer Micro Supercapacitor That Delivers Power In Milliseconds
08/19/2010, The smart researchers from France and the US have come up with a micro supercapacitor that has some interesting potential. The capacitor uses electrodes made of onion-like carbon, a material where each individual particle is made up of concentric spheres [...]
MIT researchers come up with mechanical muscles
04/21/2010, Who would have thought that something as natural as muscles could actually be mechanized? This was made possible thanks to researchers at MIT who used shape-memory alloys to develop a new breed of small mechanical “muscles” which are capable of [...]
MIT Researchers Discover New Energy Source (It’s Not Energon)
03/16/2010, Every gadget and laptop user on the planet has at some point of time complained about battery life, and we’ve been waiting for something new and interesting to give us smaller and lighter batteries for ages. Now, hopefully the folks [...]
