With net neutrality researcher says 'not every deal is bad'
Net neutrality advocates want to make sure internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon have minimal control over how users access co ...
Hydronium-ion battery for sustainable energy storage
A battery developed by scientists at Oregon State University is said to show promise for sustainable, high power energy storage. According to the researchers, it is the first battery to use only hydro
Breakthrough wireless sensing system attracts industry and government agency  interest
David Lary, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Texas-Dallas, discusses air particulate sensors that are being integrated in the A ...
What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise
British Chess Championship. Credit: Pat Baker from Gloucester, England/wikipedia, CC BY-SA Are experts more intelligent than non-experts or ...
Gamification motivates consumers to reduce power consumption peaks - pilot sites in Helsinki Nice and Vienna
In collaboration with the international CITYOPT project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an energy planning tool for ...
Building privacy right into software code
Putting privacy right in the code. Credit: shutterstock.com When I was 15, my parents did not allow me to use AOL Instant Messenger. All of ...
Smart buildings: energy efficiency at what price?
Credit: Youris.com Automating heating and other environmental controls can bring huge savings to commercial buildings. To what extent is it ...
Taiwan 'White Terror' brought back to life for gamers
'Detention' horror video game was created by Taiwanese developers and takes place during the crackdown on opponents by the ruling nationalis ...
Prefecture in China's Xinjiang to track cars by satellite
A prefecture in China's far western Xinjiang region is requiring all vehicles to install a real-time GPS-like tracking system as part of an ...
Snapchat Spectacles now sold online
Snap Inc. shows their new Spectacles video-catching sunglasses If you didn't race out to Los Angeles to get them, or stand in an endless li ...
AP other media ask judge to order release of iPhone records
In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo an iPhone is seen in Washington. The Associated Press and other news organizations are asking a judge to fo ...
Oil exporter Saudi starts hunt for solar wind firms
Saudi Minister of Energy, Industrial and Mineral Resources, Khaled al-Falih, said the kingdom will begin its plan to wean itself off oil Th ...
New internet security device launched to safeguard schools against child abuse
Credit: University of Plymouth Computer experts at the University of Plymouth have created a new device that provides round-the-clock monit ...
Uber to investigate sexual harassment claim by engineer
Uber's chief executive has ordered an urgent investigation into a sexual harassment claim made by a female engineer who alleged her prospect ...
New catalog of administrative data sets for rigorous evaluations of social programs
J-PAL North America aims to make rigorous evaluation of key questions in social policy easier for researchers with a new catalog. Credit: Sh ...
NASA saves energy and water with new modular supercomputing facility
(Artist concept, interior) The Modular Supercomputing Facility (MSF) at Ames uses fan technology that consumes less than 10% of the energy u ...
DNA switch for small electronic devices
A controllable DNA switch has been developed by a team from Arizona State University to regulate the flow of electricity within a single, atomic-sized molecule. This discovery could advance the develo
Print your own body parts
2017-02-20 22:00:14Print your own body parts
John Nhial was barely a teenager when he was grabbed by a Sudanese guerrilla army and forced to become a child soldier. He was made to endur ...
Researchers navigating ways to avoid aircraft icing
CAMP DAWSON, West Virginia - Lance Cpl. Nicholas Chieu, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, brushes snow and ice off of ...
Converter's resting power consumption reduced by 50%
A power converter that maintains its efficiency at currents ranging from 500pA to 1mA has been unveiled by researchers from MIT's Microsystems Technologies Laboratories (MTL). Application areas in
Kado raises $1.2m to launch wall chargers
Israeli start up Kado has raised $1.2million to help it complete development of what it claims could be the thinnest wall charger.
Atlanta other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars
In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 photo, a driverless shuttle bus retraces its tracks while on display at the Riverside EpiCenter in Austell, ...
ARM based MCU controls space experiment
The SpaceX CRS-10 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, which launched on Saturday 18 February, carried experimental electronics controlled by an ARM based MCU from Vorago Technol
New Zealand judge upholds Kim Dotcom extradition ruling
A New Zealand judge has upheld an earlier ruling that flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradi ...
Tech tools gain traction amid Trump war on leaks
Grafitti urging people to use Signal, a highly-encrypted messaging app, is spray-painted on a wall during a protest in Berkeley, California ...
Weaning off oil Scottish islands eye renewable future
A "Welcome to Lerwick" sign in the Shetlands, which is using its strong winds and stormy seas to turn the islands into a European ...
How to build a bio-bot: Researchers share design and development of biological machines
Creating tiny muscle-powered robots that can walk or swim by themselves—or better yet, when prompted—is more complicated than it looks. ...
Milwaukee to 'Pokemon' monsters: Get a permit to enter parks
"Pokemon Go" monsters can roam virtually wherever they please, but they'll need a permit to get into Milwaukee County parks. ...
Smartphones are revolutionizing medicine
Researchers are finding new benefits to smartphone features such as camera and flash, which can help examine and diagnose patients Smartpho ...
Advanced fusion code selected to participate in Early Science Programs on three new DOE pre-exascale supercomputers
PPPL physicists working on development of XGC code for simulating the behavior of transport barrier particles. From left: Robert Hager, Seun ...
Digital fabrication in architecture
In situ Fabricator (construction robot) is fabricating a doubly curved mesh structure during a fabrication test on the Empa NEST building in ...
Electronic media searches at border crossings raise worry
This Aug. 2016 photo provided by Haisam Elsharkawi, shows Haisam Elsharkawi, a self-employed businessman from Anaheim, Calif., poses for a s ...
BMW recalling 19000 i3 plug-in hybrids for fire risk
BMW AG is recalling more than 19,000 i3 REx plug-in hybrids in the U.S. because they could develop a fuel vapor leak that would increase the ...
How to watch Oscar-nominated flicks from your couch
This image released by Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios shows Michelle Williams, left, and Casey Affleck in a scene from "Manche ...
Germany bans internet-connected 'spying' doll Cayla
The now banned talking doll, "My Friend Cayla", worried German surveillance agencies as it can record and transmit anything a chil ...
Accenture vows big workforce boost in US
Technology consulting and services company Accenture on Friday announced plans to boost its US workforce by 30 percent in the coming three y ...
No time to run? Tsunami pod aims to save lives—at a price
The Survival Capsule When Jeanne Johnson lived in New Orleans, she figured out how to weather hurricanes. When the family moved to Kansas C ...
DRI unmanned cloud-seeding realizes beyond visual line of sight
The Drone America Savant™ unmanned fixed-wing aircraft during its historic 28 nautical-mile BVLOS flight on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 20 ...
Low-cost mobile carrier CEO finds his calling
The gig: David Glickman, 51, is co-founder and chief executive of Ultra Mobile, a prepaid mobile carrier that provides low-cost, no-contract ...
Particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronics
Estimated failure rates from single event upsets at the transistor, integrated circuit and device level for the last three semiconductor arc ...
Biocompatible 3-D tracking system has potential to improve robot-assisted surgery
Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), developed by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Healt ...
Engineers design a bulletproof origami shield to protect law enforcement
Credit: BYU Photo BYU engineering professors have created an origami-inspired, lightweight bulletproof shield that can protect law enforcem ...
One bot to rule them all? Not likely with Apple Google Amazon and Microsoft virtual assistants
Credit: Public Domain It's no wonder titans of tech are locked in an epic battle of the bots, racing furiously to produce the best virtual ...
'Lossless' metamaterial could boost efficiency of lasers
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a material that could reduce signal losses in plasmonic metamaterials. According to the researchers, the advance has the potential to
Liquid metal nano-printing for atom-thick ICs
A technique using liquid metals to create atoms-thick integrated circuits could lead to the next big advance for electronics, say researchers at RMIT University, Melbourne.
System automatically detects cracks in nuclear power plants
A new automated system developed at Purdue University detects cracks in the steel components of nuclear power plants. Here, the system accur ...
Vizio's caught monitoring TV owners' viewing habits selling info
Vizio was the first television maker to get caught and punished with a $2.2 million fine by the Federal Trade Commission and the New Jersey ...
Net neutrality should be Silicon Valley's next fight
Credit: Wikipedia Silicon Valley is rightly focused on President Donald Trump's immigration order. But it should be gearing up for another ...
Technique to measure 2D material stacks
A technique to measure the electronic structure of stacks of 2D atomically thin, highly conductive, and strong materials has been developed by University of Warwick researchers.
Zuckerberg's goal: Remake a world Facebook helped create (Update)
In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, waves at the CEO summit during the annual Asia Pacific Econ ...
Joint Declaration calls for ‘ambitious EU industrial strategy’
The European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) is one of 92 similar bodies who have issued a call for the EU to adopt an ‘ambitious strategy’ in order to restore industry’s fortunes.
Robot probes show Japan reactor cleanup worse than expected
This Feb. 16, 2017 photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) shows a remote-controlled "scorpion" robot inside the Unit 2 ...
Samsung family succession hits snag with chief's arrest
Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., gets into a car to leave after attending a hearing at the Seoul Central District Cou ...
Six-legged robots faster than nature-inspired gait
Researchers at EPFL and UNIL have discovered a faster and more efficient gait, never observed in nature, for six-legged robots walking on fl ...
Surprise surprise. AT&T trumpets its own new unlimited plan
AT&T says any cellphone customer can sign up for unlimited data plans starting Friday. That option had been limited to customers of AT&a ...
Google adds voice-activated shopping taking on Amazon
Like Amazon's Alexa, Google's digital assistant will allow buyers to add payment information to their accounts to enable voice-activated sho ...
Ukrainian hacker gets prison for leading online theft ring
A Ukrainian hacker who admitted using thousands of infected computers to steal user names and passwords for bank accounts and other online s ...
Can internet-beaming balloons outmaneuver shifting winds?
For its next trick, an internet-beaming balloon factory spun out of Google believes it can outmaneuver the wind. ...
Innovation in brain imaging
2017-02-17 06:00:15Innovation in brain imaging
Grover and his research team have been focused on improving the resolution of EEG neural imaging technology, a portable and non-invasive bra ...
The Zuckerberg manifesto: How he plans to debug the world
In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, waves at the CEO summit during the annual Asia Pacific Econ ...
Is your big data messy? We're making an app for that
Credit: University at Buffalo Like a teenager's bedroom, big data is often messy. ...
Professors build AI to help autonomous vehicles locate themselves on maps
Edward K. Wong, an associate professor in the NYU Tandon Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Yi Fang, a research assistant p ...
Real-time MRI analysis powered by supercomputers
Raw image data collected from dGEMRIC MRI protocol at an inversion time of 1600 milliseconds (left). The T1 map computed from seven differen ...
Italian taxi drivers stage wildcat strike over pro-Uber bill
Cabs are parked in downtown Turin as taxi drivers stopped all over Italy to protest against a government proposed bill on transportation tha ...
Ring roads of the future in an urban context
A10 Lelystad. Credit: UNStudio Electric cars that require charging and autonomous cars that can be summoned to take you from A to B. How do ...
Engineers help arctic ships assess ice buildup
The R/V Melville, a now-retired Navy research vessel, was used by the Cornell research team to test their model for inferring a ship’s role ...
How robots could help chronically ill kids attend school
A rolling screen with a camera, microphone and speakers. Credit: Emmett Connolly, thoughtwax/flickr, CC BY-NC Over the past century, Americ ...
Big improvements to brain-computer interface
Sam Kassegne, deputy director for the CSNE at SDSU, and colleagues developed electrodes made out of glassy carbon. Credit: Sam Kassegne Whe ...
Wireless power transmission safely charges devices anywhere within a room
Credit: Disney Research A new method developed by Disney Research for wirelessly transmitting power throughout a room enables users to char ...
Ground-breaking robotic arms that could transform your weekly food shop
Credit: Shutterstock Partly supported through the EU-funded SOMA project, robotics researchers have developed versatile robotic grippers to ...
Paper says Mexico's energy reform must follow the best sustainability practices
Credit: shutterstock.com/Rice University For the new energy sector in Mexico to spearhead the economic development of the country, it must ...
Separating fact from fiction using a 'fake news' algorithm
Victoria Rubin, a professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, has been working on deception detection since 2010, more recent ...
Algorithm can create a bridge between Clinton and Trump supporters
Endorsement network of US Elections: each dot indicates a Twitter user and a line between two dots indicates that one user retweeted the oth ...
Dutch trial foot-level traffic lights for phone users
Credit: CC0 Public Domain "Oy, get your head out of your phone!" ...
Snap values itself at up to $22B ahead of IPO
In this Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, file photo, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel poses for a photo in Los Angeles. Snap Inc. is listing the company's ...
Putting data in the hands of doctors
MIT Professor Regina Barzilay has struck up new research collaborations, drawn in MIT students, launched projects with local doctors, and be ...
The cybersecurity risk of self-driving cars
Credit: Northeastern University Ten million self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020, according to an in-depth report by Business Insi ...
Mentor lays out road map to emulate 15billion gate devices
Mentor Graphics has launched Veloce StratoM, the first element in what it says is its third generation emulation platform. The company has also unveiled a five year road map for Strato, something it s
Scaling up the next generation of UAVs
Adam Kellen, holding the 29 gram cyclcopter, and Dr. Benedict, standing next to the upscaled cyclorotor. Credit: Texas A&M University A ...
Green tea gets nod for wearable devices
A paper published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C suggests a rechargeable energy storage device for wearable electronics could be enabled using green tea.
Making sodium-ion batteries that last
An anode material that enables sodium-ion batteries to perform at high capacity over hundreds of cycles has been developed by scientists at the South China University of Technology.
Inkjet printer reduces cost of stretchable ICs
Engineering researchers at Michigan State University claim to have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the possibility of inexpens
'Scorpion' robot mission inside Fukushima reactor aborted
The "scorpion" robot is designed to withstand up to 1,000 sieverts of radiation A "scorpion" robot sent into a Japanese ...
Google internet balloon plan snagged in Sri Lanka: minister
"Project Loon" uses roaming balloons to beam internet coverage to remote areas outside the range of ground-based telecommunication ...
High contrast camera for better automotive vision
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU) have developed an ultrafast high-contrast camera which, they believe, could provide self-driving cars and drones with better vision
One up for spin electronics
2017-02-16 18:00:10One up for spin electronics
The transport of spin information at room temperature in a material system has been demonstrated by a team from the Kyoto University in Japan, the Walther-Meißner-Institute and the Technical Universit
Cyber warriors see politics muddying security efforts
President Donald Trump has vowed to improve cyber attack defense, but security experts meeting this week say a fractious domestic and intern ...
Ultrafast camera for self-driving vehicles and drones
NTU Singapore Assistant Professor Chen Shoushun has developed an ultrafast camera with a unique in-built circuit, allowing instant analysis ...
Casting Oscar: Foundry creates each statuette as work of art
Wax versions of the Oscar statuette are just one step in the process of making the completed version at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry i ...
Why medical technology often doesn't make it from drawing board to hospital
Credit: VILevi If there's something wrong with your brain, how do you spot that in an MRI? Of course, if it's something obvious, such as a ...
Eurostar implements facial recognition for Paris passengers
After London, Eurostar in Paris now has facial recognition software for travellers After London last year, Eurostar has installed electroni ...
2017 Kia Niro is most affordable hybrid SUV
This image provided by Kia shows the 2017 Kia Niro. Kia's newest vehicle, the 2017 Niro, is the lowest-priced, gasoline-electric hybrid SUV ...
Yahoo issues another warning in fallout from hacking attacks
This Jan. 14, 2015 file photo shows Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on th ...
Laser scribed patches to improve biosensors
Inscribing porous, carbonised patterns into a polymer using a laser creates sensitive electrodes that detect biological molecules, say scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technolog
Spotify expands with World Trade Center move
In the United States, subscriptions to Spotify and its rivals more than doubled last year alone Spotify on Wednesday announced an expansion ...
VCSEL wavelength extended to the mid-infrared
A concept to extend the wavelength coverage of VCSELs into the mid-infrared (mid-IR) has been developed by a group of researchers from the Walter Schottky Institute at the Technical University of Muni
Rebar graphene for lithium ion capacitors
A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3000 times its own weight and bounce back to its original height, according to Rice University scientists. The
Softbank adds Fortress Investment to growing empire
In this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, then U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, left, accompanied by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, speaks to members ...
Toyota hopes revamped plug-in sells better than first model
A visitor takes a photo of a Toyota new Prius PHV plug-in hybrid during a press conference rolling out the new Prius PHV plug-in hybrid in T ...
Casting Oscar: Foundry builds each statuette as work of art
Wax versions of the Oscar statuette are just one step in the process of making the completed version at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry i ...