Plants are extremely efficient converters of light into energy, more or less setting the bar for researchers creating photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity. As such, researchers are constantly trying to mimic the tricks that millions of years of
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Quantum cryptography is one of the most secure known means of transmitting data, due to the fact that even if a third party does intercept a quantum signal, that interference changes the encryption key, making the tampering apparent to parties at both ends. But a handful
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Plenty of human-gadget interfaces can let you control a robot or a computer with your mind. But these communications are command-based -- your PR2 still can't tell whether you're asking it for a beer to celebrate, or to drink away your sorrows. An EEG-based affective computing
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The Internet seems to offer countless chances to win -- "You're Our Lucky 10,000 Visitor!!! Click Here to Claim Your Free iPod!!!" -- but this month you really could be the lucky winner. According to IMS Research, sometime this month the 5
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While most early adopters will know full well that their uncontrollable urges to get their hands on the latest gear ASAP isn’t rewarded by savings afforded to those who wait for newer technology to drop in price, they are at least ensured the product. The problem, it seems, for shrewder folk
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A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
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Want to conduct Sunday Mass but don't have your copy of the church missal? There's an app for that.
The Rev. Paolo Padrini, an Italian priest who consults with the Vatican, is launching a free
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With a background in computer science and fashion design, Sydneysider Davina Reichman may be uniquely qualified to launch the country's first wearable iPad clothing range.
Dubbed iClothing by Reichman and her creative partner, fashion
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For a species so steeped in visual information, humans actually aren't very good at picking up on change. But a new computer-based model is shedding light on what we see and what we don't
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As unlikely as it might be that we're sending warm thoughts to Germany over the World Cup, we have to admit that news that they've figured out a way to block the vuvuzela howl is music to our ears.
The plastic stadium horn, blown by World Cup fans to celebrate such
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A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
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Using homemade software and a standard computer port, a team of scientists has figured out exactly how easy it is to hack into a modern car -- scary news for motorists already wary of faulty brake and accelerator systems.
The research team wrote code that allows
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Our computer doesn?t blow up. Is this really a Microsoft product?
That?s right, Popular Science
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Apple's iPad was finally launched yesterday to eager Australian crowds yesterday, with numerous media reports of enormous crowds being piled up outside
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Quantum cryptography is one of the most secure known means of transmitting data, due to the fact that even if a third party does intercept a quantum signal, that interference changes the encryption key, making the tampering apparent to parties at both ends. But a handful
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Looks like it's time to update again, folks. But this time, Microsoft has a slightly more complicated pricing system based on the type of computer you're using (and the kind of package you want). Essentially, people who've bought ready-made home computers from any of the major manufacturers
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After a weekend using the iPad, I've realised I'm not interested in hedging my reaction to it with careful considerations of its lack of a USB port or webcam. It's not every day, or every year or maybe even every decade that we're able to see a piece of technology that takes a familiar human
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It wasn’t so long ago that we reported the news of the first royalties being paid to the Australian patent-holder of Wi-Fi technology. Considering that Wi-Fi is now a standard technology in many computers and mobile devices, it’s not difficult to see how important it is to respect the patent
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While most early adopters will know full well that their uncontrollable urges to get their hands on the latest gear ASAP isn’t rewarded by savings afforded to those who wait for newer technology to drop in price, they are at least ensured the product. The problem, it seems, for shrewder folk
Read more...
The Internet seems to offer countless chances to win -- "You're Our Lucky 10,000 Visitor!!! Click Here to Claim Your Free iPod!!!" -- but this month you really could be the lucky winner. According to IMS Research, sometime this month the 5
Read more...
Apple's iPad was finally launched yesterday to eager Australian crowds yesterday, with numerous media reports of enormous crowds being piled up outside
Read more...
After a weekend using the iPad, I've realised I'm not interested in hedging my reaction to it with careful considerations of its lack of a USB port or webcam. It's not every day, or every year or maybe even every decade that we're able to see a piece of technology that takes a familiar human
Read more...
A new visual recognition program developed at MIT uses a process of elimination to identify objects much more efficiently than the matching techniques used by existing software. Line by line, piece by piece, it identifies commonalities between everyday objects, resulting in line drawings that
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In IBM's planned future, everything will communicate with everything. The company has now announced a new software development kit, Mote Runner, that will allow programmers to put anything
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There's something exhilarating about meeting someone new, whether it's in a coffee shop or online. That is, until your new pal pulls a Lyndon Johnson and
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With a background in computer science and fashion design, Sydneysider Davina Reichman may be uniquely qualified to launch the country's first wearable iPad clothing range.
Dubbed iClothing by Reichman and her creative partner, fashion
Read more...
Unleash your inner geek artiste
MIT chemists cover the whiteboards and even windows of their
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Do you think your connection speed is fast? Do you tout your torrent bit rate? Perhaps your
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Until today, Google's Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept. Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works. Here's the breakdown.
Google went to great pains
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A glimpse of the post-silicon age; how does Graphene Valley sound to you?
Silicon
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