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Black Silicon: Black Silicon Discovery Could Make a Huge Impact

christinep — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:22:31 +0000

With the discovery of black silicon, the technological landscape has been revolutionized. Experiments have been conducted so that way the substance is not visible to the naked eye.
Category: Science
Year: Beyond
Tags: photography, nightvision, silicon, army, funding

Gaming Makes Grown-Ups Safer Drivers

christinep — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:33:30 +0000

AllState has started a program to help older drivers become safer drivers. In Pennsylvania, they sent 100,000 drivers between the ages of 50 and 75 a set of video games called InSight which were designed to improve the drivers' mental acuity.
Category: Health & Medicine
Year: 2008
Tags: allstate, driving, videogames, insight, memory

The Future of Fertility: Lose Weight, Fix Bad Sperm

Lani — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:51:44 +0000

Scientists have several theories about the link between obesity and poor sperm quality. Lifestyle is a large factor. A fit and healthy man has more chances of conceiving than not. Dr. Ghiyath Shayeb, the lead researcher, points to different hormo...
Category: Health & Medicine
Year: Beyond
Tags: obesity, sperm, fertility, children, fat, health

Circadian Clock Critical to Memory

christinep — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:09:13 +0000

The circadian clock is the internal rhythm that everyone possess. Researchers are studying and experimenting how it influences us psychologically and physically.
Category: Health & Medicine
Year: 2008
Tags: health, psychology, circadian, experimentation

Bill Clinton predicts big win for Barack Obama

Peltaire — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:55:08 +0000

Former President Bill Clinton said Thursday he thinks that Barack Obama will win big in the upcoming presidential election. Obama smiled at Clinton's prediction, saying, "There you go, you can take it from the president of the United States. He...
Category: Government
Year: 2008
Tags: barack, obama, win, bill, clinton, politics, new, president

Tax Cuts Will Make Things Worse

DSMason — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:59:03 +0000

Both U.S. presidential candidates are promising tax cuts to help out American citizens. But such cuts would simply exacerbate the current unprecedented federal deficits and debt. The U.S. has been living on borrowed money for decades, and is one...
Category: Economics
Year: 2008
Tags: taxes, economy, debt

Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Have B-Plan In 3 Years

Alvis Brigis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:51:46 +0000

Zuckerberg, "What every great internet company has done is to figure out a way to make money that has to match to what they are doing on the site. I don't think social networks can be monetized in the same way that search did. But on both sites pe...
Category: Social Media
Year: 2011
Tags: facebook, socialmedia, zuckerberg, markzuckerberg, monetization, ads, advertising

How Technology Can Help Aleviate Economic Fears

christinep — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:21:10 +0000

It has been said that the current bloggers and big players in the tech game have no reference to how bad the economy has become. The understanding of technology can help people deal with their fears because there are many opportunities within the ...
Category: Economics
Year: General
Tags: economy, technology, fear, bailout, leadership, consumer

Lifestyle modifications increase telomerase activity

mycophage — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:11:36 +0000

A pilot study examined the effect of three months of lifestyle changes on telomerase activity. The authors found that 3 months of “comprehensive lifestyle modifications” resulted in increased telomerase activity in circulating PBMCs of 24 subjects...
Category: Health & Medicine
Year: General
Tags: aging, telomeres, telomerase, exercise

Contact Lens Night Vision

martymcfly — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:05:41 +0000

Simple lenses to give you night vision.
Category: Technology
Year: 2015
Tags: night, vision, contact, lens, lenses, powered

Some Big Sites Are Using Google Trends To Direct Editorial

Lani — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:00:38 +0000

One use of Google Trends, which is becoming increasingly popular we hear, is for blogs, mainstream media sites and others to monitor Google Trends regularly and write stories based on hot terms.
Category: Communication
Year: General
Tags: google, trends, writing, keywords, page, rank

DNA finger printing could soon reveal your surname

Jeff Hilford — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:16:28 +0000

The laboratory which invented genetic fingerprinting believes the same technique could be refined to reveal the surnames of men. A study of more than 2,500 men bearing over five hundred different surnames found those with the same family name are ...
Category: Social Issues
Year: 2008
Tags: dna, fingerprinting, surname, id, identification, crime, suspect

Ultrathin Superconducting Films

il pinolo — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:08:43 +0000

U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of fast, power-saving electronics.
Category: Technology
Year: General
Tags: superconductor, electronics, energy, physics, materialscience

The Eight Biggest Over-reactions to Technology of All-Time

Mielle Sullivan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:46:55 +0000

This nicely illustrates how a technological advancement can produce experiences that are totally alien to us. Having no basis by which to judge a completely unfamiliar experience, we naturally fear it, or at the very least, react inappropria...
Category: Culture
Year: 2008
Tags: socrates, singularity, y2k, google, largehadroncollider, writing, technology, psychology, film, nuclearpower, climatechange, energycrisis, cullture, socialissues, internet, worldwideweb

All Kindle, All the Time: What if you threw a "break-the-Kindle-DRM" party...

christinep — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:56:46 +0000

Everyone remembers the year Napster made a huge splash and impacted the music industry. With the introduction of the kindle, it's only a matter of time when piracy will run rampant.
Category: Technology
Year: General
Tags: amazon, kindle, napster, piracy, drm

2010 Will Mark Tech Turnaround

AJ0111 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:31:53 +0000

New products and services will help lift the economy, once ROI is determined.
Category: Technology
Year: 2010
Tags: tech, turnaround

Computers + Biology = Virus Detector

Bora — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:55:49 +0000

Joseph DeRisi’s mantelpiece is heavy with awards and prizes. At age 39, Dr. DeRisi, a molecular biologist and biochemist, is a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator; a McArthur “Genius” Fellow; a professor at the University of California, San Francis...
Category: Biotechnology
Year: General
Tags: virus, virochip, sars, computer, health, detection, diagnosis

Light bulb networks could be the next WiFi - Engadge

John Heylin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:07:57 +0000

If researchers at Boston University's College of Engineering have their way, light bulbs of the future may be the highway your data gets carried along.
Category: The Web
Year: 2012
Tags: wifi, lightbulb, network

Wozniak: iPod, iPhone & Apple's future

Accel Rose — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:11:00 +0000

In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wonders how long the iPod can stay on top spot, laments the limitations of the iPhone 3G, agrees with the downgrade on Apple shares and believes that Web 2.0 revolution h...
Category: Technology
Year: 2008
Tags: wozniak, stevewozniak, thewoz, apple, ipod, jobs, stevejobs, 3g, 3giphone, iphone3g, futureofapple, futureofiphone

Nanotubes make hydrogen vehicles practical

John Heylin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:25:56 +0000

Greek scientists have figured out how to store more hydrogen-per-liter than ever by using newfangled carbon nanotubes.
Category: Energy
Year: 2010
Tags: cabon, nanotubes, hydrogen, fuel, car