Falls are the main cause of injuries among elderly people Falls are the main cause of injuries among elderly people, but until now doctors have had few ways of effectively monitoring and cou... Read more
The new technique represents a low-cost way to make small stereo speakers, miniature robots or motors Researchers at Purdue University have created a magnetic “ferropaper” that m... Read more
Can you hear me now? THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN C. H. Tung, the first Chinese-appointed chief executive of Hong Kong after the handover in 1997, offered me a three-sentence summary the other day of... Read more
Image via Wikipedia My 2-year-old daughter surprised me recently with two words: “Daddy’s book.” She was holding my Kindle electronic reader. Here is a child only beginning to talk, revealin... Read more
Today, backstage at the Crunchies, Zynga’s Mark Pincus revealed a pretty impressive number the Zynga.org wing of the social gaming company, Zynga: They’ve raised over $1 million dollars just... Read more
Working within the Holst Centre program on Micropower Generation and Storage, researchers have developed a small piezoelectric device capable of harvesting 85 microwatts of electricity from... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Our ability to pull nitrogen from the air fed a growing human population. Can 21st century biotechnology refine the process while reducing environmental impact? In 1968 t... Read more
Image via Wikipedia America is finally poised to get mobile television YOUR correspondent is always miffed when he sees others taking for granted things he has waited years for. Case in poin... Read more
Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards LAS VEGAS — To the dismay of safety advocates already worried about driver distraction, automakers and high-tech companies have found a new... Read more
In conjunction with Fulton Innovation, Texas Instruments (TI) will showcase a new contactless charging evaluation kit at this year’s CES. The bqTESLA kit will enable designers to develop con... Read more
Hmmm. You think it’s a coincidence? Costa Rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it’s also arguably the happiest nation on earth. There are several ways of mea... Read more
Connectivity, 3D, e-readers and tablet computers are the trends to watch at the world’s biggest technology conference in Las Vegas this week. The Consumer Electronics Show, CES, is fam... Read more
Bono, frontman of rock band U2, has warned the film industry not to make the same mistakes with file-sharing that have dogged the music industry. Writing for the New York Times, Bono claimed... Read more
In this age of HDTVs, home theaters, game consoles and media streamers, you’re likely to have a growing collection of remotes in your living room, and regularly battle the issues that... Read more
A proposal that will make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs in the US to start the next Google or Yahoo will be debated in the new year. Congressman Jared Polis has proposed a start-up vis... Read more
