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INFO GRAPHIC | 19 comments

Infographic of the Day: It's a Small World, Afterall

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Oct 23, 2009 at 2:08 PM

This map shows exactly where are the most remote places in the world.READ»

BEAGLE LANDER | 3 comments

F1 Racing's Influence, from Wheelchairs to Mars Landers

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Mar 4, 2009 at 1:01 PM

Formula 1 racing, which each year produces some of the most intensively engineered vehicles on earth, is a well-spring for design innovation. The New Scientist just rounded up some examples, and here are the the best: F1 race ...READ»

VIRTUAL TWINS | Comment

Scientists Design "Virtual Twins" to Pre-test Medical Treatments

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jun 9, 2009 at 11:53 AM

Customized computer models of blood flow, bones and muscles, promise a way to study a medicine's effects before treatment.READ»

INFO GRAPHICS | 2 comments

Measuring GDP by How Bright a Country Is at Night

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Aug 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM

An economist at Brown University uses a novel technique to gather accurate economic stats on the undeveloped world.READ»

RESOURCES | Comment

An Audit of Earth's Material Resources

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Apr 20, 2009 at 1:05 PM

New Scientist provides us with this handy graph to show how long the materials we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy will last. I promise it will erase every fleeting thought you ever had about the pointlessness of ...READ»

INFO GRAPHIC | 1 comment

Infographic of the Day: Is Owning a Dog Worse Than Owning a Hummer?

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Nov 4, 2009 at 8:43 AM

Two architects and a scientist do the math, and conclude that Fido has a massive carbon paw-print. Seriously?READ»

DISASTER DESIGN | 12 comments

Designing for Disaster

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 96
Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 6:13 PM

We live in an age lashed by natural disasters. Katrina obviously looms in the American mind, but the Sichuan Earthquake and the Indian Ocean tsunami have all imprinted themselves on an entire generation, worldwide. What could we ...READ»

SUPER MARIO BROS. | 1 comment

The Science of Super Mario Bros.

BY Erica Westly
Relevancy Score: 95
Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 12:22 PM

Some might argue that game design is an art form, something not meant to be taken apart and analyzed, but researchers at IT University of Copenhagen believe that making the game design process more scientific could actually enhance ...READ»

DATA STORAGE | Comment

Transparent Memory Chip Enables See-Through Gadgets

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 93
Mon Dec 22, 2008 at 8:42 AM

Transparent transitors are nothing new: they're used in LCDs, but they've never before been assembled into a full, working memory device. But now Korea's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology scientists have crafted them into ...READ»

DESIGN | Comment

Scientists Invent Scratch-Proof Paint

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 89
Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 3:48 PM

Self-healing materials have been invented before, but they have been clunky: They usually "bleed" epoxy, which then hardens; that requires a circulatory system for the goo, or microcapsules embedded in a medium. Now, a ...READ»

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY | Comment

World's Smallest Fuel Cell Built, 3mm Across

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 88
Fri Jan 9, 2009 at 8:11 AM

Fuel cells are hot news at the moment, with advances being made every day. And now a US team has built the world's smallest fully-functioning hydrogen fuel cell that measures just 3mm on a side. While conventional battery tech is ...READ»

BUTTERFLY WINGS | Comment

Butterfly Wing Trick Could Make Self-Cleaning Windows a Reality

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 86
Tue Dec 9, 2008 at 7:42 AM

Industrial-scale production of a self-cleaning film covering for windows may soon be possible thanks to an invention that borrows the microscopic surface patterns of a butterfly wing. Butterfly wings and lotus-leaves share an unusual ...READ»

HYPE CYCLE | 1 comment

Infographic of the Day: The "Hype Cycle" of Computer-Interface Design

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 86
Tue Sep 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM

Gartner updates its classic "hype cycle" chart, detailing the expectations surrounding today's hottest technologies.READ»

NANOTECH | Comment

Nanotech Cloth Could Prevent Scalding Accidents

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 86
Thu Jul 16, 2009 at 7:09 AM

We're all used to water-repellent materials nowadays, and it's no surprise to see droplets running off special cloth without wetting it. The technology has, however, only worked for cold water. Until now, thanks to ...READ»

DARK FLASH | 2 comments

"Invisible Flash" Takes Photos in the Dark

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 85
Thu Jul 16, 2009 at 2:39 PM

Using a combination of infrared and ultraviolet light, a "dark flash" camera eliminates the garish effects of a regular flash.READ»

BLIND | Comment

Tactile Display Brings Texture-Movies to Your Fingertips

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 76
Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 6:11 AM

Scientists in Germany have demonstrated an amazing new display with a surface that can physically change twice per second to act as a moving "tactile screen." Its potential for the blind or visually challenged is immediately ...READ»

ARTIFICIAL RETINA | 2 comments

Quantum Dot Eyeball-Injection Could Improve Sight

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 76
Tue Dec 23, 2008 at 9:46 AM

There's an increasingly large body of work on returning vision to people with damaged sight due to retinal failure: Recent advances in artificial retinas have been particularly amazing. But new research and an associated patent ...READ»

CLIMATE CHANGE | 1 comment

Is the Atmosphere Simpler Than We Thought?

BY Jamais Cascio
Relevancy Score: 73
Thu Nov 5, 2009 at 7:30 PM

The "butterfly effect" is being set aside in favor of a multifractal process that will have a major impact on climate models.READ»

BLU-RAY | Comment

Holographic Discs to Store 20 Times More Than Blu-Ray

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 70
Fri Jan 23, 2009 at 6:36 AM

Blu-ray technology out-does DVD for one reason only: the discs store more information, so you can fit a higher-resolution movie file in the same physical space. That's a great thing now everyone and their dog has an HDTV. But a new ...READ»

CARBON | Comment

Graphene: Source of The Next Industrial Revolution?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 70
Fri Dec 19, 2008 at 9:24 AM

"An atomically-thick layer of bonded carbon atoms in a hexagonal array, that can be made by peeling a layer off a graphite block with sticky-tape" doesn't sound like a particularly wondrous material. But that's an approximate ...READ»

INNOVATION | 3 comments

Scientist Teleport Particles a Few Meters, Beaming Up Kirk Still Far Off

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 62
Tue Feb 3, 2009 at 8:31 AM

Teleportation is no longer science fiction. If that information is hard to swallow check this out: A U.S. science team has successfully teleported a bunch of Ytterbium metal ions across their laboratory. For real. Previous ...READ»

ANDROID | Comment

Google Patents "Wireless Connection Bidding" For Cheap Calls

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 62
Fri Sep 26, 2008 at 7:38 PM

According to an article on the website of New Scientist, Google [GOOG] has more telephony tricks up its sleeve besides its Android phone OS. In fact, a patent filed in 2007 was published this week that shows Google investigating ...READ»

WHITE LEDS | Comment

New Material Makes White LED Home Lighting Pretty Certain

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 7:21 AM

Korean and Spanish scientists have pulled off a neat trick--they've discovered a new molecule that will make white LEDs pretty much a certainty for replacing compact fluorescent bulbs. The invention replaces two previous molecules ...READ»

LONG-HAUL TRUCKING | 3 comments

The Super-Green Big-Rig Truck

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 52
Wed Apr 1, 2009 at 6:35 AM

It's no surprise that engineers and designers are furiously trying to green long-haul tractor trailors. Just like airplanes, the profit margins are small, so ekeing out a 10% improvement in fuel efficiency is big news. And ...READ»

HYRBAN | 4 comments

Riversimple: The Open-Source Hydrogen Car [update]

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 50
Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 4:06 PM

Think you have what it takes to design a hydrogen-powered car? How about the guts to drive one? You can find out now that the Hyrban Project's Riversimple Urban Car, an open-source vehicle, has been unveiled in London. The ...READ»

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