While most would agree that using rechargeable batteries is already better for the environment than using single use alkaline batteries, Apple has designed a battery charger that presents an improvement over traditional battery charging stations.
With a power-management system that cuts the power when the batteries are fully-charged, the new battery charger nearly eliminates the [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 9th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, efficiency, energy, Environment, Technology
At the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), leading researchers are being brought together to work on an ambitious project: to develop an integrated solar energy-to-fuel conversion system and move it from the bench-top discovery phase and bring it to the market for commercialization. It will require an amalgamation of experts from multiple disciplines to [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 8th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, Environment, funding, government, growth, innovation, opportunity, sustainability, Technology
The key to unlocking the secrets of the universe lies in the existence of one abstract form of matter. The Higgs Boson, more popularly known as the “God particle,” is a hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle thought to be responsible for the formation of the cosmos after the Big Bang. Scientists have been trying to [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on August 7th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: energy, success, Technology
At Hebrew University (HU) in Israel, scientists have developed a new processing algorithm and database for utilizing GPS technology that can help application developers to create high-tech devices and tools to analyze and study the way people move about in their communities.
Already, Dr. Noam Shoval, head of the Geography Department at HU and his doctoral [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News, Technology on August 4th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: healthcare, innovation, Technology
In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of MIT’s Media Lab and proponent of the non-profit association, One Laptop Per Child, introduced a prototype of a laptop costing just $100 for students in the developing world. Believing the cost was still too steep, India sought to invent an even less expensive technology-based aid for its students.
The result [...]
Filed under: News, Technology, education on August 2nd, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: efficiency, innovation, Technology
At a recent press conference held at the company’s headquarters, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that free protective cases will be given to buyers of its latest iPhone model to alleviate the issue of wireless signal loss. The more than 3 million people who have already bought the iPhone 4 as well as new buyers [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Press, Technology on July 27th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Business, communication, Technology
Social Robotics is a branch of computer science that deals with enhancing communication between humans and machines. At various laboratories, robots programmed to deal with human interaction are being tested out. But more specifically, they are trained to both teach and learn an assortment of skills for people. One particular application is for teaching children [...]
Filed under: News, Technology, education on July 24th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: communication, research, Technology
Brian Chen, the author of an upcoming book called Always On, which makes inferences into the always-connected mobile future, recently published an article called “Will the iPad Make You Smarter?” on Wired.com’s Gadget Lab. The article touches upon the new style of user interfaces that mobile gadgets like Apple’s iPad are beginning to move towards, [...]
Filed under: News, Technology, education on July 15th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: research, Technology
When handheld ebook readers first came out, people wondered how they could ever hope to replace actual books, newspapers and magazines which are easier to read, caused less strain on the eyes, and were simply cheaper than any battery-powered device. Today, ebooks are becoming the preferred medium of choice for many, and libraries are beginning [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News, education on July 7th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Community, Technology
An Israeli startup company recently won a prestigious technology award with a product that addresses a need that may sound trivial, but actually affects millions upon millions of computer users worldwide.
A program by Tel Aviv-based Soluto targets a widespread source of frustration – computer boot-up time – and earned a TechCrunch Disrupt award in the [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on July 6th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: entrepreneur, innovation, News, startup, success, Technology
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.