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10 Computer and Tech Concepts We Hope Come True
Jun 16th
The future holds some very innovative and exciting new prospects in terms computer and tech design concepts. Here are 10 we hope we can get our hands on one day soon!
MacBook Touch Concept
A transparent, multitouch display that acts as a control surface on both sides, the MacBook Touch concept is based on one of More >
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Loading ...The Electric Eye
Jun 16th
MIT researchers are developing a microchip that will enable a blind person to recognize faces and navigate a room without assistance, helping the blind to regain partial eyesight. The chip, which is encased in titanium to prevent water damage, will be implanted onto a patient’s eyeball. Users are required to wear special glasses fitted with More >
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...WiFi tops best technological innovation poll
Dec 23rd
Surfing the net has become a lot more easier since wireless internet has come into being, and now Wi-Fi has rightly topped the poll for the greatest technological advance of the last decade, according to a survey.
With 35.5 percent votes, Wi-Fi has beaten Sky+, Sat Navs, iPods and Blackberries to win the poll conducted by More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chinese hackers may be jailed for 7yrs under proposed law
Dec 23rd
Hackers who steal data or manipulate large number of computers may be jailed for up to seven years, according to a proposed amendment to the Chinese Criminal Law.
The penalties will also be applicable to those who offer software or tools for hacking to any intruder.
The existing law offers punishment only for intruding into networks of More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Telecom services: 3G players will be allowed in 2G space as well
Dec 23rd
Successful bidders for spectrum allocation for third generation (3G) telecom services will also be eligible to get spectrum space for second generation (2G) services, as and when any space becomes available, the Telecom Commission said here Tuesday.
‘New 2G spectrum will be allocated as and when it is available. Currently 2G is saturated and we hardly More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Volvo to unveil world’s ‘first accident-proof car’ next month
Dec 23rd
Car giant Volvo is set to unveil its first ever “accident-proof car”, which will drive itself in traffic by using radar to control the distance.
The Swedish manufacturer will unveil Volvo S60 with automatic brakes at the next month’s Detroit motor show. It will go on the market in 2010.
“This technology helps us take an important More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Scientists discover biggest breach of Earth’s solar storm shield
Dec 17th
A NASA and National Science Foundation sponsored research has identified the biggest breach of Earth’s solar storm shield, in the form of two holes that allow the largest leaks.
The research determined that Earth’s magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the Sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Climate warming causing ecosystem changes in temperate lakes
Dec 17th
A new study has linked ecosystem changes in many temperate North American and Western European lakes to climate warning.
The study, conducted by researchers at Queen’s University and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in Canada, reports that striking changes are now occurring in many temperate lakes similar to those previously observed in the rapidly More >
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Fossil hunters discover two new dino species in Sahara desert
Dec 17th
An expedition to the Sahara desert has found the fossilized remains of what are thought to be two new species of dinosaurs.
According to a report in The Times, the ancient remains discovered in Morocco, belong to a giant flying pterosaur and plant-eating sauropod.
Initial examinations suggest that both specimens are unknown to science.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sea levels will rise much faster than predicted
Dec 17th
A new study has found that sea levels will rise much faster than previously predicted, as the world’s glaciers and ice sheets are melting at an alarming rate.
According to a report in The Times, the study, commissioned by the US Climate Change Science Program, said that the rises will substantially exceed forecasts that do not More >
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