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NYC to offer free phone-charging stations in parks
June 18, 2013 4:59 pm | by BETHAN MCKERNAN - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | Comments
It's a message busy New Yorkers hate to get: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger in sight. Now that could be a thing of the past. New York City has teamed up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations for public use, available for free in parks and...
UT Arlington provides first academic study of journalists and private citizens' drone use
June 18, 2013 12:14 pm | by University of Texas at Arlington | News | Comments
Newly published research from a University of Texas at Arlington communication team offers a...
Which qubit my dear? New method to distinguish between neighbouring quantum bits
June 18, 2013 11:09 am | by EurekAlert! | News | Comments
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have proposed a new way to distinguish between...
A robot that runs like a cat
June 17, 2013 10:06 am | by EurekAlert! | News | Comments
Developed by EPFL's Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob), the "cheetah-cub robot," is a small-size...
Function generator line provides output voltages from 0 to 10 Vpp into 50 ohms
June 19, 2013 3:35 pm | B&K Precision Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsB&K Precision announced the addition of three new DDS (direct digital synthesis) sweep function generator models: 4014B, 4040B, and 4045B. All models generate stable and precise sine, square, and triangle waveforms, and provide output voltages from 0 to 10 Vpp into 50 ohms or 20 Vpp into open circuit.
MCU combines complex data processing with low-power operation in diabetes management solution
June 19, 2013 3:24 pm | Energy Micro | Product Releases | CommentsEnergy Micro announces its role in enabling an all-in-one solution for the management of diabetes. Brighter One is the world’s first pocket-sized product that integrates all the functions needed to monitor blood glucose and inject insulin. This patented solution logs insulin doses and glucose levels automatically....
This "watch" could change the world of at-home medicine
June 19, 2013 3:21 pm | by Kasey Panetta, Managing Editor | Blogs | CommentsI have one family member in nursing school and one in medical school, which means I sometimes find myself on the cold end of a stethoscope while they check my radial pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and whatever else they need to practice. (I draw the line at anything involving needles.)
Solar-powered plane lands near Washington
June 19, 2013 11:25 am | News | CommentsA solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital early Sunday, only one short leg to New York remaining on a voyage that opened in May.
Sound waves precisely position nanowires
June 19, 2013 11:21 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsThe smaller components become, the more difficult it is to create patterns in an economical and reproducible way, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers who, using sound waves, can place nanowires in repeatable patterns for potential use in a variety of sensors, optoelectronics and nanoscale circuits.
Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia
June 19, 2013 11:10 am | by KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press | News | CommentsAirborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released early by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Making memories: Practical quantum computing moves closer to reality
June 19, 2013 11:03 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsResearchers have developed a new way to design quantum memory, bringing quantum computers a step closer to reality. Quantum computing may revolutionize information processing, by providing a means to solve problems too complex for traditional computers, with applications in code breaking, materials science and physics.
Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite
June 19, 2013 11:00 am | by DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press | News | CommentsNearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite. The U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science Center north of Sioux Falls collects....
Printing tiny batteries
June 19, 2013 10:58 am | by Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard | News | Comments3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them.
Social-network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
June 19, 2013 10:56 am | by MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press | News | CommentsOn the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion. In the latest flap, a senior reconstruction official in charge of helping victims of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis was dismissed last week....
Vt. and Quebec announce electric car corridor
June 19, 2013 10:53 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsStarting this fall, people who drive electric vehicles should be able to travel the 138-mile route between Burlington and Montreal without worrying they'll run short of a charge thanks to a planned electric vehicle charging corridor, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced in Montreal.
Yahoo discloses number of US govt data requests
June 19, 2013 10:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsYahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that ended on May 31. Yahoo said in a blog post late Monday that the most common requests concerned fraud homicides, kidnappings, and other criminal investigations.
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
June 19, 2013 3:24 am | by SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsMichael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an unfailingly...
DreamWorks says TV revenue to hit $200M by 2015
June 18, 2013 7:22 pm | by RYAN NAKASHIMA - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsDreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda," said Tuesday that a new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015. The extra $100 million represents a 13 percent increase over the $750...
DeKalb CEO accused of trying to extort vendors
June 18, 2013 5:59 pm | by KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsA grand jury indictment on Tuesday accuses DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis of threatening to withhold county business from companies that didn't contribute to his campaign. The 15-count indictment accuses Ellis of trying to extort campaign contributions from companies and their employees. The...
