Computing
Facebook opens doors to real-money gambling in Britain
August 8, 2012 8:35 am | by Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Facebook Inc will allow users in Britain to wager real money on its service, opening its doors to gambling for the first time as revenue growth slows at the world's No. 1 social network.
Starbucks to start accepting Square mobile payments
August 8, 2012 8:33 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsNEW YORK (AP) -- Starbucks Corp. will soon be the first national chain to let customers pay with Square's mobile payment application.
The Golden Touch: Behind the Webb Telescope
August 7, 2012 4:06 pm | by HubbleSiteChannel | Videos | CommentsThe Webb Telescope's mirrors are coated in an extremely thin film of gold. This gold layer, only a few millionths of an inch thick, enables the mirrors to best reflect the infrared light the telescope seeks. The thinner the layer, the better off the telescope will be -- every bit of weight counts when a telescope as big as Webb is being lifted into space by a rocket. Join us at Quantum Coating in New Jersey, where engineers are vaporizing gold to apply a thin, even layer to the telescope's mirrors. - HubbleSiteChannel
This week from NASA: Landing Curiousity, test firings for project Morpheus, International space station
August 7, 2012 4:02 pm | Videos | CommentsThis week on @NASA Following a daring plunge through the Martian Atmosphere -- billed as 7-minutes of Terror, The Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover made a successful, on-target landing on the Red Planet in Gale Crater. Curiosity is scheduled to conduct a two-year mission to investigate the most intriguing places on Mars in an effort to determine if microbial life is possible on the planet. Also, engineers at the Johnson Space Center have conducted test firings of the Project Morpheus Lander, the quickest trip ever to the International Space Station of an unpiloted Russian Progress resupply ship, Marking History at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility and more! -NASA Television
Ultracapacitor modules are ideal for power conditioning, voltage sag compensation
August 7, 2012 3:38 pm | Product Releases | CommentsIoxus, Inc.announced it is offering thin cell ultracapacitor module designs worldwide for power conditioning and automated guided vehicle (AGV) applications. Ioxus THiNCAP™ iMOD™ modules consist of high power, thin, flexible ultracapacitor packs, instead of cylindrical cells, making them ideal for a variety of applications where small form factor is valued. The THiNCAP iMOD modules save space and weight, benefiting users with a reduced total cost of ownership as compared to batteries with longer life, higher cycle count, wider operational temperature range and reduced maintenance requiremen
Eco-computer with a natural wood look
August 7, 2012 2:28 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsA work tool, a leisure activity resource, a personal assistant - computers are ubiquitous. Yet the environmental performance for today's computers leaves a lot to be desired: they rapidly become obsolete, typically contain toxic substances as flame retardants and have individual components that are difficult to recycle. Moreover, they consume plenty of power whose production, in turn, causes the release of CO2 into the atmosphere.
A simple way to help cities monitor traffic more accurately
August 7, 2012 2:25 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsCOLUMBUS, Ohio – Cities count the number of cars on the road in order to plan everything from the timing of stoplights to road repairs. But the in-road metal detectors that do the counting can make errors – most often by registering that a car is present when one isn't.
EMI test receiver is presented as world’s fastest
August 7, 2012 10:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe new R&S ESR test receiver is available in two different models for frequencies ranging from 10 Hz to 3 GHz or 7 GHz to meet the requirements of all users who perform EMC certification on commercial equipment. The R&S ESR covers
New 3D Printing Technologies Unveiled
August 7, 2012 10:10 am | by Engineering.com: Todd Grimm | Videos | CommentsIndustry expert Todd Grimm digs into 3 new 3D printing technologies. These range from the very tiny from Nanoscribe, to large metal objects from Fabrisonic, to high resolution optically clear designs from LuXeXcel. As usual, Todd brings his analysis to the story, letting you know what’s newsworthy about each new technology.
Disinformation flies in Syria's growing cyber war
August 7, 2012 8:55 am | by Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - On Sunday, it was a hijacked Reuters twitter feed trying to create the impression of a rebel collapse in Aleppo. On Monday, it was another account purporting to be a Russian diplomat announcing the death in Damascus of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Apple won't include YouTube app in new mobile software
August 6, 2012 4:24 pm | by Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Apple Inc's new version of its iPhone and iPad software will not include a pre-packaged app for Google Inc's popular video website, YouTube, Apple said on Monday.
EBay tests same-day delivery with big retailers
August 6, 2012 4:23 pm | by Alistair Barr, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - EBay Inc is testing a same-day delivery service with big retailers including Target Corp, Best Buy Co and Toys "R" Us Inc, as the world's largest online marketplace steps up competition with rival Amazon.com Inc.
Enclosures designed for hazardous area applications
August 6, 2012 2:56 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPepperl+Fuchs introduces a complete family of increased safety enclosures and related solutions for the process automation industry. Part of the company’s Explosion Protection Equipment (EPE) portfolio, the wide range of enclosure styles and sizes provide optimal design configurations for nearly all Ex e and Ex ia hazardous area applications, including oil and gas.
Temperature sensor caters to a wide variety of applications
August 6, 2012 2:45 pm | 3M Electronics Solutions Division | Product Releases | CommentsLinear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2996 high accuracy temperature sensor for 2.25V to 5.5V systems. The LTC2996 measures a remote diode’s temperature with ±1°C accuracy and its own die temperature with ±2°C accuracy while rejecting errors due to noise and series resistance. The device provides a voltage-proportional-to-absolute-temperature (VPTAT) output, as well as individual undertemperature and overtemperature alert outputs, defined by user-adjustable thresholds. No code is required to configure the device. With a 200µA quiescent current, the LTC2996 simply provides a precise, space-saving, micropower temperature monitoring solution.
Lab in the Wild asks: What's your Internet like?
August 6, 2012 2:36 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsCambridge, Mass – August 6, 2012 - One size fits all? Not on the Web. Users from different countries and cultures actually interact with information in different ways. To explore how people click and tap through the vast network of online offerings, a team of computer scientists from Harvard have launched the "Lab in the Wild".
Intelligent cars warn each other
August 6, 2012 2:15 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsThe "Safe Intelligent Mobility – Test Field Germany (simTD)" research project aims to help drivers select the best routes, detect obstacles before they see them and cut emissions through energy-efficient driving. To achieve these goals, researchers have electronically networked cars with each other and their infrastructure, known as car-to-car and car-to-x communication. Over the coming months, 120 cars will be testing the simTD consortium's system in real life – putting it through its paces on the highways, country roads and city streets in and around Frankfurt. This new system brought scientists together with private companies and public organizations.
Current sense resistors utilize a metal alloy plate protected by thin molded package
August 6, 2012 12:49 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe CSM Series from Stackpole uses a metal alloy plate, which is protected by a thin molded package. The 2512 size adds the ability to achieve resistance values above 10 milliohms ranging from 2 milliohms to 100 milliohms with a TCR of 75 ppm. The 0603 size offers
Touch your philodendron and control your computer
August 6, 2012 11:58 am | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsDisney Research technology turns any plant into an interactive device
Quantum physics: New insights into the remote control of quantum systems
August 6, 2012 11:54 am | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsA fundamental characteristic of quantum physics is the fact that two or more particles can exhibit correlations stronger than classically allowed. This unique characteristic applies particularly to quantum entanglement: as soon as the quantum state of a particle is measured the state of its entangled partner changes accordingly, regardless of how far apart the two entangled particles might be. This feature allows for the remote quantum state preparation, which is an essential ingredient for applications in quantum communication, quantum cryptography, and quantum computation.
Automated test software will help reduce time to market
August 6, 2012 9:03 am | Tektronix | Product Releases | CommentsTektronix, Inc. announced automated test software for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) physical-layer transmitter conformance testing that now includes measurement support for SAS-3 12 Gbps interfaces. Using DPO/DSA/MSO70000 Series oscilloscopes with real time sampling rates up to 100 GS/s on two channels at 33 GHz bandwidth along with DPOJET-based automated conformance test software engineers can gain deep insights into critical SAS-3 design challenges.
Tech start-ups: the last refuge of Spanish optimism
August 6, 2012 8:53 am | by Clare Kane, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Half of Spain's youth are unemployed, and yet at the Wayra business start-up project on Madrid's majestic Gran Via avenue, young people buzz around an office chatting animatedly, typing furiously and holding up trails of wire and computer parts.
Apple's Jobs was open to making a smaller iPad: executive
August 6, 2012 8:52 am | by Poornima Gupta, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Steve Jobs was receptive to Apple Inc making a smaller tablet, a senior executive said in a 2011 email revealed on Friday, fanning speculation it plans to make a mini-iPad to take on cheaper gadgets from Google Inc and Amazon
Reuters Twitter account hacked, false tweets about Syria sent
August 6, 2012 8:51 am | by Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Reuters News said one of its Twitter accounts was hacked on Sunday and false tweets were posted, mainly related to the current armed struggle in Syria. "Earlier today @ReutersTech was hacked and changed to @ReutersME," said a spokesperson for Reuters, which is owned by Thomson Reuters CorpTO>. "The account has been suspended and is currently under investigation."
Apple and Samsung take Australian legal battle to the "hot tub"
August 6, 2012 8:50 am | by Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are embroiled in a high-stakes patent battle in several countries around the world, but only in Australia are they also engaged in "hot tubbing."
Delay in scientific ghost town stirs skepticism
August 6, 2012 8:42 am | by JERI CLAUSING Associated Press | News | CommentsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Pegasus Global Holdings' surprise announcement that it was pulling out of plans to build a $1 billion scientific ghost town in eastern New Mexico is stirring skepticism of the private firm's grandiose plans for transforming 15 square miles of this largely rural state into a next-generation research center.
