Aug 30 2010

Computer Casings Made from Cashews

Tag: Computers, Electronics, Packaging, Plants, Plastic — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:43 pm
A unique plastic made from cashew nut shells could be used in consumer electronics by 2013.

Aug 23 2010

Diamonds Are a Supercomputer’s Best Friend

Tag: Computers, Quantum Computing, Supercomputers — Eric Bland @ 4:10 pm
Diamond-based computers would store millions of times more information than your silicon-based system. That's a whole lot of YouTube clips.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel, Aircraft, Artifacts, Atlantic Ocean, Aviation, Batteries, Birds, Child, Colleges, Communication, Computers, Design, Devices, Disasters and Accidents, Electronics, Engaged, Engineering, Engines, Events, Experts, Eye, Fall, Father, Fear, Glass, Government, Health Insurance, History, Internet, Inventions, Investigation, Lawsuits, Logging, Mining, Movies, Murder, Navy, Oceania and Australia, Office, Officer, Polar Regions, Privacy, Radio, Safety, Satellites, Science, Seas, Sensors, Storage, Streams, Submarine, Suicide, Technology, The Future, Touch, Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Aug 20 2010

Was Toyota Right? Govt Tests Find No Flaws

Tag: Cars, Computer Software, Computers, Design, Government, Health, Safety and Prevention — Benjamin Radford @ 1:00 pm
New gov't tests find no electronic flaws in Toyota cars, suggesting driver error caused sudden accelerations.

Aug 16 2010

Computer Hangs Ten on Surfboard

Tag: Adventure Sports, Computers, Electronics — David Teeghman @ 2:10 pm
A surfboard outfitted with computers and motion sensors could help develop the science of surfboards.

Aug 13 2010

Study Uncovers Every Possible Rubik’s Cube Solution

Tag: Computers, Games, Supercomputers, Toys, Games and Puzzles — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 11:58 am
It ends a 30-year search for the most efficient way to correctly align the 1974 invention.

Aug 10 2010

3 Reasons Why a Ban on E-waste Exports is Wrong

Tag: Computers, EWaste, Electronics, Environment, Recycling, Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:32 pm
Such bans cut jobs, push recycling to the black market and don't address the growing number of electronics thrown away in developing countries.

Jul 23 2010

Virtual Cells Cooperate Like Ants

Tag: Ants, Communication, Computers, Devices — Eric Bland @ 6:11 pm
The cooperative behavior of ants and slime molds is mimicked in a computer model and could lead to new ways of delivering drugs inside the body.

Jul 15 2010

Computer Simulation Cracks Chicken-Egg Puzzle

Tag: Chickens, Computer Simulation, Computers, Materials, Materials Science, Nature, Particles, Scientists, Technology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 10:48 am
New computer technology cracks the age-old riddle, demonstrating how a protein kickstarts eggshell formation.

Jul 14 2010

Computer Translates Ancient Language

Tag: Archaeology, Computer Software, Computers, History — David Teeghman @ 9:34 pm
A computer can decipher ancient languages that have gone unused for centuries and translate them into modern Hebrew.
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