A new study used a one milliamp current to stimulate the parietal lobe of a small number of students. The current could not be felt, and had no measurable effect on other brain functions. The volunteers tried to learn a puzzle which involved substituting numbers for symbols. Those given the current from right to left …
The challenge was to find a rewritable material that could store data encoding successive holographic images. Now Peyghambarian and his colleagues at the University of Arizona have developed a material that can record and display 3D images that refresh every two seconds The team’s system captures 3D information by filming an object from multiple angles, …
IEEE Spectrum covers laser uranium enrichment. I have extracted the useful technical information and left out the IEEE Spectrum extra trash talking. This site has covered the silex laser enrichment technology that is being commercialized by GE and its partners. GE has called the laser method a “game-changing technology” and along with Hitachi and Cameco …
Japan’s Elpida Memory Inc and Sharp Corp will co-develop a next-generation memory chip for commercialization in 2013, reported The Nikkei business daily. The ReRAM or resistive random access memory chip consumes less power and is capable of writing data 10,000 times faster than NAND flash memory. IEEE Spectrum reports that South Korean researchers have recently …
Ikanos Unveils NodeScale™ Vectoring to Deliver Broadband at 100 Mbps and Beyond for One-Tenth the Cost of Fiber By deploying Ikanos’ state-of the-art NodeScale Vectoring technology, service providers will be able to extend very high-speed Internet access and new critical services – including multiple high-definition television streams, distance learning, video conferencing, telemedicine, and more – …
by Christina Wong Five negotiation strategies were examined in a study: accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, competing and compromising. Individuals who negotiated using the collaborating and competing strategies —openly discussing issues and perspectives — had the best results. In contrast, those who used the avoiding, accommodating and compromising approaches were less successful in negotiating higher salaries. According …
Apple has introduced new thinner Macbook Air laptops The Macbooks are more like the iPad, with Flash memory instead of harddrives. They turn on instantly. The all-flash storage for better responsiveness and reliability. It features a trackpad with full Multi-Touch support. A large battery gives you portable power that lasts for hours. Apple took their …
Chinese vice president Xi Jinping was elected as the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) during the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing on Monday, boosting the possibility that he may succeed after President Hu Jintao retires. Known for his liberal policies, …
IS OUR universe a recycled version of an earlier cosmos? The idea, which replaces the big bang with a “big bounce”, has received a boost: this vision of the birth of the universe can explain why a subsequent process, called inflation, occurred. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827825.200-big-bounce-cosmos-makes-inflation-a-sure-thing.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on …
Michale Anissimov has live twitter coverage of the Personal Life Extension conference 2010. * Gregory Benford unveils stemcell100.com, a nutraceutical developed by Genescient which has been tested on humans. After several years of development Stem Cell 100 will be available for sale in about one month. It extends fruit fly lifespan by 20%. Stem Cell …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The US National Aeronautics Research and Development Plan, Feb 2010 Biennial update • “N” refers to the current generation of tube-and-wing aircraft. • “N+1” represents the next generation of tube-and-wing aircraft. • “N+2” refers to advanced aircraft in the generation after N+1, which are likely to …