1. 9to5mac – Apple’s entry price for its upcoming smaller iPad is between the base model of the new, fifth-generation iPod touch ($299) and the currently shipping WiFi-only 16GB iPad 2 ($399). According to our sources, the base model of the smaller iPad will likely be priced at a minimum of $329 in the United …
A thin film made of graphene and a charge-inducing polymer shows promise as a replacement for transparent electrical conductors in displays. Flatscreen televisions, computers and mobile phone displays all require transparent electrical conductors to connect embedded electrical devices without obstructing back illumination. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is currently used for this purpose, but it is …
DARPA and Boston Dynamics walking robot LS3 systemunderwent its initial outdoor test earlier this year and has matured through continual testing and improvements to the point that two functioning platforms have started to run through the paces similar to what they could one day experience carrying gear for a squad of Marines or Soldiers. The …
Scientific American reviews the Flynn Effect where IQ scores are increasing. Studies in two dozen countries and found that scores were rising by 0.3 point a year—three full points per decade. Nearly 30 years of follow-up studies have confirmed the statistical reality of the global uptick, now known as the Flynn effect. And scores are …
New Scientist – Standard pen ink is the surprise component in a flexible carbon fibre supercapacitor which can be bent in a full circle with barely any loss of performance. Just a few millimetres in diameter, the new ink-based supercapacitor outdoes the performance of other carbon fibre-based devices, and can hold up to 10 times …
China Dialogue – Unlike other export-oriented industries, China consumes 80% of its own production of electric bikes. China has over 150 million electric bikes on the road, while Europe, with 18 million units, comes a distant second. India, with less than 500,000 vehicles produced, is low down on the list. In 2010, the world produced …
Foreign Policy magazine and McKinsey have a list of the cities that will have the most economic growth between 2010 and 2025 Foreign Policy also features the 29 cities from China that are in the list of the top 75 Although Shanghai had no skyscrapers in 1980, it now has at least 4,000 — more …
Research, funded by IBC Advanced Alloys and conducted at Purdue and Texas A and M Universities has indicated that the inclusion of Beryllium Oxide (BeO) can increase both the efficiency with which fuel is used, as well as increase the safety with which the reactor operates. These improvements are largely realized through increasing the thermal …
Global Data – increased activity in the Exploration and Production (E&P) sector will be the primary driver in pushing oil and gas capital expenditure (capex) to an enormous $1,039 billion for 2012, states the latest report by natural resources experts GlobalData. The new report predicts that the total oil and gas capex will increase by …
New Scientist – DNA Origami Trojan horse was used delivered a dose of the drug that proved lethal to human breast-cancer cells, even though they had developed resistance to doxorubicin. “This is the first study to demonstrate that DNA origami can be used to circumvent drug resistance,” says Hao Yan at Arizona State University in …
Apple has broken through the $600 billion market valuation level on the anticipation of the iPhone 5 and mini-iPad tablet. If Apple shares reach $663.68, Apple will become the most valuable company of all time, eclipsing the record Microsoft set in late 1999. Microsoft’s record $618.9 billion. Microsoft set that benchmark on Dec. 30, 1999, …