Source: The Local German researchers have developed a super-tiny steam engine that’s just a few thousandths of a millimetre wide. Although the engine sputters incessantly and isn’t developed enough to be used in the real world, the discovery could make it easier to produce ultra-efficient micro-engines in the future, according […]
Written by David Rosenberg They aren’t planning to put the first Israeli on the Moon. But they do want to plant the country’s flag there, send a robot on a 500-meter or so stroll past some craters and send pictures back home. Along the way, they want to inspire the […]
For weeks, privacy concerns swirled around a piece of software installed on millions of phones that allegedly logs keystrokes, location data and a host of other information. Today, major phone companies are finally responding with denials of any involvement, but Sprint and AT&T they are using Carrier IQ to improve […]
Source: Physics-World A “four-wheel drive car” less than one billionth the length of an average SUV has been built and operated by researchers in the Netherlands and Switzerland. The molecular machine is about 1 nm long and uses electrons as fuel as it navigates across a copper surface. The tiny device […]
Source: Qantara Performing a religious ritual like hajj and using a smartphone is no contrast. Modern Muslim pilgrims can stay connected via platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Ali Almakhlafi reports When pilgrims walk around the Kaaba in Mecca these days, an increasing number of them will have their friends with […]
Source: The Local Move over, Alexander Graham Bell, Germany is marking the anniversary of the first phone call today – a century and a half after Johann Philipp Reis first transmitted a spoken sentence over a cable. The age of telephony was not hailed with Bell’s summons to his assistant, […]
By Omar Obeidat JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA – The Arab world needs a Marshall Plan under which rich countries provide financial support to develop the economies of other states in the region, leading policy makers and experts suggested Saturday. European countries and the US will not be able to help […]
Source: Spiegel International It is years behind schedule. But on Friday, two satellites belonging to the European navigation system Galileo are heading into orbit. The system promises to be more precise than anything currently available. But Europe has paid dearly for its autonomy. There are some, of course, who might […]
Courtesy: techcrunch.com DEVIN COLDEWEY posted on October 11th, 2011 Nationalized technology efforts are becoming more common as countries begin to question their reliance on foreign powers for the means to participate in modernity. China is starting todesign its own processors, India issubsidizing a national tablet, and now Bangladesh (working with […]
Source: The Local The German military on Wednesday unveiled the new “Euro Hawk” super drone, whose size and range is set to revolutionize the Bundeswehr’s intelligence-gathering capabilities. “It’s a milestone for us,” project leader Rüdiger Knöpfel told Die Welt newspaper in Manching, Bavaria, where the drone was presented by the Federal Office […]
Source: Toronto Star Author: Oakland Ross First, she heard her own voice. Then her voice went viral — accompanied by her tears of joy. All in all, it was not a bad week for 29-year-old Sarah Churman of Burleson, Tex. Even better, she heard her two young daughters, Oli and […]
One of coolest things about Steve Jobs was his willingness to respond to customers’ emails. And some of the responses were legendary. Jobs openly shared his thoughts with the public. And he was more quotable than many think. In honor of Apple’s visionary, who passed away on Wednesday, here are […]
Source: International Business Times By Cavan Sieczkowski A computer virus has hit the U.S. Military fleets of America’s Predator and Reaper drones. The computer virus is capable of logging pilot’s keystrokes while remotely flying the drones in conflict areas such as Afghanistan from the Creech Air Force Base in Clark […]
Source: CBC News Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who revolutionized technology through his design, marketing and creation of personal computers and mobile devices, has died at 56, the company announced Wednesday. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” Apple said in a brief statement. “Steve’s brilliance, […]
Source / Courtesy: BBC India has launched what it says is the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet computer, priced at just $35 (£23). Costing a fraction of Apple’s iPad, the subsidised Aakash is aimed at students. It supports web browsing and video conferencing, has a three-hour battery life and two USB ports, but […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN A Pennsylvania company has won a $1.35 million prize from NASA for developing a highly efficient airplane power by electricity. Pipistrel-USA.com of State College earned the top prize in the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, NASA announced Monday. The plane developed by Pipistrel doubled the […]
Source: The Jerusalem Post Author: Melanie Lidman When the Second Temple period scribes wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls on parchment 2,000 years ago and rolled them up in a clay jug in the Qumran caves, they probably weren’t expecting that a curious student in Guangzhou, China would be able to […]
Source: CNN By John D. Sutter, CNN updated 2:54 PM EST, Fri September 23, 2011 Facebook announced a new class of “real-time” apps on Thursday at an event in San Francisco. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Facebook unveils “real-time” features The changes will roll out over coming weeks New apps will post to Facebook […]
Source: Facebook’s New Grab for More Data The network’s new redesign aims to get you to provide more info they can use to serve you ads—and make more money. The question is whether users will be in control of privacy, says Justin Brookman. by Justin Brookman | September 23, 2011 1:33 AM […]
by Samuel Jaberg in Madagascar, swissinfo.ch Each year, 200,000 hectares of forest vanish in Madagascar as trees are cut down to provide wood for heating and charcoal for cooking. One Swiss organisation is trying to turn the tide, backing the production of solar cookers as a more eco-friendly alternative to […]