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'Smart Doorknobs' and Gesture-Controlled Smartphones: Revolutionary Technology Enables Objects to Know Your Touch
May 3, 2012 — A doorknob that knows whether to lock or unlock based on how it is grasped, a smartphone that silences itself if the user holds a finger to her lips and a chair that adjusts room lighting based on ... > full story -
Thanks for the (Computer) Memory: More Room for Data in 'Phase-Change' Material
May 3, 2012 — Engineers have discovered previously unknown properties of a common computer memory material, paving the way for new memory drives, movie discs and computer systems that absorb data more quickly, ... > full story -
Fast, Low-Power, All-Optical Switch
May 3, 2012 — A new solid-state device uses one beam of light to switch another beam of light from one direction to another. It uses one-fifth the power -- only 90 atto-joules -- than the previous all-optical ... > full story -
Life-Size 3-D Hologram-Like Telepods May Revolutionize Videoconferencing in the Future
May 3, 2012 — Imagine a Star Trek-like human-scale 3-D videoconferencing pod that allows people in different locations to video conference as if they are standing in front of each other. "Why Skype when you can ... > full story -
Atomic-Scale Visualization of Electron Pairing in Iron Superconductors
May 3, 2012 — By measuring how strongly electrons are bound together to form Cooper pairs in an iron-based superconductor, scientists provide direct evidence supporting theories in which magnetism holds the key to ... > full story -
Mitigating Disasters by Hunting Down Dragon Kings: Forecasting Natural or Economic Disasters by Identifying Statistical Anomalies
May 3, 2012 — Professional Dragon King hunters are exploring the ways in which natural or economic disasters can be predicted by identifying statistical ... > full story -
Large-Scale Simulation of Human Blood Is Boon to Personalized Medicine
May 2, 2012 — Having a virtual copy of a patient's blood in a computer would be a boon to researchers and doctors. They could examine a simulated heart attack caused by blood clotting in a diseased coronary artery ... > full story -
Escape Response of Small Fish Tested Using a Supercomputer
May 2, 2012 — Researchers have for the first time succeeded in discovering the optimal escape response of fish using a supercomputer. The aim was to test whether the escape mechanism of small fish, developed in ... > full story -
Online-Only News Outlets Struggle to Find Funding
May 1, 2012 — The first report to systematically assess how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their ... > full story -
Thwarting the Cleverest Attackers: Even Most Secure-Seeming Computer Is Shockingly Vulnerable to Attack
May 1, 2012 — Savvy hackers can steal a computer's secrets by timing its data storage transactions or measuring its power use. New research shows how to stop ... > full story -
Computer Use and Exercise Combo May Reduce the Odds of Having Memory Loss
May 1, 2012 — You think your computer has a lot of memory … if you keep using your computer you may, too. Combining mentally stimulating activities, such as using a computer, with moderate exercise decreases ... > full story -
Dynamic View of City Created Based on Foursquare Check-in Data
May 1, 2012 — The millions of "check-ins" generated by Foursquare, the location-based social networking site, can be used to create a dynamic view of a city's workings and character, researchers say. In contrast ... > full story
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