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Artist's Inspiration: How Robot Soccer Led to a Mathematician's Mirror That Reflects Your True Face
November 16, 2012 When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by a mathematics professor shows your true face without reversing its ... > full story -
Beating the Dark Side of Quantum Computing
November 16, 2012 A future quantum computer will be able to carry out calculations billions of times faster than even today's most powerful machines by exploit the fact that the tiniest particles, molecules, atoms and ... > full story -
Largest Resolution Immersive Visualization Facility
November 16, 2012 A new Reality Deck, a 416 screen super-high resolution virtual reality four-walled surround-view theater, is the largest resolution immersive display ever built driven by a graphic supercomputer. Its ... > full story -
Cellphone Bans Associated With Fewer Urban Accidents
November 15, 2012 Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer? It depends on where you're driving, a new study says. The study found that, ... > full story -
Controlling Heat Flow Through a Nanostructure
November 15, 2012 Researchers found that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better ... > full story -
Medical Vital-Sign Monitoring Reduced to the Size of a Postage Stamp
November 15, 2012 Electrical engineers have developed new technology to monitor medical vital signs, with sophisticated sensors so small and cheap they could fit onto a bandage, be manufactured in high volumes and ... > full story -
These Mini-Bots Were Made for Walking: Cells Power Biological Machines
November 15, 2012 They're soft, biocompatible, about 7 millimeters long -- and, incredibly, able to walk by themselves. Miniature "bio-bots" are making tracks in synthetic biology. The walking bio-bots demonstrate ... > full story -
Thermogenerator from the Printer
November 15, 2012 Wireless sensor networks monitor machinery and equipment in factories, cars and power stations. They increasingly “harvest” the energy they need to transmit measurement data from the ... > full story -
Electrical Engineer Turns Brain Implant Research Into Products
November 15, 2012 An electrical engineering professor is developing products from technologies that assist in finding new approaches for treating nervous system disorders such as blindness, deafness, Parkinson's and ... > full story -
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Titan -- World's Most Powerful Supercomputer -- Is Also a Green Powerhouse
November 14, 2012 Not only is Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Titan the world's most powerful supercomputer, it is also one of the most energy-efficient. Titan came in at number three on the Green500 ... > full story
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