Science-Technology

Energy device for flexible electronics packs a lot of power By James M. Tour, Ph.D. | May 7, 2014
Nanopores
Abco Tech brings tunes to the tub while the Snugg keeps your iPad Air cozy By | May 1, 2014
A couple of products that may be right up your alley: Bose SoundLink Mini, Tunes for the tub, Abco Tech's Waterproof Wireless Bluetooth Shower Speaker
Flexible pressure-sensor film shows how much force a surface ‘feels’ — in color By Yadong Yin, Ph.D. | April 30, 2014
Tiny gold nanoparticles can join together in chains, and disrupting these chains results in a change in color
New type of barcode could make counterfeiters’ lives more difficult By Xiaogang Liu, Ph.D. | April 16, 2014
DNA-based barcodes
Israel’s hairy high-tech fairies By Israel21c | April 16, 2014
TestFairy helps app developers assess how their product performs on thousands of different types of Android mobile devices.
LightCell unto the Nations By Israel21c | April 14, 2014
Israel’s Oree Illumination Solutions’ radical new lighting technology uses less energy, is cheaper, and takes up less space than current options.
Snake and Mongoo$e Blu-ray profiles fast friends By | April 10, 2014
Snake and Mongoo$e is a movie many people might miss because it wasn't a huge and hugely hyped film that set Hollywood abuzz
All about the BED By | April 10, 2014
Banana Equivalent Dose, Radiation
Special air filter blocks small particles called UFPs from getting inside cars By Yifang Zhu, Ph.D. | April 9, 2014
HECA filters that could reduce UFP levels by an average of 93 percent in 12 commercially available vehicles while driving in outdoor air mode
From Martian rocks, a planet’s watery story emerges By | April 2, 2014
Scientists have found that the weight of the dust they’ve sampled is 2 to 4 percent water
Israeli shoes put high-tech in your step By Israel21c | March 26, 2014
ISRAEL21c looks at two new made-in-Israel shoe technologies to help people avoid falls and regain proper gait after stroke and other injury.
Real-life CSI: What can investigators really tell from gunshot residue? By Igor K. Lednev, Ph.D. | March 26, 2014
A novel approach to improve gunshot residue “fingerprinting” that can rapidly detect a wider range of particles than existing methods.
The End of Science By | March 24, 2014
There is nothing to cheer about the return of Cosmos. It's not science, instead it's more of the popularized punditry that distorts science into an absolute dogma with a cynical agenda
BenQ projector a bright solution to small home theater spaces By | March 20, 2014
The projector offers big capabilities for that small price and even smaller footprint (the whole unit is about one quarter the size of my admitted much more high end projector)
Got kids? TabTale’s got their apps By Israel21c | March 19, 2014
Launched in 2010 with a single storybook app, Tel Aviv-based TabTale has rocketed to the top 10 list of global publishers of mobile games.
Scientific Publishing Issues By | March 18, 2014
Open-access journals, Computer-generated papers
Gran Turismo 6 a reasonable but not revolutionary upgrade By | March 13, 2014
Good practice for real life even if it falls short of being a true "virtual reality."
Cecil B. DeMille’s “epic” Samson and Delilah doesn’t bring the Blu-ray house down By | March 6, 2014
Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr
Synthetic spider silk strong enough for a superhero By | March 5, 2014
The research pipeline for synthetic spider silk is very active, and scientists expect that production is right on the verge of scaling up.
Rough surface could keep small electronic parts from sticking together By Xinchun Lu, Ph.D. | March 5, 2014
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
OPPO Digital upping its own ante with new products By | February 27, 2014
An "ear opening" experience
Improving explosives detectors for remote sensing: The beginning of the end of full-body scanners? By R. Kosloff, Ph.D. | February 26, 2014
A computational tool and used it to successfully identify two explosives, RDX and TATP, with THz data directly
Mobile phone technology saves millions of lives at risk from natural disasters By | February 25, 2014
Governments of at risk countries should act now to protect their citizens
ZAGG, iHome help keep your iPad Air safe, productive By | February 20, 2014
The ZAGGkeys is probably the most flexible, unless you want to get the iPad Air in and out, in which case it gives up a lot of its advantage to the iHome.
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Google, Sony smart phones a real alternative to Apple By | February 13, 2014
Nexus 5, iPhone
An IT guy gives relevant computer buying advice By | February 7, 2014
Don't worry excessively about minor differences between Computer A versus Computer B: go for the one that, everything being equal, offers the best deal.
The world’s first lightweight breast implant By Israel21c | February 5, 2014
Two Israeli brothers, a plastic surgeon and a biomedical engineer, believe they’ve invented the most lightweight silicone implant ever.
Motoring: winter help for motorists By | February 5, 2014
Autoglym de-icer can be sprayed anywhere on the car including the locks, without damaging the paintwork
Capitol chemistry: How Congress will alter the science landscape in 2014 By | January 29, 2014
As it gains bipartisan momentum, private sector interests are adding friction and could affect the strength of specific provisions
Metal ink could ease the way toward flexible electronic books, displays By Wenjun Dong, Ph.D. | January 29, 2014
Copper nanosheets