Engineers Create A Strong But Lightweight Isotruss Bike Using Carbon Fibers

Engineers Create A Strong But Lightweight Isotruss Bike Using Carbon Fibers

  3:14:00 AM    Science Lover

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Engineers used elements of architecture and geometry to create a strong but lightweight triangle-based isotruss bicycle frame. To make a road bike or mountain bike, the isotruss is first wound with carbon fiber using a sheet that holds the tension constant. The engineers...

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Face Recognition: The Eyes Have It

Face Recognition: The Eyes Have It

  10:15:00 PM    Science Lover

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Our brain extracts important information for face recognition principally from the eyes.(Credit: iStockphoto/Cristian Ardelean)Our brain extracts important information for face recognition principally from the eyes, and secondly from the mouth and nose, according to a new...

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New Nanogenerator May Charge IPods And Cell Phones With A Wave Of The Hand

New Nanogenerator May Charge IPods And Cell Phones With A Wave Of The Hand

  3:18:00 AM    Science Lover

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Pictured is a schematic illustration shows the microfiber-nanowire hybrid nanogenerator, which is the basis of using fabrics for generating electricity. (Credit: Professor. Z. L. Wang and Dr. X. D. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology.)Imagine if all you had to do to charge...

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Goodbye Needle, Hello Smoothie: New Generation Oral Vaccine Uses Dairy Probiotics To Protect Against Disease

Goodbye Needle, Hello Smoothie: New Generation Oral Vaccine Uses Dairy Probiotics To Protect Against Disease

  1:55:00 AM    Science Lover

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The dendritic cell (green) engulfs the lactobacilli (small blue dots),which release the vaccine. The dendritic cells will induce theproliferation and the activation of T and B cells which willeliminate the infected cells. (Credit: Mansour Mohamadzadeh)Instead of a dreaded...

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Streaming games look to make consoles, PC upgrades obsolete

Streaming games look to make consoles, PC upgrades obsolete

  10:12:00 PM    Science Lover

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A screenshot of the OnLive ‘Arena’ of gamesA new technology service called OnLive claims to have developed a way to stream video games over the Internet, without any lag that humans can notice.The on-demand service would allow users to play games on any TV and nearly any...

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'Ice That Burns' May Yield Clean, Sustainable Bridge To Global Energy Future

'Ice That Burns' May Yield Clean, Sustainable Bridge To Global Energy Future

  9:46:00 AM    Science Lover

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Gas hydrates, known as "ice that burns," may provide a clean,sustainable fuel source in the future.(Credit: J. Pinkston and L. Stern/US Geological Survey)In the future, natural gas derived from chunks of ice that workers collect from beneath the ocean floor and beneath...

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'Cold Fusion' Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source

'Cold Fusion' Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source

  2:40:00 AM    Science Lover

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ScienceDaily (2009-03-23) -- Researchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions, the process once called "cold fusion" that may promise a new source of energy. Scientists describe what they term the first clear...

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Shifting Sound To Light May Lead To Better Computer Chips

Shifting Sound To Light May Lead To Better Computer Chips

  1:29:00 AM    Science Lover

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A plasma is generated by a laser pulse similar to how sound is converted to light.(Credit: Image courtesy of DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)By reversing a process that converts electrical signals into sounds heard out of a cell phone, researchers may have a...

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Hi-tech walking stick brings wind-up torch and alarm for elderly

Hi-tech walking stick brings wind-up torch and alarm for elderly

  12:23:00 AM    Science Lover

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The new Slik-Stik walking stick is fitted with a torch, one-button alarm, and a magnet, and is powered by simply winding up a crank in the handle (inset)A walking stick that uses wind-up technology to power a built-in torch and safety lights has been unveiled by a 70-year-old...

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Spinal cord stimulator could treat Parkinson’s

Spinal cord stimulator could treat Parkinson’s

  1:22:00 AM    Science Lover

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In studies on mice, led by neurologist Miguel Nicolelis, boffins have found that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, rather than the brain, could provide an easier and cheaper way to treat Parkinson’s diseaseA spinal cord stimulator has helped rodents with Parkinson’s...

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Fossil puzzle reveals 505 million-year-old monster predator

Fossil puzzle reveals 505 million-year-old monster predator

  10:03:00 PM    Science Lover

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The Hurdia VictoriaThe fossils of a monster predator with a circular jaw and a pair of claws on its head has been discovered in the old collections of the Smithsonian museum in Washington, a team of researchers said on Thursday.Fragments of the creature were unearthed in...

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To send mail, talk to your dash as you drive

To send mail, talk to your dash as you drive

  10:00:00 AM    Science Lover

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Image via WikipediaImagine shooting an email to an office colleague just by giving verbal instructions to a device fitted in your car as you drive to work. Cut to reality. It’s now very much possible, thanks to scientists who have developed the world’s first hands-free...

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