scitopia.org

A user-friendly federated search engine for researchers/engineers from science societies have arrived.
http://www.scitopia.org

The new search portal scitopia.org was created through the collaboration of 15 leading science and technology societies including IEEE, OSA, APS, ASME, SPIE, SCIAM, etc. Search results are categorized among papers, patents and government documents (grants, etc.)

Should Google Go Nuclear?

From Google Tech Talks on November 9, 2006

Full version (1 hr 32 min):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606

Summary version (3 min):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8301617273665558256

Inertial Electrostatic Confinement fusion (IEC), an old idea that's been made new. While the international community debates the fate of the politically-turmoiled $12 billion ITER (an experimental thermonuclear reactor), simple IEC reactors are being built as high-school science fair projects.

Dr. Bussard's work won the 2006 outstanding technology of the year award from the International Academy of Science. The academy called his fusion reactor "a revolutionary radiation-free fusion process that could change the world as we know it today".

http://www.science.edu/TechoftheYear/TechoftheYear.htm

Hitachi demonstrates brain computer interface

Hitachi finally demonstrated the optical brain computer interface that it has announced in late 2006. In the demo, subjects could control a model train by modifying the blood flow in the brain and near-infrared spectroscopy is used to monitor the subjects' brain.

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Joost - Next generation TV Experience

Joost is simply put as an internet tv but you have to experience it to understand...

Skype founders name new video start-up Joost

Here's an article at CNET that announce when everything started and below a Joost commercial


And below is Joost Show&Tell

Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface, announced on May 30, 2007, seems to be the one of the most innovative user interface project for the last couple of decades... Check out the introduction video below.



A similar project has been in the works by Jeff Han and presented a year earlier. Here's the video of that..
http://www.perceptivepixel.com/




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Save Dell Axim

Dell has discountinued its pocket pc Axim series.

If you want to save Axim, here's a post at Dell's Ideastorm webpage where you can show your support:
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/63460

Hacker Cracks a Mac at Security Conference

A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a $10,000 prize as part of a contest started at a Canadian security conference.

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IBM Technology Helps Disabled

IBM recently announced new technologies for disabled individuals. Among them, a technology called Easy Web Browsing helps the elderly, people with limited vision and the color-blind by reading text out loud and allowing users to customize the size and color of Web content

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Pain but no gain?

A recent study using NIRS (to monitor blood volume and oxygen concentration) reveled that extensive exercise can damage brain. Even for a healhty individual there's a threshold that after which brain activity ceases.

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10 Emerging Technologies 2007

Technology Review of MIT has listed the 10 emerging technologies. Here's the list:

Sharing Digital Video (Internet, peering)
Nanocharging Solar (Quantum-dot solar power)
Neuron Control (Neuroengineering)
Nanohealing (Nanotechnology)
Augmented Reality
Invisible Revolution (telecommunications, data storage, and even solar energy)
Digital Imaging (A new way of highres image capture)
Personalized Medical Monitors (Automate diagnosis, preventive care)
A New Focus for Light (enhanced optical storage)
Single-Cell Analysis (Improve medical tests and treatments)

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