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Humanoids continue invading |
 ...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot.
On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves.
This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda... |
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Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery |
 ...A new type of battery invented in Japan, in the University of Waseda. This is a flexible rechargeable battery, based on polymers. The development of this type of battery was conditioned by the permanently developing industry of portable devices, which become smaller and smaller each year.
Researches on this device have been conducted for several years, but the scientists, working on this battery are Drs. Hiroyuki Nishide... |
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Microsoft Comes up with New Visitor Attracting Strategies |
 ...al algorithm gave too many results and actually annoys its users. Microsoft thought it would be better using some other concepts of searching. They said that they'd develop absolutely ground-breaking new ways of filtering and displaying search results. This invention even got a bit of back-up with a statement that the developers are those, who "didn't even pass calculus." "Algorithm. Meet Humanity." - this was the motto ... |
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The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity |
 ...y the American Science Community named the periodic table elements the most important - the invention which was actually 'dreamt of' and some of its elements literally made up. And, as one could see, Newton didn't even get close with the apple falling on his head...
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
| ...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power.
Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ... |
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Nano-nose to help identify illnesses |
 ...ll' the scent of illnesses in fluids of the body. The researchers used nanoparticles of gold with different coatings to distinguish among different proteins and detect the illness, as reported by the New Scientist.
According to Vince Rotello from the University of Massachusetts the human nose has a series of receptors, which react differently to different compounds. Thus it is not a specific smell that the receptors re... |
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Open-Source Infringes 235 Patents, Microsoft States |
 ...d Hat, however, it was unsuccessful in reaching a deal with it.
According to Fortune, some big tech firms using the open source have been collecting intellectual property as component of the Open Invention Network, which was established in 2005 by several companies, including: Sony, Red Hat, IBM, NEC and Philips.
The Fortune article assumes that in case the software giant will pursue open source, the combined know... |
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School to be Guarded by a Robot |
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After the robot has alerted teachers, they have several opportunities: whether to warn the offender via loudspeaker or send school's security guards.
The firm's officials stated that their invention is the world's first robot that is used for the purpose of guarding an educational institution. The speed of OFRO is 5km/h. The robot is able to patrol pre-programmed routes or it can be controlled by a human, i. e.... |
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The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think |
 ... 4. The Ig Nobel Prizes that are parodies of the real Nobel Prizes, are awarded annually to celebrate unusual, creative and improbable achievements in science, medicine and technology. Some of these inventions may seem weird and hilarious nevertheless they are truly breakthroughs in science.
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Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Meyer of Antioch, Tennessee, USA, was awarded for the in-depth report that a... |
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NASA Starts 2007 Competition to Build Space Elevator |
 ...o by fiction writers and scientists, no one managed to build one yet. Experts at Beam Power Challenge hope to find a key at least to an answer of getting the power to the space elevator.
If the invention of space elevator becomes a reality, the cost of sending payloads into space will be considerably reduced in hundred times, revolutionizing space technology.
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Prizes $27,000 Worth For the Best Undergraduate Inventor |
 ...An event meant to encourage young inventors will be held on Monday and Tuesday, February 11th and 12th in the University of Wisconsin Madison.
The UW-Madison Invention Days competitions will house 14 inventions designed and built by 49 UW-Madison undergraduate students. Among the presented inventions there will be solutions for ice fishermen, for tailgaters, for potato farmers, for modern laptops and even for airlines.
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Inventor of LSD Drug Dies |
 ...ment with LSD, he took a larger dose and later described it as a horror trip, saying that he was overwhelmed by fear and felt as though he was sent to a different world.
Hofmann believed that the invention of mind-altering drug will contribute greatly to psychiatric study and he insisted that the drug was produced as a medicine. Researchers thought that LSD, having the ability to uncover inner fears and conflicts, cou... |
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Innovative Cell-Based Sensors to Detect Danger Immediately |
 ... Scientists develop new sensors that will use sensory capabilities of biological cells to sense the danger.
The study conducted at University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering is aimed at creating new technology that will incorporate biological cells on a microchip. The small sensors will be only a few millimeters in size, being faster and more precise than today's biochemical detectors.
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Scientists to Create a Silence Shield |
 ...uce a breakthrough device that could make objects resistible to sound waves, creating an acoustic shield.
The idea of the acoustic cloak was fulfilled by Spanish scientists, who believe that their invention will contribute to the creation of sound-proof homes, sophisticated concert halls and stealth warships.
To create a sound cloak scientists had to find the right material. They discovered artificial composites ca... |
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Biofilm Bacteria Protect Themselves With Chemical Weapons |
 ... the chemical weapon activates their suicide mechanism.
"I feel that these results could offer a change of perspective. Biofilms may no longer be seen just as a problem; they may also be a source of new bioactive agents. When organized in biofilms, bacteria produce highly effective substances which individual bacteria alone cannot produce," says Carsten Matz.
Researchers look forward to apply these molecules in order t... |
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