Newest inventions
Speaking about the newest inventions, it is worth mentioning that researchers at the University of Washington and at the University of California, San Diego have invented an innovative laptop theft-protection tool. The software serves as a virtual watchdog on the machine, sending a report about the laptop's location, when connecting to the Internet, using it as a homing beacon. Only the owner of the laptop can monitor his whereabouts.
The smart tool has been named Adeona, the name that belongs to the Roman goddess of safe returns. As soon as the owner of the laptop installs Adeona at his computer, the machine will regularly send its Internet protocol address and correlated information to a free online storage network - OpenDHT. The data will allow the computer owner be informed about the laptop's general location. On a Macintosh computer, the tool also uses the computer's internal camera to take an image to be sent to the same server.
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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking |
 ... product, as well as some information on rare, but possible allergic reactions. For example, there have been registered swells up of air passages after using a drug called Rozerem, which is among the newest on the market.
The statistics show that Ambien was the main cause for all the dangerous side effects, but the agency concluded that such side effects could be aroused by any other sleeping drug. The explanation for Am... |
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The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity |
 ... B.C in South-Western Iran);
- fifth discovery was named the invention of the optical microscope in the 17th century;
- invention of concrete by John Smeaton was placed on the sixth place among the inventions;
- the seventh invention in the list was given to the steel processing, found about year 300 B.C. in India;
- brass processing in about 5000 B.C. on the present territory of Turkey has taken the eighth entry in t... |
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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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Russian Fighters Will Show Wonders at MAKS-2007 Air Show |
 ...th the novelties of the aviation and space industry. This air show features over 200 aircrafts representing manufacturers from over 100 countries.
The star of the show is expected to be one of the newest Russian jet fighter Su-35, which will, unfortunately, never take off during the exhibition, because this particular aircraft was brought to the show directly from the factory and the pilots did not manage to take a tes... |
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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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Prizes $27,000 Worth For the Best Undergraduate Inventor |
 ...n 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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