‘Sci-Tech’ Archives
Teen impresses Google with his 3D innovation
A young Maltese man chosen by Google over 10,000 other curious minds has returned to Malta loaded with advice from technology moguls and brimming with enthusiasm for innovation. The concept could have infinite possible applications in the future Last Monday, Melvin Zammit [Read More]
Sensorcon bridges the gap between virtual and reality
Making the connection between the Internet world and the real world could be the next wave in technology, and a small Western New York-based company is hoping to lead the way with its new sensor-based device, the Sensordrone. Mike Wagner, president of Sensorcon, left, and [Read More]
Science magazine prize goes to virtual world where undergrads explore DNA
Computer simulation links genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and evolution When Brian White was a child, his kindergarten teacher wrote in his student record that he would only talk to the other children if the topic was science. Throughout his childhood, [Read More]
UC launches virtual online suicide prevention service
In the fall, about 70 universities nationwide will have the service, including all 10 University of California undergraduate campuses. It is designed to bridge conversation between students who need help and those equipped to provide it. Created by the New York City-based [Read More]
Rutgers engineers design cell phone app to reduce driving distractions
Rutgers engineers and colleagues at Stevens Institute of Technology have designed and tested a smart phone application that pinpoints where a cell phone user is sitting: on the driver’s side or the passenger’s side. If the latter, the app lets the passenger use the [Read More]
New GreenUp game turns kids who love to grow stuff into virtual botanists
As any parent who has helped a child shepherd a lowly bean seed from germination to fruition knows, kids love to grow things. In Green Up, a universal app from isy Games, kids grow a variety of seeds in different environments. Green Up bears a superficial resemblance to [Read More]
MIT students develop cheap glasses-free 3D
A new method to project 3D images has been worked up by a research group at MIT. This is the Media Lab Camera Culture Group who has worked out a cheaper method by stacking many LCD panels one top of the other. Each of the panel displays a slightly different perspective of [Read More]
Professor invents virtual lips for long-distance lovers
A robotics professor in Singapore has invented a gadget equipped with motion-sensitive electronic “lips” that allow amorous but absent couples to exchange long-distance smooches via the Internet. Shaped like a small head with oversize silicone lips, the [Read More]
New machine gives you a 3D look at your sun-damaged skin
It’s something you may not want to see but a machine is giving people a 3D look at just how much damage the sun has done to their skin. “Growing up at the beach and ignoring my Mom’s pleas to stay out of the sun caught up with me,” said Christine Gibson after seeing [Read More]
NASA fans follow the Curiosity Rover on Mars With 3D Online “Virtual Rover”
Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, today announced that NASA’s virtual Mars rover experience was developed with Unity. It will debut online via the Unity Web Player in conjunction with the landing of the most advanced [Read More]
