Virtual keyboards are already available as accessories: the I-Tech virtual laser keyboard was the first on the market, a $180 box about the size of a small cellphone that connects to your PDA or smartphone via Bluetooth.
By studying blindfolded college students who crawled through grass to sniff out a chocolate-scented trail, scientists say they've found evidence of a human smelling ability that experts thought was impossible. Information from each nostril to get
For nearly four years, dairy farmer Greg Wiles has poured milk from his cloned cows down the drain in compliance with a voluntary ban on food from cloned livestock. Now in financial straits, Wiles says he may be forced to sell his cloned cows for ham
French scientists have identified genetic mutations in a small number of children with autism which could provide insight into the biological basis of the disorder. They sequenced a gene called SHANK3 in more than 200 people with autism spectrum diso
Astronomers might have seen the very first stars in the universe. If so, these are incredible stars, some 1,000 times as massive as the Sun. The alternative: The objects might be early black holes consuming gas voraciously and spitting out radiation
By generating the proper brainwaves—picked up by a cap with electrodes that sense the signals and reflect a person's instructions—scientists can instruct a humanoid robot to move to specific locations and pick up certain objects.
Lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former top aide, told a federal judge yesterday that the defense plans to call the vice president and expects him to cooperate.
Dozens of new species of animals and plants including a catfish with protruding teeth and a tree frog with striking bright green eyes have been found in the past year in the forests of Borneo.
What the Great Lakes' shorelines looked like about 10,000 years ago? Scientists explored a limestone land bridge that went a distance of about 125 miles — and an underwater forest of petrified trees in Lake Huron.
The Dow Jones industrial average reached another record close on Tuesday as investors largely looked past economic and earnings reports that had stirred concerns about the health of the economy. The Standard & Poor‘s 500 also rose, but the Nasdaq fel
Nasa and Google said they will work together. One project would let viewers see details of Mars and Earth's moon in a format similar to satellite picture views of the world made popular by applications such as Google Earth.
A senior Bush administration official warned that other nations, and possibly terrorist groups, are "acquiring capabilities to counter, attack and defeat U.S. space systems." As a result, he said, the United States must increase its ability
The small size of ferroelectric transparent structures makes it possible to fabricate nano-optical devices, such as volume holographic storage, having both positive and negative index of refraction that will allow molecular particles of an atomic siz
Chipmaker Broadcom unveiled a decoder chip capable of decoding both Blu-ray and HD DVD video. (What's the big deal? Old DVDs hold about 4 Gigs of data vs. these 30+ Gigs. - A new Holographic design will excced a TeraByte... Yummmm :)
Spokesman Tony Snow stopped short of denying the Washington Post's report, which said the White House was "aggressively promoting" a troop surge over the unanimous objections of top Pentagon officers.
The French national space agency said its spacecraft will monitor approximately 120,000 stars with its 12-inch telescope during its 2 1/2-year mission. COROT involves a partnership with the European Space Agency, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain an
Japan's largest satellite was launched by the nation's most powerful rocket Monday to begin a mission testing technologies to aid the burgeoning mobile communications industry.
“If we make conscious robots they would want to have rights and they probably should,” said Henrik Christensen, director of the Centre of Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
At a farewell ceremony for Rumsfeld, 74, on the grounds of the Pentagon, President George W. Bush heaped praise on him, while Vice President Dick Cheney called him the best defense secretary the U.S. ever had.
Net Neutrality is highly controversial and has been criticized for being "a solution in search of a problem" as well as for destroying incentives to build new networks and launch next generation Internet services.
A video explanation from the perspective of those that want an "equal" access speed for everyone. (I hope this generates some comments,... I'll be looking for another perspective to post)
A CNN interview with Kasimir Gaston, of New Orleans who witnessed a shooting by New Orleans Police 6 days after Hurricane Katrina. Ronald Madison, an unarmed mentally retarded man, was lined up in a "firing squad"-like manner and executed.
"Look at the war we're in right now, you can certainly argue that that's a PR battle," said Damon, to sustained applause [on Hardball]. He knocked the administration's changing rationale for the war, before saying Dick Cheney
Can a former Drug Warrior and supporter of government force make a good Libertarian? Former Republican, now libertarian, talk show host Charles Goyette interviews Bob Barr and asks that very question.
The Iranian government said it has ordered the central bank to transform the state's dollar-denominated assets held abroad into euros and use the European currency for foreign transactions.
There is simply no way for our national bills to be paid under current levels of taxation and promised benefits. Our combined federal deficits now total more than 400% of GDP. Treasury/OMB report entitled Financial Report of the United States Govern