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IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Paul Wallich |
DIY Laser Engraver A recycled DVD laser makes a great engraving tool |
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Mark Anderson |
Smart Bullets The "Mini-Me" of smart-bomb technology is ready to leave the lab. A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, is completing a testable prototype of the world's first laser-guided bullet. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Kirk Teska |
The Patent Eligibility Bar Gets Raised Again Yet, for the fourth time in 150 years, the Supreme Court fails to clearly distinguish between an invention and an idea |
CIO May 8, 2012 Joab Jackson |
The Rhythm Method: Temporal Taps a Novel User Input Manufacturers of touch-based devices may consider using rhythmic interactions as a new form of user input |
Chemistry World May 31, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Dyeing for a place in the sun It is clear that dye-sensitized solar cells are beginning to find their feet alongside their silicon cousins. The next few years will be exciting for both academic and industrial players |
Chemistry World May 30, 2012 Elinor Hughes |
Exhaust emissions caught in a trap A trap that adsorbs exhaust emission gases given off during the first two minutes after firing up an internal combustion engine has been developed by scientists in Spain. |
Chemistry World May 28, 2012 |
Graphite super lube works at micron scale Scientists in China and Australia have used graphite to reduce the friction between two contact surfaces to an all time low. |
Fast Company June 2012 Rachel Z. Arndt |
Classic Manual Tools That Bring The Pleasure Back To Handmade Goods Motors may be more efficient than human muscle, but there's still plenty we can do better than our electricity-driven replacements -- especially with this classic equipment. |
Fast Company June 2012 Daniel Krieger |
Progress Report: How Wicab's BrainPort Technology Gives Sight To The Blind When blind people use the BrainPort, both the somatosensory cortex and the visual cortex, usually active when the eyes are used, process information sent through the tongue. |
Chemistry World May 14, 2012 Josh Howgego |
Powering up retinal prosthetics Scientists are reporting a futuristic design for retinal prostheses, which, in principle, would dramatically simplify the surgical procedure required to return sight to the blind. |
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