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Games Conference: Innovation at Play
Motion Controls and Social Gaming Are Hot Buttons at Meeting of Game Designers, Programmers
You will soon be able to play music on your clothing (w/ Video)
In the future it may be considerably easier for orchestras to tour. Jeannine Han, who is in the second year of her master's program in textiles and fashion design...
Operating a computer by gesture only
Operating computers without touching them, using only hand and arm gestures: it sounds futuristic, but it's already possible. Researcher Wim Fikkert of the Centre for Telematics and Information Technology of...
Alaska heralds federal gas line post
JUNEAU, Alaska, March 12 (UPI) -- Alaskan lawmakers welcomed a decision by the U.S. Senate to appoint legislative aide Larry Persily as the new federal coordinator for an Alaskan...
Oil Production to Peak in 2014, Scientists Predict
A new Kuwaiti study suggests that world oil production will peak in 2014.
Google's library project forces important media decisions
Sometime in the near future, a federal judge will decide whether Google can proceed with its plan to create a digital library and bookstore out of millions of old books...
Science must be a major election issue | Adam Rutherford
The data is unequivocal: investing in scientific research during times of recession results in economic growthOn Tuesday night, the science representatives of the three main parties jovially debated in front of a heaving...
FT: How Killer Apps Died 1st Time Around
Some of Today's Biggest Tech Trends - Social Networking, Smartphones and Internet TV - Shared Dubious Beginnings
Panasonic's first 3-D TV set in $2,900 package
(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first to...
IEA calls for low-carbon revolution
PARIS, March 10 (UPI) -- The International Energy Agency and technology officers from 30 global companies in Paris called Wednesday for dramatic action to usher in a low-carbon economy.
Research streamlines data processing to solve problems more efficiently
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster processing of large amounts of information, with applications in fields as diverse...
Blue skies thinking for cloud security?
As cloud computing moves data and services from local systems to remote centers, the question of security for organizations must be addressed. A research paper suggests that a cloud-free security...
Next-generation biorefinery is aim of new European project
Europe's four-year EuroBioRef project aims to cover the whole biomass conversion chain from raw materials to commercial products.
Sofia considers green energy regulations
SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 10 (UPI) -- Bulgaria aims to meet 16 percent of its national energy consumption through renewable resources by 2020, the Bulgarian deputy finance minister said.
ATV and motocross sports - high velocity toys merit caution
Over the years, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and motocross motorcycles have gained popularity and marketed as toys to consumers. These high-velocity machines can weigh between 300 and 600 pounds,...
Are new biofuels the ethical answer?
New biofuels offer a sustainable source of energy but we must consider the ethical and social implications, say Joyce Tait and Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka.
Texas lottery officials move ahead with bidding
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Bidding on a new lucrative Texas lottery contract should move forward because there's no evidence that state consultant Gartner Inc. and the...
Google opens Web store for business applications
(AP) -- Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely...
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature
(AP) -- Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
B.C. to market health tourism
B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he has a plan to market health-care services to rich, offshore patients similar to the way the province sells higher education to foreign students.
Economic Scene: Wishing for a Health Care Plan That Cuts Costs
President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag, but it may be the only program passed.
Oryx And Crake
End of the World Sci-Fi Oryx and Crake (2003)The Year of the Flood (2009)by Margaret Atwood In Atwood's world of Oryx and Crake, biotechnology has ruined the world, in more ways than...
AUTM to Debate Gene Patenting, Inventor Roles in Licensing
The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) will host two debates on controversial topics at the AUTM 2010 Annual Meeting, Building a Stronger Community, March 18 - 20, in...
How America Could Get Rich by Going Green
China is Cashing in its Emerging Energy Sector - What Solutions Will Help the U.S. Catch Up?
Video: Green Energy is the 21st Century
Barbara Finamore, from the National Resources Defense Council says renewable energy is essential in the 21st century.
UCS: Obama needs to protect scientists
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama has not kept a pledge to protect U.S. government scientists from political interference, a scientists' advocacy group said.
Seeing triple at the 3-D movie? Films can cause dizziness, nausea
Thousands of people are packing movie theaters across the country to see the new "Alice in Wonderland" in 3-D, and dozens of them will likely leave with headaches.
Letters: A Hippocratic oath for scientists
I agree with George Monbiot (Comment, 9 March) about the problems of communicating science, but it is a pity he did not mention the large amount of outreach work being done by...