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Google puts virtual reality in reach with cardboard
May 29, 2015 (AFP)
Google said this week one of its least expensive innovations -- virtual reality headgear made of cardboard -- has become a huge hit. And the tech giant said it ...
New computational technique advances color 3D printing process
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Working with researchers at Zhejiang University in China, Changxi Zheng, assistant professor of computer science at Columbia Engineering, has developed a techni...
Patent for Navy small space debris tracker granted
May 28, 2015 (UPI)
A U.S. Navy device that detects small debris in space and provides data on their trajectory has been granted a U.S. patent. The Optical Orbital Debris Spotter f...
MaterialsLab improves how we conduct research on Earth and in Space
May 28, 2015 (SPX)
When companies try to "build a better mousetrap," the process can involve lots of internal studies and tests on the kinds of materials to use and effective desi...
Deep Web Search May Help Scientists
May 27, 2015 (JPL)
When you do a simple Web search on a topic, the results that pop up aren't the whole story. The Internet contains a vast trove of information - sometimes called...
BAE Systems to modernize Watchman ATC radars
May 26, 2015 (UPI)
BAE Systems is to upgrade four legacy Watchman Air Traffic Control Radars used at Ministry of Defense airfields in Britain and abroad. The contract, worth about...
Seashell strength inspires stress tests
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Mollusks got it right. They have soft innards, but their complex exteriors are engineered to protect them in harsh conditions. Engineers at the Indian Institute...
SWEEPER demonstrates wide-angle optical phased array technology
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Many essential military capabilities-including autonomous navigation, chemical-biological sensing, precision targeting and communications-increasingly rely upon...
Nanomaterials inspired by bird feathers turn light into color
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Inspired by the way iridescent bird feathers play with light, scientists have created thin films of material in a wide range of pure colors - from red to green ...
Simulations predict flat liquid
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Computer simulations have predicted a new phase of matter: atomically thin two-dimensional liquid. This prediction pushes the boundaries of possible phases of m...
Defects can 'Hulk-up' materials
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
In the story of the Marvel Universe superhero known as the Hulk, exposure to gamma radiation transforms scientist Bruce Banner into a far more powerful version ...
Turn that defect upside down
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Most people see defects as flaws. A few Michigan Technological University researchers, however, see them as opportunities. Twin boundaries - which are small, sy...
Amazing microdroplet structures may lead to new technologies
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
Unexpected shapes of mesoscale atoms - structures built of microdroplets encapsulated within microdroplets - have been created at the Institute of Physical Chem...
Researchers measure thermoelectric behavior by Tinkertoy materials
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
Sandia National Laboratories researchers have made the first measurements of thermoelectric behavior by a nanoporous metal-organic framework (MOF), a developmen...
Robotic sonar system inspired by bats
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
Engineers at Virginia Tech have taken the first steps toward building a novel dynamic sonar system inspired by horseshoe bats that could be more efficient and t...
ASC Signal wins large multi-antenna order in Asia
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
ASC Signal Corporation was awarded a contract from one of Asia's largest information and communications technology providers for the installation of seven 9.3-m...
Exelis, Leidos continue work on new radar counter-measures system
May 21, 2015 (UPI)
Exelis is to continue working with Leidos to evolve adaptive radar counter-measures, or ARC, for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The sub-con...
Tunable liquid metal antennas
May 21, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have held tremendous interest in liquid metal electronics for many years, but a significant and unfortunate drawback slowing the advance of such dev...
ISRO to launch first indigenous multi-object tracking radar in next 3 months
May 21, 2015 (IANS)
The Indian space agency is set to test its sophisticated, indigenously-built, multi-object tracking radar (MOTR) on a rocket flight next month while formal comm...
India to test its home-made multi-object tracking radar next month
May 21, 2015 (XNA)
India will next month test its home-made multi-object tracking radar on a rocket, a senior space official has reportedly said. "The multi-object tracking radar ...
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