Smart Fabrics To Monitor Vital Signs Of The Body: Researchers from
Arkansas successfully tailored an outfit with sensors that will be able to
monitor a patient’s respiration rate and body temperature in real time.
July 30th, 2007
China's Plan for a Green Olympics: China won its bid for the 2008 games
in part by vowing to put on a "Green Olympics". In the six years since,
officials have been battling to make at least some of that happen.
July 26th, 2007
Iran captures 14 spy squirrels: Iranian news agencies this week
reported the capture of 14 squirrels equipped with espionage systems along the
border.
July 24th, 2007
Microchips implanted in workers: CityWatcher.com, a provider of
surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself - until a year ago, when
two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas
embedded in their forearms.
July 23rd, 2007
Robotic Insect Takes Off for the First Time: Researchers at Harvard
have created a robotic fly that could one day be used for covert surveillance
and detecting toxic chemicals.
July 19th, 2007
Prosthetic legs provide less air resistance: The International
Association of Athletic Federations has been reviewing footage from two
high-definition cameras to determine if a runner's prosthetic racing legs give
him an unfair advantage.
July 18th, 2007
Determined to Reinspire a Culture of Innovation: Like everyone
else, William A. Wulf understands the importance of innovation in the American
economy, and how innovation depends on an educated workforce and abundant
spending on research.
July 17th, 2007
NASA working on biological nanobattery: NASA says one promising
avenue is exploiting the ability of the iron-containing protein ferritin to
carry either a positive or negative charge.
July 16th, 2007
Strange Sightings in Google Earth: With its detailed satellite
photos, Google's interactive map lets everyone be a virtual globetrotter,
spotting everything from the curious to the bizarre.
July 12th, 2007
Team Builds Viruses To Combat Harmful 'Biofilms': Researchers
from MIT and Boston University are engineering viruses to attack and destroy the
surface "biofilms" that harbor harmful bacteria in the body and on industrial
and medical devices.
July 11th, 2007
Armed autonomous robots cause concern: A move to arm police robots with
stun guns has been condemned by weapons researchers.
July 10th, 2007
Magnetic contact lenses: The Office of Naval Research is looking for
better ways of tracking eyes in the hope of developing military applications,
such as tracking a fighter pilot's gaze.
July 9th, 2007
Turtles To Test Wireless Network: From the way he thrashed his head,
kicked and tried to make a getaway, M16 made it clear he didn't like human
contact. But the researchers wrangling with him could be helping to save his
species.
July 6th, 2007
Nanoscale Endoscopy: Californian researchers have created a
bio-friendly nano-sized light source capable of emitting coherent light across
the visible spectrum.
July 5th, 2007
The Medical Tricorder Takes Two Steps Away From Sci Fi: Bones McCoy
made Star Trek's portable black box famous by using it to diagnose ailments
without ever touching a patient. Now, studies show that the tricorder is closer
to becoming reality, because of new medical-imaging technology and a new state
of matter.
July 2nd, 2007
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