Category: News
Oct 23
Discover 2 new Expos!
Discover 2 new Expos! Photo Exposition – euREKA 48 researchers under the microscope Research in Brussels will be present through the photo exhibition Eureka, 48 researchers under the microscope’: 40 specialists who are active in all kinds of research domains, a mix of qualification degrees, from lab assistant, Egyptologist, to paediatrician and economist (no, no, …
Oct 05
Singapore Smart Walking Cane
Article taken from MyPaper (http://mypaper.sg/) on 5 Oct 2011, Page A3
Sep 23
Mind-reading technology reconstructs videos from brain
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/mindreading-technology-reconstructs-videos-from-brain-20110923-1ko5s.html It sounds like science fiction: while volunteers watched movie clips, a scanner watched their brains. And from their brain activity, a computer made rough reconstructions of what they viewed. In the future, it might help stroke victims or others who have no other way to communicate, said Jack Gallant, a neuroscientist at the University …
Sep 21
Harvesting ‘limitless’ hydrogen from bacteria
The following was extracted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14976893 Until now, they explained, an external source of electricity was required in order to power the process. However, the team added, the current cost of operating the new technology is too high to be used commercially. Prof Logan said that the technology to utilise this process to produce hydrogen …
Sep 13
America First-To-Invent to First-To-File
http://www.inventorsdigest.com/archives/7262 Now that passage of the America Invents Act (patent reform) is all but certain its only awaiting the Presidents signature It is clear that the current first-to-invent system almost never benefits the independent inventor. Further, the cost of proving who was first to invent, under the current system, is prohibitive to small businesses …
Aug 13
Hydrogen made by enzyme is faster and cheaper
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14494972 Scientists have shown how an enzyme from a microbe can produce hydrogen from water more quickly and cheaply. Hydrogen is seen as vital to future energy systems, but a major problem has been making this reaction fast and cheap enough to be viable. Hydrogen can be split from water wherever electricity is available, even …