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One of the options for future space exploration has been criticized as a "look but don't touch" strategy, but the flexible-path option may turn out to be NASA's best bet. Commentary by NBC News' James Oberg.
Researchers provide progress reports on efforts to harness microbes for generating power, manufacturing drugs, cleaning up the environment and building better bone implants.
How can a snail crawl along the surface of a pond while hanging upside-down underwater, especially when there’s seemingly nothing to grab? The spot-on snail solution, according to a team of engineers, is finding the perfect balance between surface tension and the motion of the snail’s large, slime-trailing foot.
Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other.
Microsoft Surface, the software maker's coffee-table shaped touch-screen computer, will make its debut as a marketing tool in a handful of AT&T Inc.'s wireless stores April 17.
When nuclear reactions of carbon in the core of the white dwarf star become increasingly vigorous, the nuclear burning spikes towards the surface of the star in one second 'like one of those lava lamps from the 1970s', say the researchers (Illustration: Lamb group/U of Chicago)
The image on the left shows the glass ball’s “plop” as it enters the water. The ball on the right is coated with a hydrophobic layer that causes it to repel water, creating a bigger splash (Image: Lydéric Bocquet)
A blast of sunshine could help fight skin diseases and cancer by attracting immune cells to the skin surface, according to a new study.
RotoTexture – provides a less complicated way to artificially modify a surface (Image: Hui Fang)
A series of acoustic sensors that turn any surface into a touch-sensitive computer interface have been developed by European researchers.
Krill – small shrimp-like invertebrates that feed on plankton – are capable of turning the calm nocturnal sea into a churning, frothing Jacuzzi, researchers report.
A radar instrument that could spot liquid water under the Red Planet's surface is set to deploy on Saturday from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). If all goes according to plan, it should be able to start peeking beneath the Martian surface by the end of September.
Another controversial Obama picture surfacesA series of doctored photos of President Obama - posted on the Pinellas Co. Republican Party's Facebook page - are causing a stir around Tampa Bay.
Venus Probe Images Hint at Ancient OceanLong before Venus became a hot, dry and barren planet with a choking mass of carbon dioxide for an atmosphere, it might have once been home to shifting continents and an ocean of water, according to the latest data from a European space probe. More Articles
Topless Photos of Britney Spears SurfaceAmerica's favorite comeback queen is now at the center of a topless photo scandal. That's right folks, half-nude photos of Britney Spears -- ones we probably all knew existed-- have finally surfaced online.
Microsoft's Vision of Tech in 2019When Microsoft decides to imagine the future, it never fails to impress.
Norway to surface toxic Nazi submarine wreck Norway's government has said it plans to surface a Nazi submarine loaded with mercury that sank off its shores in 1945 that poses an environmental hazard.
Invisibility cloak yet another step closer to realityLook out, Harry Potter: researchers have advanced the study of cloaking—rendering objects invisible by forcing light waves to act as if the objects weren't there.
Mexico CIty, January 9th, 2009, The value of imports from Mexico carried by truck was 5.9 percent lower in October 2008 than October 2007 while the value of exports to Mexico carried by truck was 18.4 percent higher.
Dirty Dining: A Special Undercover InvestigationExcerpt: You use your hands all the time, but do you wash them just as often? Every day people are touching dirty surfaces, bodily fluids and then other people. You wouldn't go under the knife with surgeons who hadn't washed their hands.
SecondLight: Surface on SteroidsPCPro has posted a video of this awesome SecondLight demo at PDC 2008. The prototype Surface table projects an image through the screen so that any translucent material held above the Surface display shows a different image than the original.
Ten unfinished sci fi/fantasy series ... and I'm dying for resolution, ABC is developing The Return, a series focusing on how the world handles an "alien landing." You know, like the classic V mini-series of the '80s. In fact, the last episode of V: The Series was called "The Return." Maybe this is a secret code name for the long teased V return!
Why Apple should release a touch-screen MacApple is one of the major leaders in the multitouch space and yet, the company's desire to bring a full-fledged touch-screen device to store shelves has stopped with the iPhone.
A while ago, Microsoft announced a technology called Surface. This was a table-sized computer that had a multitouch screen on top. You could do some genuinely cool stuff with it: "pull" photos out of a Bluetooth- or Wifi-enabled digital camera and "drag" them into your cellphone.
Eee Is 1st Windows Laptop To Support Multi-Touch"CNET UK has just put up its review of the Asus Eee PC 900 Win running Windows XP and discovered that it's the first Windows machine to support multi-touch, 'Better still, the mouse trackpad supports multi-touch gesture inputs — even in Windows XP.
Sphere Microsoft Surface more than just a rumorA month ago, Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley reported that sources were telling her of a Microsoft Surface computer in the shape of a sphere. Long Zheng, another Microsoft Watcher, recently discovered a Microsoft Research video which includes a few things we've never seen before.
Microsoft Surface to help shoppers navigate at AT&T storesMicrosoft won genuine "wows" from technology enthusiasts when it unveiled a touch-controlled computer embedded in a sleek coffee table 10 months ago.
In my first part of this article we were a little bit tough on our Redmond's fellows; actually this was because I used to love Microsoft, and the shy attitude of its legendary founder Billy. Here is what I think that will work things out for them!
I have seen Lot of cool things that keep coming from Microsoft through the last years, well.. except windows Vista!
Linux Today - Linux MPX Multi-touch Table May Become Alternative Microsoft SurfaceAnd we already have an alternative to Windows Surface. Interesting to see them using Google Earth with it.
Deep Hole Found on MarsA mysterious, extremely deep hole found on Mars could support life or future shelter for astronauts.
Extensive Video: Microsoft's Surface ComputingI gotta hand it to Microsoft. This is a pretty sweet device they have here. Now hopefully the price can drop by, well, a few thousand dollars...
Microsoft SurfaceThis isn't a link to a news article, it's a link to Microsoft's page on their new "Surface" computer.
Microsoft Announces Surface ComputerAt the D: All Things Digital conference Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil Microsoft Surface, the first in a new category of surface computing products from Microsoft that will "break down traditional barriers between people and technology".
Microsoft Unveils Table ComputerMicrosoft has unveiled a new touch-sensitive coffee table-shaped computer called "Surface". Designed to do away with the need for a traditional mouse and keyboard, users can instead use their fingers to operate the computer.
Microsoft Surface: Microsoft Announces its Multi-Touch Tablever the years we've seen plenty of surface and gestural interface computing systems and prototypes, but nothing mass-market -- nothing consumable, if you will.
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