Collaboration platforms are generally PC or
web-based affairs that are built around office productivity tools, such
as word-processing and spreadsheet applications. Swiss tech outfit Dizmo
is raising funds to make collaboration a more tactile and versatile
experience. Dizmo is an interface that lets users work together across
different devices in the same digital space. Read More
Asus reveals budget-friendly Haswell Chromebox
By Paul Ridden
February 5, 2014
The last of the Haswell-based Chrome OS machines announced by Google last September has now been revealed. Where Acer, HP and Toshiba
all opted to release notebooks built around Intel's 4th generation
microarchitecture, Asus has its sights on the classroom, home office or
living room with the launch of its compact-yet-powerful Chromebox
desktop computer. Read More
Shimano has made its first foray into the increasingly crowded action cam
market with the CM-1000 Sport Camera. Lightweight and HD-capable, the
camera offers ANT+ connectivity and is compatible with Shimano's Di2
wireless SM-EWW01 unit, meaning that along with reliving that epic
downhill section, it could also prove a useful tool in tracking
performance. Read More
Volkswagen leads "AdaptIVe" research project into autonomous cars
By David Szondy
February 5, 2014
There’s more to putting self-driving cars on the
road than technology and algorithms. There’s also some very basic
thinking that needs to be done as to what autonomous vehicles are and
what their implications are. Towards this end, Volkswagen has announced
the start of Automated Driving Applications & Technologies for
Intelligent Vehicles (AdaptIVe); a 42-month project by a consortium of
29 partners, including ten major automotive manufacturers, aimed at
developing more efficient and safer autonomous systems. Read More
When we first covered the electronic
tongue developed by a team led by Professor Manel Del Valle at
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, it was enjoying a glass or two of cava wine.
Now the researchers have turned to beer, and report that their
electronic tongue can correctly identify different beer varieties with a
success rate of almost 82 percent. Read More Stem cell-based treatment for baldness a step closer
By Darren Quick
February 4, 2014
As one of the follically-challenged, any new
breakthroughs in the area of hair regeneration will generally get my
attention. When stem cells first started to gain widespread media
attention I, no doubt like many others, thought a full head of hair was
just around the corner. But despite numerous developments,
years later my dome is still of the chrome variety. Providing the
latest cause for cautious optimism, researchers have now developed a way
to generate a large number number of hair-follicle-generating stem
cells from adult cells. Read More
On Jan. 27, two Russian Cosmonauts undertook a
six hour spacewalk in order to install two new British-manufactured
Earth imaging cameras to the Russian segment of the ISS. The initiative,
announced in 2011,
will allow anyone with an internet connection access to the near-live
feed, which will provide higher quality results than the
currently-installed standard definition cameras. Read More
Move over, fingerprints, iris scans
and facial recognition, because a new form of biometric identification
may soon be joining you – body odor. According to scientists at Spain's
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, peoples' unique scent signatures
remain steady enough over time to allow for an ID accuracy rate of
approximately 85 percent. Read More 
How is it possible that cold-blooded fish such as
cod can live in Arctic waters without just freezing solid? As it turns
out, they've got proteins in their bloodstream that act as a sort of
antifreeze. British scientists have now copied the fashion in which
those proteins work, to create a process by which donated human blood
could be frozen for storage, then quickly made available for
transfusion. Read More
Speed Up Bag carries cyclists' stuff and reduces drag
By Ben Coxworth
February 4, 2014
It's not uncommon for cyclists to carry snacks,
phones, wallets or other items in a handlebar-mounted bag when out for a
ride. Unfortunately, though, putting a block-shaped bag right on the
front of the bike doesn't do wonders for its aerodynamics. That's why
Slovenian inventor Joze Petkovsek created the Speed Up Bag. Not only is
it sleeker than a regular bag, but a bicycle equipped with one is
claimed to produce less wind drag than one with no bag at all. Read More
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