Study links stronger Pacific trade winds to pause in global warming
By Nick Lavars
February 10, 2014
Despite an overwhelming consensus among climate
scientists that warming trends over the past century are most likely the
result of human activities, some claim that a plateau in global surface
air temperatures since 2001 is evidence to the contrary. However, a new
study suggests the recent stabilization of air temperatures is a result
of abnormally strong east to west trade winds, causing warmth to be
stored temporarily beneath the western Pacific ocean. Read More
Oldest known star in the Universe discovered
By Darren Quick
February 10, 2014
A team of astronomers at The Australian National
University (ANU) working on a five-year project to produce the first
comprehensive digital survey of the southern sky has discovered the
oldest known star in the Universe. Just a 6,000 light year astronomical
hop, skip and jump from Earth, the ancient star formed shortly after the
Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. Read More
How to install Google apps on Kindle Fire HD or HDX
February 10, 2014
One of the main reasons to root your Kindle Fire
is so you can install the Google Play Store and have access to apps
that can't be found in the Amazon Appstore. But if you're worried about
voiding the warranty or dealing with the rooting process in general, you
can sideload apps. The cool thing about this technique is it doesn't
require you to root the device first. Here's how to get most of the Google apps on your Kindle Fire HD or HDX. Read More
After hitting the sand with its Beetle Dune concept,
Volkswagen is taking its iconic automobile to the rallycross circuit.
Announced at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, the Global Rallycross (GRC)
Beetle, however, is more than a concept, with the car set to compete in
the 2014 Global Rallycross Championship season. Read More
QuadStick: The video game controller for quadriplegics
By Dave LeClair
February 10, 2014
A new device called QuadStick is designed to give
quadriplegics the ability to play video games without the need for a
traditional gaming controller. Instead, it uses a series of sip and puff
sensors, a lip position sensor, a push switch, and voice commands to
represent the inputs of a standard video game controller. Read More
The humble game controller has received plenty of
enhancements over the years, but most of the changes have been minor. A
joystick here, some shoulder buttons there, but the core elements have
remained pretty much the same. Tivitas Interactive is aiming for a
fundamental revamp of the traditional design with Sinister – a device
that it doesn't even look like a game controller at first glance. Read More
In a recent flight test in Australia, a Scan Eagle
UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) succeeded in visually identifying an
approaching Cessna aircraft, and letting its own ground-based operators
know that evasive action was required. It's being hailed as a major step
towards the allowance of UAVs in commercial airspace. Read More Cochlear implants may be losing their awkward external hardware
By Ben Coxworth
February 10, 2014
Thanks to the development of cochlear implants,
many people who would otherwise be quite deaf are able to regain a
limited sense of hearing. Unfortunately, the implants also incorporate
external components that can get in the user's way, and that look ...
well, that look like the user has something hooked up to their ear. Now,
however, researchers at MIT, Harvard Medical School and the
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary have developed a chip that could
lead to cochlear implants that are entirely implanted. Read More
Scientists from the School of Computer Science,
University of Lincoln, UK are using expressive robot ERWIN (Emotional
Robot with Intelligent Network) to study how long-term relationships may
form between robots and humans. In its current form, the robot has the
ability to display five distinct emotions whilst interacting with humans
via the manipulation of its mouth and eyebrows. Read More
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