High gas prices lead to more riders on public transportation
U.S. cities are racing to cope with ever-increasing demand on public transportation as gas prices remain at record levels.

Exploring the science of artificial touch
Japanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable “e-skin” that can feel heat and pressure like humans.

  
Space-age technology helps combat an old disease 
Though we may often think of cholera as a disease of the past, virtually eradicated when John Snow famously linked an 1854 outbreak of the epidemic in London to an infected water well on Broad Street, it still poses a threat in almost every single developing country in the […]

 
 Agent Digital Mobile Workstation
Sitting on my desk for hours on end has helped me earn my bread and butter along with a slouched posture and an aching back. Working in an ergonomic setup is of prime importance, which many of us overlook.

 
 Mini-Windmills
They are small and look more like art than innovation. But the mini-windmills built by a British company could soon be on roofs across Europe and the US — if German energy giant RWE has its way.

Your fridge magnets suck
Multiply the magnetic field strength of a refrigerator magnet by 2 million and you’ll be in the ballpark of the strength of the magnet that researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, based near Florida State University in Tallahassee, are trying to create. When completed later this year, the pulsed electromagnet, […]

 
Besides ensuring your Precrime officer keeps on the straight and narrow, the applications a double-sided touch screen would offer are numerous. Thus it was a special treat to see Japan’s Teraokaseiko debut their double-sided touch display at last week’s Sign & Display Show in Tokyo. The screen interface, a product of Teraokaaseiko’s transparent inorganic EL […]

Video Games… A form of exercise
Children burn more than four times as many calories per minute playing an active video game than playing a seated game, and their heart rate is also significantly higher with the active game, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of […]

Bipolar may not be heredity
Children born to older fathers might have an increased risk of developing bipolar disorder, Swedish researchers report in the September Archives of General Psychiatry.

 
“There just giving piggy back rides kids”
The theory of evolution predicts that, in many cases, promiscuity can be a good survival strategy. By mating with as many females as possible, males maximise the number of offspring they produce, and thus their chances of passing on their genes.

Can we withstand another Katrina? Or worse?
Gustav was no Katrina, but on Monday the hurricane put New Orleans levees to their first serious test since Katrina flooded the city three years ago.
Anticipating a repeat of the 2005 disaster that killed over a thousand people, the city authorities evacuated almost the entire population.

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 Total geek view of concrete
This video takes you on a journey into the atomic composition of one of the most common man made substances in the world - concrete. Second video after the jump.
 

Finally Space cauliflower from meteorites Revealed
The origin of the microscopic meteorites that make up cosmic dust has been revealed for the first time in new research. …

 
Sony Reader, the electronic book will be launched in Britain this week by Sony and Waterstone’s. The Reader weighs 9 ounces and has a good battery life for it uses power only when you turn the page. The Sony Reader has a 200MB memory and has enough space for 160 novels.
 

 BrainPort Vision Device
Technology for the impaired is always widely appreciated, regardless of its eventual effectiveness. The BrainPort vision device has been developed specifically for people with visual impairments.
 

 
 This video frame shows the blue target bar positioned on the tangent point — the point at which the edge line on a road seems to begin changing direction — as the road curves to the left.
A study recently published in ARVO’s online Journal of Vision may inform the next generation of in-car driving assistance […]

 
Experts from Stanford University created an intelligent system which was installed on some RC helicopters. A mixture of these two devices now allows them to fly alone… with out human help. The software is capable of learning. Data comes from a few sources such as other RC helicopters that it is surrounded by and also […]

Even the crazy hot chicks are attracted to ACU now
iPhones or iPod Touches will be issued to incoming freshmen at Abilene Christian University (ACU) this fall. The intent is to provide what amounts to a “campus lifeline” that lets students check on every aspect of their campus life with a single, pocket-sized device. (Video)

Love Me Tender, Love Me Sweet

A condom lubricant designed for sex workers and gay men has become a popular acne cure among female Cambodians, women in the capital have said.
Number One Plus, a water-based lubricant produced by health organization Population Services International (PSI), is an excellent cure for acne, 29-year-old vendor Tep Kemyoeurn told news […]

An Angular New Trailer Concept

It’s not very often that something comes alone from the travel trailer realm that catches so many peoples’ attention. So when the Mehrzeller caravan concept was unveiled, people couldn’t help but notice.

Three Slots Are Better than Two!

If you don’t like outlet multiplyers that stick out into the room, here’s your hero: a design that has an extra socket, but simply replaces the existing, wall-flush outlet box.

Is that a Teddy Bear phone you are talking on or are you just happy to see me?

 
The iPhone might best its competitors when it comes to being slick, but I don’t think it stands a chance against Willcom’s Kuma (aka Bear) Phone when it comes to being cute. The Bear features a SIM card slot […]

The Boeing 747-200 that has been reappropriated as the Jumbo Hostel has a rich history. Under Transjet Airways, it ferried Muslim pilgrims to Mecca on top of global charter flights. It was grounded in 2002, and seemed destined to sit on a runway at Sweden’s Arlanda Airport until entrepreneur Oscar Diös acquired it in ‘06. […]

 
Why do people prefer flight to train? The reasons are many. One major reason is timing. Generally, flights take very less time to cover greater distance. Gone are the days.

 
 The Space Cube is designed for use in space.
Measuring just 2 inches by 2 inches, the Space Cube is roughly the size of a large die. However, the cube is actually a tiny PC, developed by the Shimafuji Corporation in Japan. (Pics)