If you've used Rosetta Stone in the last year or two, you already know how their new app works—an idea that was likely planned from the get-go. More »
Learn 20 Languages With Rosetta Stone’s New iPad App [Video]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Find Out if Your Sony Pictures Subscriber Information Was Leaked Right Here [Psa]
Sony's been hacked again, with over a million SonyPictures.com accounts lifted, containing vital personal information like home addresses. Is yours included? We've got an exclusive, easy database to check. Just enter your email address, and see if you've been compromised: More »
Xperia Play Is Just a Penny at Amazon Through Wednesday [Dealz]
Amazon's having another one of its mondo smartphone sales, this time featuring seven discounted Verizon handsets. But the deal that's going to tempt you is the Xperia Play, which is basically free with a two-year contract. More »
Jack Kevorkian’s Assisted Suicide Tools (and Van) [Suicide Machines]
Jack Kevorkian died this morning in a Detroit hospital at the age of 83. In the 1990's, he assisted with more than 100 suicides from the back of his converted VW Vanagon. The Atlantic discusses the tools he used to end lives. More »
Solid State Drives Are About to Get 7x Faster if Phase-Change Memory Catches On [Guts]
Hard drives are all about how much you can store and how quickly you can store it. And this soon-to-be-unveiled phase-change memory drive is expected to up the ante quite a bit. More »
These Baby Sunscreens Work Better Than Most Adult Sunscreens [Blip]
A study conducted recently found that nearly 11 out of 12 sunscreens on the market are inadequate. There are two ingredients that make sunscreen work: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. In concentrations above 18%, either will effectively block out both the UVA and UVB spectrums. Here are a few good ones—they turn out to be baby sunscreens, but they'll work fine for anyone. [via scuttlefish] More »
WWDC 2011 Liveblog Coming This Monday [Apple]
Atten-shun, fanboys, trolls, and all you beautiful normal people you: We will covering the WWDC 2011 keynote this Monday, June 6 at 10:00am. I feel a surprise in the air! Or it may be the cookies in the oven. More »
NASA Wants Snowboarding Display Tech in Space Helmets [Space]
Most NASA innovations come from within their own labs, which are used in space, then sometimes produced for the masses. In the case of potential heads-up displays in space helmets, NASA is looking at Recon Instruments' HUD tech for ideas. More »
How I spent part of my life chasing Jack Kevorkian [OTBA]
It was the call those of us working night shifts at the Associated Press bureau in Detroit in the mid-1990s dreaded. A body in a seedy motel or dropped at a hospital's ER meant one thing: Dr. Death at work. More »
SRS iWOW 3D iOS Audio Enhancer: Games and Movies Come to Life on iOS [Lightning Review]
Pyrograf-III Stacked-Cup Carbon Nanotubes Approved by the EPA for Commercial Sale in the U.S.
Pyrograf Products was recently issued a Consent Order by the US Environmental Protection Agency allowing the sale of Pyrograf-III Carbon Nanotubes for commercial scale applications. This makes Pyrograf Products the first and only domestic supplier to be granted a consent order for direct sale of stacked-cup carbon nanotubes.
TowerJazz Nearly Doubles its 2010 Production Capacity with Micron’s Fabrication Facility in Nishiwaki, Japan
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Micron Technology's fabrication facility in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo, Japan.
Shrink Nanotechnologies Closes Transaction to Sell BlackBox Semiconductor Inc. and Its IP for Leading Semiconductor Technologies
Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. and BlackBox Semiconductor, Inc. announced the execution of the share exchange whereby 100% of the equity interests of BlackBox Semiconductor, Inc. (the Nevada company) were sold to BlackBox Semiconductor, Inc. (the publicly traded Delaware company).
EuroNanoForum 2011 draws 1200 attendees to see close to market nanotechnology developments
1200 members of the nanotechnology community from over 50 countries gathered in Budapest, Hungary, for three days of presentations, networking and inspiration during EuroNanoForum 2011.
Free book downloads! National Academies Press makes more than 4,000 titles available
As of yesterday, all PDF versions of books published by the National Academies Press will be downloadable to anyone free of charge. This includes a current catalog of more than 4,000 books plus future reports produced by the Press.
Being stressed without ripping – flower-like defects in graphene
Researchers describe a family of seven potential defect structures that may appear in sheets of graphene and image examples of the lowest-energy defect in the family.
Nanoscale Effects in Tribology (NET 2011) Meeting – Last call for papers
This meeting will address the advances occurring in nanoscale tribology, providing attendees the opportunity to network, and discuss trends and future developments.
In very narrow spaces, liquids behave more like gels
Three molecules thick, or two, or one: how does an extremely thin layer of trapped liquid behave when we make it even thinner? Measurements made using the Atomic Force Microscope show that the forces of friction increase with each step.
Oxford Instruments and Green Imaging Technologies announce NMR partnership
Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance (OIMR) and Green Imaging Technologies, Inc. (GIT) have announced an agreement to establish a strategic partnership to bring complete cutting edge Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) solutions to the core analysis community. The partnership will open opportunities for NMR core analysis to be used by technicians with no specialist NMR knowledge or training and make special core analysis routine.
Early Results of Development Program in Nano-Formulated NSAIDs Show Potential for Faster Pain Relief at Lower Doses
A novel, lower-dose formulation of indomethacin, a widely used pain reliever, is absorbed faster by the body than a standard formulation and maintains comparable maximum concentrations in the blood despite being administered at a lower dose, according to a study to be reported here tomorrow at the annual meeting of the American Headache Society.