From Science Fiction in the News:
LG Display is showing off a remarkable newspaper-sized flexible e-paper prototype. The e-paper display is 19 inches wide (250mm x 400mm). It is just 0.3 millimeters in thickness and the entire display weighs just 130 grams. Fans of Stephen Spielber
From Science Fiction in the News:
Dutch scientists are making progress in their quest for petri dish pork - pork muscle grown in vitro for meat. Just cast your eyes on the delicious photomicrograph shown below, which displays pork grown from stem cells in all its porcine glory.
From NYT > Science:
Forget the Segway. Leave that jet pack behind. NASA is working on a personal flying suit. Conceptual designs for the experimental vehicle, called Puffin, were introduced by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center, at a meeting o
From Scientific American:
The ability to speak a second language isn't the only thing that distinguishes bilingual people from their monolingual counterparts--their brains work differently, too. Research has shown, for instance, that children who know two languages more easily solv
I have an original disc for windows xp for my computer. The computer is totally broken so a new one has been ordered. to keep the price down I am getting a pc without the operating system so I will use my own disc. The only problem is I cannot find the key for it. can i retrieve it from the disc ? i
From Wash Post Technology:
One of China's most popular bloggers, Han Han, posted a satirical essay this week in which he imagined headlines about China's censored Internet in a post-Google era: In 2011, Google, Facebook and YouTube announce their return to the Chinese market --
From Boing Boing:
No, that's not a hairy branch but rather an astounding kind of ice formation called "hair ice" ("haareis" in German). Illinois State University professor James Carter of the Geography-Geology Department, created a page about this natural wonder that includes many
From Boing Boing:
James Oberg at IEEE Spectrum has been following the "disaster-ridden" Russian missile program that lead to last month's spectacular spiral lights display over Norway. He offers some insight into the fascinating political story going on behind the scenes.
The Martha Stewart show recently dedicated an entire show to technology. Ms. Stewart stood next to a four-tiered rack full of examples of technology past. It included inventions such s the boom box, typewriter, television, video camera, telephone, maps, paper calendar, alarm clock, original Macintos
What would be the possible bad impacts could occur on micro processor based controlled VVVF lift drives/ Inverters due to sudden power failures while they are on operation.
Similary, If total power shuts down for the purpose of testing the stand by generator in the building weekly bas
Can anyone help me how to get the software download of the IEE regulations 17th edition. Thks
plz tell me, the types of conductors in over head lines with respective applications(voltage)?
I would like to hear some reviews from people that worked with this std, and test equipments that implement the latter...
It can be of use for future purposes (I read on the net that is is a powerful tool for instrumentation)
I have started constructing RCC structure on an area of 30'x40' with 12 nos of column with following details:
No of Columns : 12
Size of Pit : 5'x5'
Depth of excavation : 7'
Depth of Stone Soling : 8"
Depth of C.C. 1:2:4 mix : 4"
i have a query about carbon steel piping.
for utility service like potable water, instrument air etc. which piping is a better option?
Galvanised piping or Electropolished piping?
any comparison chart?
In our company maintenance standard it is required to Routine Change our assets for every 10 years of service. Is this really necessary for routine changing when all assets are regularly maintained (Preventive Maintenance)? Why do we have to routine change or what are the main reasons of routine cha
which tests should be taken before commissioning transformer? please explain in brief with result values.
can any body say the calculation for free air delivary required for mechanical equipment
im solo runing a backpressure type steam turbine with 110 barg suply pressure with 5507 RPM min govornor and 8260 RPM max speed.
but it fluctuates at 6200 rpm. ???
Hi,
I'm looking for hardware jpeg decoder chips which can drive a color LCD from its resident RAM. The chip needs to be microcontroller addressable to load a jpeg file. So far I've found Solomon SysTech (SSD1921) and Epson (S1D13717) but they are a bit overkill, and the datasheet is the size