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Hi Tech & Innovation Mar 9, 2013

Leap Motion targets May for pre-orders and store sales

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —Leap Motion will start shipping its 3-D motion controllers on pre-order basis in mid-May. Big news? For a growing Leap Motion fan base, it's great news. Leap Motion launched its sensing controller last year, ...

Condensed Matter Feb 20, 2013

Engineering 'ghost' objects: A breakthrough in scattering illusion

A team at the NUS Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering led by Dr Qiu Cheng-Wei has come out with an optical device to "engineer" ghosts. When someone claims he has seen a ghost, the phenomenon may be caused by ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Feb 11, 2013

New robot takes augmented reality to a new level

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº)—Researchers and engineers at a Japanese company called Different Dimensions have taken the concept of augmented reality to new heights by adding the touch of an avatar to the experience. That touch comes courtesy ...

Engineering Jan 24, 2013

'Air shower' saves 50 percent water

A new shower nozzle that uses up to 50 per cent less water while maintaining the sensation of full pressure could provide Australians with guilt-free showers over the hot, dry summer – simply by adding air.

Economics & Business Jan 4, 2013

Study proves that tourists should pay better attention to currency conversion

According to new research from the Stern School of Business, when tourists pay with foreign currencies, they will overspend or underspend, depending on the exchange rate. In a recent study published in the Journal of Retailing, ...

Internet Dec 18, 2012

Minteye offers no-type CAPTCHA as a security twist

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº)—Minteye is offering a no-type option to annoying CAPTCHA tests where users' first tries turn into third and fourth tries to get the blurry, blotched letters and digits correct for entry. The company Minteye, ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Dec 17, 2012

Recreate the concert in the living room

Hear music of concert hall quality at any place in the room from a stereo recording. The device created by EPFL spin-off Illusonic creates an "acoustic space."

Consumer & Gadgets Dec 12, 2012

Mobile Internet forcing computers to evolve

The shift to smartphones and tablets became a landslide this year, crushing desire for laptop computers and pressuring manufacturers to adapt to the mobile Internet era.

Optics & Photonics Nov 26, 2012

Metamaterials and transformation optics control light on a microchip

Using a combination of the new tools of metamaterials and transformation optics, engineers at Penn State University have developed designs for miniaturized optical devices that can be used in chip-based optical integrated ...

Engineering Nov 5, 2012

Build your own home theater for full-blast entertainment with 'Virtual Sound Ball'

Watching a 3 dimensional (3D) film at home can be just as real and fun as going to a movie theater. Professor Yang-Hann Kim and Research Professor Jung-Woo Choi from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, have succeeded ...

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