IBM forecasts the next 5 big ideas for the next 5 years
Posted by admin in Future on 29. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
IBM predicts smarter buildings, transportation, water systems, medical will impact cities in the next five years Casting one’s eye into a crystal ball is a risky undertaking that can leave the forecaster as visionary or fool – particularly if they are short term predictions that can easily be checked. But that hasn’t deterred the soothsayers [...]
Brown Fat Revelations May Lead to New Weight Loss Drugs
Posted by admin in Medicine on 26. Dec, 2009 | 4 Comments
Scientists have found a new way to rev the body’s metabolism: Activate its fat cells. Ultimately, what they envision is a “brown fat pill”—a drug that boosts brown fat activity through molecular means. Here’s the science behind what may be the weight-loss breakthrough of the next decade. Five years ago this February, Aaron Cypess had [...]
7 Top Technology Trends That Ruled 2009
Posted by admin in Hi-tech on 24. Dec, 2009 | 6 Comments
Netbooks iny, low-priced, low-power PCs were the tech product story of the year. However, these high-selling devices are a mixed blessing for PC makers and consumers. While hardware manufacturers are thrilled to have a hit on their hands, the computers generally have razor-thin profit margins. Meanwhile, consumers who buy netbooks get cheap, super light computers [...]
Scientists create world’s first molecular transistor
Posted by admin in Science on 24. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Engineers adjusted the voltage applied via gold contacts to a benzene molecule, allowing them to raise and lower the molecule’s energy states and demonstrate that it could be used exactly like a traditional transistor at the molecular level. Credit: Hyunwook Song and Takhee Lee A group of scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor [...]
The Science Behind James Cameron’s Avatar
Posted by admin in Science on 22. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
It’s the year 2154 and humankind has reached out to the stars in director James Cameron’s new science-fiction epic Avatar. The movie takes us to an exotic jungle moon called Pandora where humans are the aliens and a clash is brewing with the natives. Cameron, who has served as an adviser to NASA to investigate [...]
