Can a cell phone change the world?
The instructor of NextLab at MIT, Jhonatan Rotberg, is asking students "Can you make a cell phone change the world?" The answer is "Yes." Students …
Christian Bible in Greek, the Codex Sinaiticus, is digitized
Written by hand more than 1600 years ago, and divided into four institutions in as many countries, the Codex Sinaiticus is all together again ? …
Best Buy goes green, sells electric bikes and scooters
Best Buy, a large electronics retailer, has put electric bikes and scooters on its web site and into some of its stores. The environmentally friendly …
Give me your John Hancock – preserving the Declaration of Independence
Protecting and preserving the 233 year old document that established the United States of America has been complex. Shuffled around the infant country, copied, hidden, …
Computer attributes stone tablet writing to specific author
A computer system has been developed that can differentiate between various authors on stone tablets from ancient Greece. Two computer engineers at the National Technical …
Mission: Crash into the Moon approaches its goal
As Ulysses ends its mission to the sun, another spacecraft begins orbiting the moon. After flying through space for four and a half days, NASA?s …
Space 2009: Top names build commercial spaceport
New Mexico and Texas are becoming home to "spaceports" that will offer trips into outer space to the general public. New Mexico has a long …
MIT uses human ear as model for an RF chip
The cochlea, or inner ear, inspired the design of a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip. Rahul Sarpeshkar, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science …
21st Century technology reveals secrets of 2nd Century BC computer
Shipwrecks are the fodder for legend, and the origin of the Antikythera Mechanism, is no exception. Deemed the world’s first computer, this instrument discovered by …
