Microsoft has announced it will allow advertisers to offer interactive commercials for Kinect users. But a patent filing suggests viewers may be more closely involved in the advertising process than they realize. The commercials, dubbed NUads, look to be a combination of a gimmick to get viewers to pay closer attention and a way to […]
In the following video, Bill Hammack, the engineer guy, shows how the three key characteristics of laser light – single wavelength, narrow beam, and high intensity – are made. He explains the operation of a ruby laser – the first laser ever made – showing how electronic transitions create stimulated emission to give coherent light, […]
Many mobile apps are at best a small measure and convenience and at worst a mere gimmick. But mobile technology in Africa could be a genuine lifesaver. Researchers at Oxford University have developed a system that will allow water hand pumps in rural areas to automatically report a fault when they break down. The BBC […]
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In most walks of life, claiming that you could see Twitter’s face would have you locked up. Thankfully there is one situation where it is acceptable: academic research. Said visualization was the conclusion of a presentation I recently attended by Nello Cristianini, the Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bristol’s Department of Engineering […]
Home Network security seems to be a simple thing these days. It is not difficult to set your router with the proper security measures to stop others from hopping on your WiFi signal and getting that internet service you are likely over paying for. Of course this magical block that keeps out WiFi pirates really […]
Password security is at the height of importance for individuals, but even MORE important for the people who you have those passwords with. So you can understand why it’s a a bit scary that the social networking site for business connections, LinkedIn, was hacked and just this side of 6,458,020 passwords were accessed. An unnamed […]
So geeks, of all the technologies at display in the Star Trek universe, which do you hope we see become a reality in our lifetime? Source: Best Computer Science Degree | Via Geeks are Sexy Source: Best Computer Science Degree
Remember when we thought the bridge from geek to jock was bridged when engineers started Robot Wars? Mechanical Engineering feats of superior combat prowess settled in the war arena where robots faced off to settle who was the king of the lab? That’s all old news now. Geeks are no longer the timid brainy kids […]
Thanks to the partnership between the Nonlinear System Laboratory at MIT and Aldebaran Robotics we can admire this impressive choreography of a team of Nao robots dancing to Michael Jackson’s “thriller.” At the beginning all the robots are waiting for my signal to start. While dancing, they are constantly synchronizing with each other, so if […]