TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Acoustic Cloaking Device Hides Objects from Sound

Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)

Using little more than a few perforated sheets of plastic and a staggering amount of number crunching, Duke engineers have demonstrated the world's first three-...

Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers

Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)

Radio waves are used for many measurements and applications, for example, in communication with mobile phones, MRI scans, scientific experiments and cosmic obse...

Build me a face in 3D: British man's life 'transformed'

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

A British man who suffered horrific facial injuries in a motorbike accident has had pioneering surgery to rebuild his face using 3D printed parts. Stephen Power...

Copper hits near 4-year bottom over China slowdown fears

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Copper prices hit Tuesday their lowest in nearly four years on the London Metals Exchange over fears of a slowdown in growth in China, the world's top consumer ...

Microsoft hopes 'Titanfall' can boost Xbox One

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Tech titan Microsoft -- which has struggled to keep pace with Sony and its PlayStation 4 -- is pinning its hopes on a new action video game, ironically named "T...

First step towards programmable materials

Mar 10, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich have succeeded in producing a prototype of a vibration-damping material that could change the world of mechanics forever. T...

Australia to prevent 'Gravity' space crash with lasers

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

Australian scientists said Friday they aim to prevent a real-life version of the space disaster scenario portrayed in Oscar-winning film "Gravity" by removing e...

Saving planet goes from video game to real-world craze

Mar 09, 2014 (AFP)

It is the peak of the Cold War, a secret agent has launched nuclear weapons and a small team of sleuths has one hour to prevent the end of the world. The team h...

Nigeria seeks to conquer African video games market

Mar 09, 2014 (AFP)

It's a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria an...

South Africa's nano-satellite encounters space debris

Mar 09, 2014 (XNA)

South Africa's first nano- satellite experienced two very close encounters with defunct satellites in the past few days after three months in orbit, authorities...

Candy Crush sweetens gaming for female audience

Mar 08, 2014 (AFP)

With three young children and a full-time job, Emma Martini has little time for computer games. But every night she sits quietly at the end of her son's bed to ...

Interactive simulator for vehicle drivers

Mar 08, 2014 (SPX)

Maximize mileage, safety, or operating life? Driving behavior behind the wheel has a big influence on the vehicle. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a drivi...

Video games offer hope for autistic children

Mar 07, 2014 (AFP)

The game over, a beaming Sawyer and Michael, both 10, cheer and give each other a high-five. It is a small but significant reaction that experts say shows how c...

Pakistan's gaming industry breaks culture barriers

Mar 07, 2014 (AFP)

It's a city better known for its history and culture, but a new generation of mobile game developers is bringing a slice of Silicon Valley to Pakistan's Lahore....

Waterloo physicists solve 20-year-old debate surrounding glassy surfaces

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

University of Waterloo physicists have succeeded in measuring how the surfaces of glassy materials flow like a liquid, even when they should be solid. A series ...

A Molecular Ballet under the X-ray Laser

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

An international team of researchers has used the world's most powerful X-ray laser to take snapshots of free molecules. The research team headed by Prof. Joche...

Video games target Japan's silver generation

Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)

At a nursing home in suburban Tokyo, 88-year-old Saburo Sakamoto darts his fingers energetically to catch characters that appear on a touch screen in front of h...

Save Money and the Planet: Turn Your Old Milk Jugs into 3D Printer Filament

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

Making your own stuff with a 3D printer is vastly cheaper than what you'd pay for manufactured goods, even factoring in the cost of buying the plastic filament....

Aerojet Rocketdyne Provides Propulsion For GPM Satellite

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

Aerojet Rocketdyne provided propulsion for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite, launched from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Cent...

3-D printer creates transformative device for heart treatment

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

Using an inexpensive 3-D printer, biomedical engineers have developed a custom-fitted, implantable device with embedded sensors that could transform treatment a...