TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

KIT Scientists Develop Multicolor LEDs without Heavy Metals

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of KIT and the University of Toronto/Canada have now succ...

Ancient Egyptian pigment points to new security ink technology

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

A bright blue pigment used 5,000 years ago is giving modern scientists clues toward the development of new nanomaterials with potential uses in state-of-the-art...

China overtakes Japan on IT spending: German trade body

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

China has overtaken Japan in terms of its share of global IT spending, German IT industry organisation BITKOM said Wednesday, ahead of the CeBIT, the world's bi...

Glasses.com turns heads with 3-D iPad app

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

Jonathan Coon turned heads Wednesday with iPad software that lets people try on sunglasses by manipulating 3-D images of themselves from the neck up. The founde...

Tokyo hotel shrinks in new-style urban demolition

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

Passers-by in Tokyo's busy Akasaka district have started to notice something odd about a 40-floor hotel -- it has shrunk to about half its original height. Slow...

Sustainable new catalysts fueled by a single proton

Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)

Chemists at Boston College have designed a new class of catalysts triggered by the charge of a single proton, the team reports in the most recent edition of the...

The world's most sensitive plasmon resonance sensor inspired by ancient Roman cup

Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)

Utilizing optical characteristics first demonstrated by the ancient Romans, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a novel, ...

Simulation systems are key assets

Feb 25, 2013 (UPI)

Personnel training systems using simulation technology remain a key aerospace and defense market as governments try to balance costs and operational needs. Majo...

Acoustic-assisted magnetic information storage

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

Electrical engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to use high- frequency sound waves to enhance the magnetic storage of data, offering a new...

Fluids in Space, Shaken Not Stirred

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

James Bond might be the first to tell you that a well-shaken martini is a vast improvement over one that has settled and separated. A good mixture depends on un...

That's the way the droplets adhere

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

Understanding exactly how droplets and bubbles stick to surfaces - everything from dew on blades of grass to the water droplets that form on condensing coils af...

A Semiconductor 'Nano-Shish-Kebabs' With 3-D Potential

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new type of nanoscale structure that resembles a "nano-shish-kebab," consisting of multiple two-...

DARPA Seeks to Defuse the Threat of Ionizing Radiation

Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)

Ionizing radiation can be a silent killer. While scientists have made some strides in preventing immediate death from exposure, there are currently few interven...

Sony bills PS4 console as gaming's future

Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)

Sony unveiled a new generation PlayStation 4 system Wednesday and laid out its vision for the "future of gaming" in a world rich with mobile gadgets and play st...

Google shows prototype phone that creates 3-D maps of its surroundings

Feb 21, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. tech giant Google has unveiled a prototype smartphone it says creates 3-D maps to help the visually impaired navigate unfamiliar indoor sites unassisted. T...

Lessons from nature could lead to the creation of new materials

Feb 21, 2013 (SPX)

In a sweeping review of the field of bio-inspired engineering and biomimicry in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Science, two engineers at the University of Cal...

Engineers show feasibility of superfast materials

Feb 21, 2013 (SPX)

University of Utah engineers demonstrated it is feasible to build the first organic materials that conduct electricity on their edges, but act as an insulator i...

Space agency studying ways to capture derelict satellites, space junk

Feb 21, 2013 (UPI)

The European Space Agency says it is studying the possibility of a future mission to capture derelict satellites adrift in orbit around the Earth. The e.DeOrbit...

Ancient helium rising to the surface in Yellowstone National Park

Feb 20, 2013 (UPI)

Helium, trapped underground for 2 billion years, is bubbling to the surface from steam vents and hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, U.S. researchers say....

'Explorers' to don Google Internet glasses

Feb 20, 2013 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday invited "explorers" with creative vision and $1,500 to spare to be part of a select group of people who get to experiment with glasses synch...