TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Atmospheric CO2 risks increasing space junk: study

Nov 11, 2012 (AFP)

A build-up of carbon dioxide in the upper levels of Earth's atmosphere risks causing a faster accumulation of man-made space junk and resulting in more collisio...

HTC and Apple reach global settlement

Nov 11, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC said Sunday it has reached a global settlement with technology giant Apple, bringing an end to all outstanding litigation ...

Microsoft holds Windows Phone 8 hopes

Nov 09, 2012 (UPI)

The Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone entered the U.S. market Friday, giving Microsoft another chance to garner some elusive smartphone market share, analysts say. The...

Eurocopter readies Malaysian simulator

Nov 09, 2012 (UPI)

Eurocopter Malaysia's full-flight simulator will start operations early next year, making it the company's 20th in the world. The simulator recently completed c...

Apple still perched high, but seems vulnerable

Nov 09, 2012 (AFP)

Apple, the world's biggest and perhaps most admired company, seems to have lost some of its luster. Despite the hugely successful launch of the iPhone 5 and iPa...

Nanocrystals and nickel catalyst substantially improve light-based hydrogen production

Nov 09, 2012 (SPX)

Hydrogen is an attractive fuel source because it can easily be converted into electric energy and gives off no greenhouse emissions. A group of chemists at the ...

NASA tests 'interplanetary Internet'

Nov 09, 2012 (UPI)

NASA and the European Space Agency say they have tested an "interplanetary" communication network replicating some of the functions of the Internet. As part of ...

Credit card has LCD screen and keyboard

Nov 08, 2012 (UPI)

MasterCard says it is introducing a credit card with an LCD display and a keyboard with touch-sensitive buttons that would allow entering banking passwords. The...

How Butterfly Wings Can Inspire New High-Tech Surfaces

Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)

A South American butterfly flapped its wings, and caused a flurry of nanotechnology research to happen in Ohio. Researchers here have taken a new look at butter...

Radar Production Readiness Review For Indonesia National Air Space Surveillance Program Completed

Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin and Indonesian technology firm PT CMI Teknologi (CMI) recently completed a production readiness review that qualifies CMI to begin in-country ma...

NJIT professor promotes building material of millennium: Autoclave aerated concrete

Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)

Although widespread rebuilding in the hard-hit New York metro region from Super Storm Sandy has not yet begun, NJIT Assistant Professor Mohamed Mahgoub says whe...

Teaching the blind to read and recognize objects with sounds

Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)

Areas of the brain in blind people can learn to process visual input through the use of sound, even after years or perhaps even lifelong blindness, according to...

Foxconn says cannot meet demand for iPhone 5

Nov 08, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's Foxconn has admitted that it cannot meet strong demand for Apple's new iPhone 5 due to difficulties in building the gadget, as investors grow concerned...

Apple ordered to pay $368 million in patent case

Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)

Apple has been ordered to pay $368 million for patent infringement in its use of Facetime, an application that allows for video calls on mobile devices, the pla...

Sensors for the real world

Nov 07, 2012 (SPX)

Over the last decade there has been an increased interest in developing resonators for gravitmetric sensing; however, the sensors' response to variations in tem...

High-strength material advancements at may lead to new, life-saving steel

Nov 07, 2012 (SPX)

There has been great advancements in the development of the high-strength steel and the need for additional enhancements continue to grow. Various industries ha...

Researchers Make Strides Toward Selective Oxidation Catalysts

Nov 07, 2012 (SPX)

Oxide catalysts, typically formulated as powders, play an integral role in many chemical transformations, including cleaning wastewater, curbing tailpipe emissi...

Pow! Superheroes jump from print to tablets

Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)

These superheroes will still save the day, but in digital format. DC Comics said Wednesday its full lineup of comic books will be made available for tablet comp...

Field geologists going digital

Nov 07, 2012 (SPX)

Not very long ago a professional geologist's field kit consisted of a Brunton compass, rock hammer, magnifying glass, and field notebook. No longer. In the fiel...

Soluble circuit boards to reduce e-waste

Nov 07, 2012 (UPI)

British researchers say they're working on developing water-soluble circuit boards that could significantly improve e-waste recycling. Britain's National Physic...