TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Smart, self-healing hydrogels open far-reaching possibilities in medicine, engineering

Mar 08, 2012 (SPX)

University of California, San Diego bioengineers have developed a self-healing hydrogel that binds in seconds, as easily as Velcro, and forms a bond strong enou...

Apple unveils new iPad, Apple TV box

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

Apple unveiled a third-generation iPad on Wednesday enhanced with features aimed at keeping it on top of the booming tablet computer market. The new iPad boasts...

'SimCity' game rebuilt for age of climate change

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

Climate change is coming to SimCity. A new version of the city-building computer game that factors in real-world consequences of energy choices has won endorsem...

Cebit 2012: 3D animations for everyone

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

3D movies like "Toy Story" or "Transformers" are based on everyday objects that are able to move like humans. Such 3D characters are created by skilled experts ...

Iowa State engineer discovers spider silk conducts heat as well as metals

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Xinwei Wang had a hunch that spider webs were worth a much closer look. So he ordered eight spiders - Nephila clavipes, golden silk orbweavers - and put them to...

Virtual blue skies brighten the office of the future

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

There is light at hand for those who toil away in a poorly-lit office. Scientists at the CeBIT high-tech fair have developed a system that gives the feeling of ...

LAMIS - A Green Chemistry Alternative for Remote-Controlled Laser Spectroscopy

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

At some point this year, after NASA's rover Curiosity has landed on Mars, a laser will fire a beam of infrared light at a rock or soil sample. This will "ablate...

New laser light source has a global market in consumer electronics

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

Mobile phones currently on the market are capable of showing high quality images and video, but the phones' small size sets insurmountable limits on screen size...

Apple expected to unveil new iPad

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Apple is expected to reveal a new version of its coveted iPad on Wednesday in its first major media event since the death of legendary founder and beloved pitch...

IBM making the Louvre Museum smarter

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

IBM on Monday revealed an alliance with the venerable Louvre Museum to use sensors, real-time data analysis and other Internet Age tools to make the museum smar...

US Army Awards Contract for AN TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

The U.S. Army Product Manager for Radars (PdM Radars) awarded a contract yesterday to Lockheed Martin for the AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar. The award is a Firm Fi...

Ubisoft assassin videogame heads for US colonies

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Ubisoft on Monday revealed that the next installment to its blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" videogame franchise will be set in the US colonies during the America...

Why spiders do not stick to their own sticky web sites

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and University of Costa Rica asked why spiders do not stick to their own sticky webs. Repeating old, ...

In Swiss city, 'augmented reality' is out of this world

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

A pair of Swiss policemen cast a suspicious eye as a creature in a space helmet with a camera mounted on top and carrying an astronaut's backpack wanders around...

Exotic material boosts electromagnetism safely

Mar 02, 2012 (SPX)

Using exotic man-made materials, scientists from Duke University and Boston College believe they can greatly enhance the forces of electromagnetism (EM), one of...

The laws of attraction: Making magnetic yeast

Mar 02, 2012 (SPX)

The ability to detect and respond to magnetic fields is not usually associated with living things. Yet some organisms, including some bacteria and various migra...

$35 computer goes on sale in Britain

Mar 01, 2012 (UPI)

A credit-card-sized low-cost computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale in Britain, its developers say. The Raspberry Pi is a bare-bones ...

Radical new 'focus later' camera begins shipping

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

A radical new camera that lets you adjust the focus after you take a picture began shipping this week. The Lytro is the creation of Ren Ng, who started work on ...

VTT scientists revise the 60-year-old definition of surface tension on solids

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

VTT researchers have shown that surface tension on a solid material is unconnected to the energy required to create a new surface. Consequently, surface tension...

A Rainbow for the Palm of Your Hand

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

University at Buffalo engineers have developed a one-step, low-cost method to fabricate a polymer with extraordinary properties: When viewed from a single persp...