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GPS improved by 90%

17/02/2013

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have developed a new system which improves the ability of a GPS to determine a vehicle's position as compared to that of conventional GPS devices by up...

Bioelectric signals can be used to detect early cancer

13/02/2013

Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered that bioelectric signals that can identify cells that are likely to develop into tumors....

How to predict the future of technology?

04/02/2013

The paper offers a new model, Step and Wait (SAW), which more accurately tracks the path of technological evolution in six markets that the authors tested. ...

Finding Chicago’s food gardens with Google Earth

23/01/2013

Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, and combating diet-related health problems in cities....

Soft Generators: Goodbye Batteries of Old

07/04/2011

One revolutionary concept being pursued by a team of researchers in New Zealand involves creating "wearable energy harvesters" capable of converting movement from humans or found in nature into...