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The Month in News: Technology...
From Toy Fair 2011, a dozen amusements for grown-ups
ISn't that neat? You probably enjoy playing iPod Games as the world is growing more digital, But it dosen't always have to be this way. Some kids like to play Star Wars or LEGO games but this time and , and with the special help from PopSci, we spend a couple of enjoyable days scouting out the fastest, smartest, most glee-inducing new toys around. Toys, though, ain't just kids' stuff. Here are a dozen new tech-savvy toys even grown-ups can love.
SCIENCE
What could possibly go wrong?
“One beaten man is worth two unbeaten men.” This is not the reasoning Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave to explain why Russia is green-lighting a dicey project to drill for undersea oil in the forbidding Arctic Ocean. It’s the justification he gave for Russia’s choice of partner in the
projects: BP.
Buyer beware: The Inspire 4G was never a 4G phone for me
By Rainbow Posts & PopSci
I would say I'm more of an iPhone Person, However for those of you how are not Please enjoy this fine article: The HTC Inspire 4G is part of a new effort on AT&T's part to pad out their lineup with some top-flight smartphones, a smart move now that the iPhone is no longer exclusively theirs. What's especially notable about the Inspire is that it's AT&T's first "4G" phone, running on an HSPA+ network that AT&T promises will deliver super-fast speeds--but what AT&T isn't rushing to tell you is that you probably won't see those speeds yet, even with a 4G phone like the Inspire. All over AT&T's website is an asterisk after mentions of 4G, leading to a note saying that 4G is "available in limited areas." Take that seriously, folks. No one knows where those "limited areas" actually are, and if AT&T does, it's not telling.
The olfactory sense has long been thought to stem from the way a battery of chemical receptors in the nose interact with molecules based on their physical shapes. But a collaboration between MIT researchers and their Greek colleagues is nosing out a far more complex and potentially useful mechanism that enables sense of smell:
quantum tunneling.
The hosts of Food Jammers show how to make a version of a multimillion-dollar commercial grain puffer for about 50 bucks. See the video inside
By Micah Donovan, Christopher Martin, Nobu AdilmanPosted 02.15.2011 at 10:59 am
The machinery that snack and cereal companies use to transform rice and other foods into puffed snacks is expensive and operates at extreme pressures and temperatures. Since you can buy the resulting cheese puffs, rice cakes and toasty oat cereals anywhere, why try to make them ourselves? Because we were curious whether we could figure out a cheap way to crack the code of puffing technology. Plus, we like to build elaborate machines and to blow things up, even if it’s only spelt grains and millet cakes.
Satellites, step aside
To map the earth’s magnetic field, scientists usually take readings from one of a number of satellites, a process that is expensive and often less-than accurate. Physicists at UC Berkeley have a better idea:
measure the earth’s magnetic nuances using a single ground-based laser to examine the spin of sodium atoms 56 miles up in the sky.
Nautilus includes a centrifuge and inflatable parts
This tubular spacecraft could serve as a reusable vehicle for lunar and deep-space missions, holding a crew of six and enough supplies for a two-year expedition.
Dubbed Nautilus-X, for “Non-Atmospheric Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy United States eXploration,” this craft could be built in orbit and ready for space missions by 2020, according to a briefing by NASA’s
Future In Space Operations group.
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