Tag Archives : Technology

If you liked the WII, then you probably will fall in love with the new Kinect controller for Xbox 360 from Microsoft. Microsoft just announced that they are going to release a new sensor called “Kinect” on November 4, 2010. If you order the sensor now, then you pay only 149.99$. But Microsoft may increase the prices based on the pre-orders they receive. The video below demonstrates to you [...]

Here are the best and the most watched scientific videos of 2009. These are breathtaking, amazing, bizarre and things you have never seen before. Please watch and enjoy. 1. Restored Moon Landing Video Amazes Anew “Dumbo,” Other Deep-Sea Oddities Found: New Species Found at Great Barrier Reef Sea Monsters” Surfacing in Utah The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever [...]

For many years scientists were trying to figure out a way to re-grow body parts using our own stem cells. Many experiments showed successful results such as the one I talked about few months ago, when group of scientists used a patient’s own stem cell to restore eye sight. A group of scientists in France led by Hind Guenou, PhD, concluded from their study that Human embryonic stem cells can be [...]

Over 2 Million dollars spent on cancer project that might help cancer patients cope with their disease. The research study results was revealed last week at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. With the assistance of dairy giant Fonterra, the researchers developed whats called “medicinal ice cream” which has shown encouraging signs in combating the side-effects of chemotherapy in [...]

Moira Gunn – Moira Gunn is host of the radio programs “Tech Nation” and “BioTech Nation,” aired by National Public Radio. “Tech Nation” episodes are normally based on an interview with the author of a science- or technology-related book. “BioTech Nation” is based on interviews with significant figures in the field of bio-technology, as well as regular [...]

Researchers around the world are racing to find new ways to replace the gasoline in automobiles. Gasoline is getting more expensive and its not environment friendly. So, researchers at Ohio State University have found a new method to double the production of biofuel butanol, and they are hoping that it soon will replace gasoline in automobiles. bacteria could only produce a certain amount of butanol [...]

NASA released the first of its kind images of the rare Jupiter collision taken by the world largest and most inventive telescopes in the world “Hubble Telescope.” The collision occurred last Sunday by comet or meteoroid and caused a clear black spot on the southern hemisphere of the planet. The images I posted last week showed the spot, but it was taken from Earth. This one however, taken [...]

If you have acrophobia  (people who are scared of heights), then this is not the right place for you. But if not, then you will fall in love with the new glass boxes that on the 103rd floor of Sears Tower. When you are driving in downtown Chicago, you have to stop by Sears Tower and go to the 103rd floor, you will see a small glass room or a “box” at the edge of the building. Look at this [...]