Tech : Science World Report

Apr 12, 2012 09:39 AM EDT

Power Without the Cord

For more than 50 years, pacemakers have set the rhythm for many hearts. The engineering of microelectronic implants has since advanced by leaps and bounds: they have become ever-smaller and more technologically sophisticated. The trend is moving toward miniaturized, intelligent systems that will tak...

Apr 12, 2012 05:56 AM EDT

Tsunami Alerts Pass Indonesia Quake Test, with Luck

Damage was light - the quakes were horizontal rather than vertical - and the big waves never came, unlike eight years ago when walls of water roared across the same ocean and ploughed into seaside communities in 13 countries without warning.

Apr 11, 2012 03:19 PM EDT

New Technology Tracks Sparrow Migration for First Time from California to Alaska

Using tiny tags to track a bird's location, biologists from PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) have unlocked the mystery of where Golden-crowned Sparrows, which overwinter in California, go to breed in the spring. Published this week in the journal PLoS ONE, the study reveals for the first time the ex...

Apr 11, 2012 01:06 PM EDT

World's Greatest Piggyback Ride

Imagine flying from Florida to D.C. with nowhere to sit, no air conditioning, no place to store your bags -- not even a bathroom. Imagine flying anywhere under those conditions.

Apr 11, 2012 12:13 PM EDT

Royal Canadian Mint Launches Mintchip(TM) Developer Challenge

The Royal Canadian Mint is pleased to announce that it has launched a program for developers from across North America to test and challenge a digital currency technology and to determine its applicability to the current marketplace. The MintChipTM Developer Challenge, which will accept submissions ...

Apr 11, 2012 08:01 AM EDT

Learn to Dock ATV the Astronaut Way

Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? ESA is making actual astronaut training available on your computer and tablet, so you can see for yourself.

Apr 10, 2012 04:24 PM EDT

European Satellite Navigation Competition Opens for App Developers

The 2012 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ENSC) launches to the UK public to find the home-grown ideas that will drive innovation in the space sector and the everyday application of its data in technologies like smart phone apps and location-based services.

Apr 10, 2012 04:18 PM EDT

Â£6 Million Boost for UK Space Technology Industry

The Government is to grant nearly Â£6 million to co-fund major new British research that will develop commercial products and services using space technology and data from space-based systems.

Apr 10, 2012 02:56 PM EDT

Chips as mini Internets

Computer chips have stopped getting faster. In order to keep increasing chips' computational power at the rate to which we've grown accustomed, chipmakers are instead giving them additional "cores," or processing units.

Apr 10, 2012 12:44 PM EDT

Miniature Sandia Sensors May Advance Climate Studies

An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models. "We now have an inexpensive tool for collecting pristine vapor samples in the field," said Sandia National Laboratories researcher Ron Manginell, lead author of...

Apr 10, 2012 07:18 AM EDT

The Electric Car DeLorean Could Hit the Market Next Year

Yes, you read that right. An all-electric DeLorean made its debut at the New York Auto Show last week and not just as a cool concept, but with an actual plan for production -- and soon. According to Autoblog, DeLorean Motor Company president Stephen Wynne said the DMCev should hit the market in earl...

Apr 10, 2012 06:51 AM EDT

Earth, This Is Space Station, Do You Hear Me?

Are you following Andre Kuipers' mission through his blog, Twitter or Flickr? Astronauts are sharing the privilege of being in space with the people back at home via social media. Communication with space stations has not always been so easy.