TECH SPACE - ROBO DAILY

May 28, 2012 (SPX)

Google may have a bad track record on privacy practices, but when it comes to green, the internet giant is clean, racking up over $850 million in investments to...

'Metamaterials,' quantum dots show promise for new technologies

May 28, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers are edging toward the creation of new optical technologies using "nanostructured metamaterials" capable of ultra-efficient transmission of light, wi...

Dish Network in US legal fight over ad-skipping

May 25, 2012 (AFP)

Satellite television group Dish Network said Friday it went to court against the major US TV networks, aiming to defend against lawsuits from the broadcasters o...

June release for new Google tablet?

May 25, 2012 (UPI)

Google will unveil its new tablet computer at its I/O conference next month and will give a unit to every developer in attendance, Web site TechnoBuffalo said. ...

DeLorme inReach Two-Way Satellite Communicator Now Connects With iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

May 25, 2012 (SPX)

DeLorme has announced that its award-winning inReach is now compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This innovation makes it possible for iPhone, iPad and ...

Yahoo! ditches digital newsstand for iPads

May 25, 2012 (AFP)

Yahoo! shuttered its fledgling digital newsstand for iPads on Friday in what it said was the start of a product purge intended to make the floundering Internet ...

'Monkey' to go West again as cinema power shifts East

May 24, 2012 (AFP)

Generations of Chinese grew up under the spell cast by Wu Cheng'en's "Journey to the West", the 16th Century adventure epic which is the subject of two major up...

How ion bombardment reshapes metal surfaces

May 24, 2012 (SPX)

To modify a metal surface at the scale of atoms and molecules - for instance to refine the wiring in computer chips or the reflective silver in optical componen...

Facebook makes mobile move after IPO flop

May 24, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook released a "camera" application Thursday that lets people take Instagram-style pictures that can be shared with iPhones. The stand-alone application sy...

7-inch Google tablet said imminent

May 24, 2012 (UPI)

A 7-inch tablet computer is coming from Google and could hit the market in July, DigiTimes, a tech Web site based in Taiwan reports. An initial shipment of abou...

Laser scan at full speed

May 24, 2012 (SPX)

Is a contact wire missing or is it faulty? What's the situation in front of the entrance to a railway station or a tunnel? A 3D laser scanner can increase the t...

From Lemons to Lemonade: Reaction Uses CO2 to Make Carbon-Based Semiconductor

May 23, 2012 (SPX)

A materials scientist at Michigan Technological University has discovered a chemical reaction that not only eats up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, it also c...

Measuring Transient X-rays with Lobster Eyes

May 23, 2012 (SPX)

A technology that mimics the structure of a lobster's eyes is now being applied to a new instrument that could help revolutionize X-ray astronomy and keep astro...

In chemical reactions, water adds speed without heat

May 23, 2012 (SPX)

An international team of researchers has discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions-such as hydrogenation and hyd...

Improved lubrication without oil

May 23, 2012 (SPX)

Running nicely - this applies even more to aqueous biopolymer solutions than to oil. These solutions are used as a cooling lubricant for machining hard metals a...

Reversible doping: Hydrogen flips switch on vanadium oxide

May 23, 2012 (SPX)

If you are not a condensed matter physicist, vanadium oxide (VO2) may be the coolest material you've never heard of. It's a metal. It's an insulator. It's a win...

Using Graphene, Scientists Develop a Less Toxic Way to Rust-Proof Steel

May 23, 2012 (SPX)

University at Buffalo researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite that could serve as a nontoxic alterna...

Production of chemicals without petroleum

May 23, 2012 (SPX)

In our everyday life, we use gasoline, diesel, plastics, rubbers, and numerous chemicals that are derived from fossil oil through petrochemical refinery process...

Asia's largest gaming expo opens in Macau

May 22, 2012 (AFP)

Casino industry leaders met in the world's richest gambling hub of Macau on Tuesday for the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day feast of gambling innovations, ...

Apple still top global brand as value jumps: survey

May 22, 2012 (AFP)

Apple has extended its lead as the world's most valuable corporate name with a strong 19 percent increase in its so-called brand value, a survey showed Tuesday....