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Intelligent toy teaches and talks with your kid Posted: 17 Feb 2015 06:00 AM PST CogniToys is the toy line that introduces a smart dinosaur toy that supports full speech recognition and can The post Intelligent toy teaches and talks with your kid has been published on Technology Org.

Robots becoming colleagues of humans at AUDI factory Posted: 17 Feb 2015 05:36 AM PST Robots in automotive industry are used for quite a long time already. They perform different tasks in assembly lines The post Robots becoming colleagues of humans at AUDI factory has been published onTechnology Org.

Mindfulness Meditation Effective at Improving Moderate Sleep Disturbance Posted: 17 Feb 2015 05:16 AM PST Adding to the growing body of recent work on different types of meditation, a new study, conducted by The post Mindfulness Meditation Effective at Improving Moderate Sleep Disturbance has been published on Technology Org.

They can make ketchup flow smoothly Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:54 AM PST Fluidan, a small start-up that has just emerged from DTU is ready to launch an invention with the The post They can make ketchup flow smoothly has been published on Technology Org.

Why do starburst galaxies ‘burst’? Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:33 AM PST Starburst galaxies transmute gas into new stars at a dizzying pace – up to 1,000 times faster than The post Why do starburst galaxies ‘burst’? has been published on Technology Org.

DNA Hard Drive Could Store Data for Millions of Years Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:15 AM PST To preserve our massive amounts of data for future generations we will have to come up with something The post DNA Hard Drive Could Store Data for Millions of Years has been published onTechnology Org.

Game Theory Casts Doubt on Cooperation Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:01 AM PST The best-regarded solutions to the famous Prisoner’s Dilemma – a canonical game theory thought-experiment where players must decide The post Game Theory Casts Doubt on Cooperation has been published on Technology Org.

Consumer-friendly makers Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:10 PM PST Entrepreneurship can sometimes take people down unexpected paths. Just ask the two co-founders of MIT Media Lab spinout The post Consumer-friendly makers has been published on Technology Org.

Physical Attractiveness Comes at a Price, Psychologists Say Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:08 PM PST To those who have not been blessed with an attractive body or a symmetrical face, the age-old disagreements The post Physical Attractiveness Comes at a Price, Psychologists Say has been published onTechnology Org.

More than luxurious spice: saffron and other natural agents could be helpful in tackling mood disorders Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:20 PM PST Depression is amongst the most common chronic psychiatric conditions worldwide that often takes a heavy toll on sufferers’ The post More than luxurious spice: saffron and other natural agents could be helpful in tackling mood disorders has been published on Technology Org.

Desynchronized body timers may lead to abnormal “ups” and “downs” in psychiatric disorders Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:13 PM PST Most living beings, such as ourselves, respond well to routine – we usually sleep and wake in regular The post Desynchronized body timers may lead to abnormal “ups” and “downs” in psychiatric disorders has been published on Technology Org.

Mum and Dad’s genes battle over baby’s body shape Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:38 PM PST Scientists from the University of Bath have uncovered how genes inherited from your mother and father have opposite effects The post Mum and Dad’s genes battle over baby’s body shape has been published onTechnology Org.

Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:59 AM PST A spark from a lightning bolt, interstellar dust, or a subsea volcano could have triggered the very first The post Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago has been published on Technology Org.

Thinnest known material shields nanotechnology from heat Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:48 AM PST University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemists and electrical engineers have published a new study showing that coats of graphene — The post Thinnest known material shields nanotechnology from heat has been published onTechnology Org.

Climate change leads to rapid emergence of infectious diseases Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:45 AM PST The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, The post Climate change leads to rapid emergence of infectious diseases has been published onTechnology Org.

Could laptops torpedo navies of the future? Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:05 AM PST Forget pirates in gunboats, criminals armed only with a laptop and an internet connection are predicted to become The post Could laptops torpedo navies of the future? has been published on Technology Org.

The future of electronics—now in 2D Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:47 AM PST The future of electronics could lie in a material from its past, as researchers from The Ohio State The post The future of electronics—now in 2D has been published on Technology Org.