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Toolbox For Kids To Invent And Build Electronics Posted: 10 Mar 2015 08:05 AM PDT A Kickstarter campaign offers an innovative toolbox that combines the video game with the construction of actual electronics. The The post Toolbox For Kids To Invent And Build Electronics has been published on Technology Org.

Solar Powered Plane Begins its Historic Journey around the Globe Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:22 AM PDT Solar Impulse 2 – the single-seat, solar-powered Swiss plane – successfully touched down in Oman yesterday, as part The post Solar Powered Plane Begins its Historic Journey around the Globe has been published on Technology Org.

New Study: Psychology Researchers Warn Against Progress Bias Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:20 AM PDT According to a new psychology paper, just released online, people often overestimate their progress towards a particular goal The post New Study: Psychology Researchers Warn Against Progress Bias has been published on Technology Org.

NIST Gets New Angle on X-Ray Measurements Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:38 AM PDT Criminal justice, cosmology and computer manufacturing may not look to have much in common, but these and many The post NIST Gets New Angle on X-Ray Measurements has been published on Technology Org.

Engineers study the benefits of adding a second, smaller rotor to wind turbines Posted: 10 Mar 2015 02:12 AM PDT Hui Hu picked up a 3-D printed model of a typical wind turbine and began explaining two problems The post Engineers study the benefits of adding a second, smaller rotor to wind turbines has been published on Technology Org.

Bioengineers put human hearts on a chip to aid drug screening Posted: 10 Mar 2015 01:54 AM PDT When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are The post Bioengineers put human hearts on a chip to aid drug screening has been published onTechnology Org.

A century of waiting for new brain imaging is over Posted: 10 Mar 2015 01:51 AM PDT Synapses, the links between neurons that allow them to pass information to one another, are believed to be The post A century of waiting for new brain imaging is over has been published on Technology Org.

Finger-mounted reading device for the blind Posted: 10 Mar 2015 01:13 AM PDT Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory have built a prototype of a finger-mounted device with a built-in camera The post Finger-mounted reading device for the blind has been published on Technology Org.

The secret of wrinkling, folding, and creasing Posted: 10 Mar 2015 01:08 AM PDT The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little The post The secret of wrinkling, folding, and creasing has been published on Technology Org.

New gene technology to offer faster detection of disease Posted: 10 Mar 2015 12:18 AM PDT A new gene sequencing technology being used to map the human genome is set to transform the diagnosis The post New gene technology to offer faster detection of disease has been published onTechnology Org.

Power vest for physically demanding jobs Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:30 PM PDT Each year millions of people within the EU injure themselves in the course of their work due to The post Power vest for physically demanding jobs has been published on Technology Org.

Panoramas for your tablet Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:27 PM PDT Most people are familiar with the fictional world of “Star Trek,” in which the characters can use a The post Panoramas for your tablet has been published on Technology Org.

Popular origami pattern makes the switch Posted: 09 Mar 2015 12:37 PM PDT An origami paper-folding pattern called the square twist is the basis of a microscopic switch that Cornell physicists The post Popular origami pattern makes the switch has been published on Technology Org.