Google has just launched a new homepage for its blog search that bears a strong resemblance to Techmeme, Memeorandum and their “memetracker” counterparts. The site displays a listing of the top stories from across a variety of topics including bus...
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As the evidence that humans have altered the Earth's climate and environment for the worst continues to grow, the race is on to produce technologies that will reverse or slow those ill-effects.
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Now a $30 test that takes just half an hour has been developed at Australia's Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre near Sydney. Antibodies attached to tiny magnets are added to the water so when bacteria in the sample bind to th...
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At CEATEC, Panasonic introduced the Lifewall which is a room-sized screen that uses face recognition. It's a cool idea, but not sure how relevant it would right now.
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Vertical farming/urban farming is a plan to grow produce in vertical, multi-story structures within urban areas to reduce the dependence on food grown and transported long distances.
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Tomorrow, the three-judge panel that sets rates on music copyright fees is scheduled to announce new rates on digital music downloads for the next five years. The fees, which go to music publishers (the actual owners of the copyright to each song)...
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What do you get when you combine two parts obscene oil revenues, one part economic growth diversity with two parts Western-financed military security? Unequaled development coffers.
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