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multi-touch

College Student Makes Multi-touch Table Out Of Cardboard Box

Microsoft's Surface multi-touch table sure is cool, but who has $10,000 to spend on a gadget like that? I personally have maybe fifty bucks to my name right now, so I guess I'll have to fulfill my multi-touch itch with a cardboard box and a webcam like this guy. More »

4:00 PM on Sat May 31 2008
By Elaine Chow
11,885 views, 33 comments

nanotechnology

Rough Nano-Wires Hold the Secret to Efficient Heat to Electricity Conversion

The latest edition of Nature magazine details a new method scientists have derived for converting heat energy into electricity, using silicon to instigate the conversion. Researchers have more investigations to carry out, but if preliminary findings are indicative of what is to come, appliances that charge using your own body heat may be on the horizon.
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7:25 PM on Sun Jan 13 2008
By Haroon Malik
5,258 views, 27 comments

nanotech

World's Smallest Radio Is Just Atoms Wide, Still Needs AAA Battery

University of California researcher Chris Rutherglen shows off a radio made of carbon nanotubes, measuring "a few atoms across," that's 1,000 times smaller than today's radio technology. More »

4:24 PM on Thu Oct 18 2007
By Wilson Rothman
15,972 views, 25 comments