Sci-Tech

(PhysOrg.com) -- 'In 1981, a 37-year-old factory worker named Kenji Urada entered a restricted safety zone at a Kawasaki manufacturing plant to perform some maintenance on a robot. In his haste, he failed to completely turn it off. The robots powerful h

This weekend, I asked if Windows 7 was good enough to actually justify the cost when good, free alternatives (ranging from existing Windows XP/Vista installs to Ubuntu) were readily available. The responses, not surprisingly, were mixed (to put it diploma

The Coway AP-1008 Air Purifiers are a stylish way to rid your home of nasty airborne pollutants - from exhaust emissions, to cigarette smoke or for allergy

A world-renowned surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off.

Spaceport America, the world's first (purpose-built) commercial spaceport broke ground recently in New Mexico and thanks to design winners Foster and

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The Voice Interactive Alarm Clock is a clever device created by Moshi Lifestyle, that is fitted with advanced speech recognition technology to eliminate

Honey has been used to treat wounds since ancient times, but recent years have seen a surge of medical interest in the sticky stuff.

NASA and Japan improved our world view this week, or at least our view of the world.

Google has questioned Microsoft's entire approach to online infrastructure, while taking some wonderfully sly shots at the company's new search engine at the Structure 09 Cloud conference.

This ad for Amnesty International called Eye Tracking was recently installed on a bus stop in Hamburg, Germany - featuring a built-in camera and

As friends of pop star Michael Jackson discuss the role prescription drugs may have played in his Thursday death, the serious health problems that can be triggered by drug interactions are again in the spotlight.

With over one million iPhone 3GS units sold in the first three days, there’s no shortage of opinion as to Apple’s successes in their latest smartphone.  We’ve covered the basics in our hands-on first-impressions piece...

The iLuv Alarm Clock is a bedside alarm with a built-in iPod dock, which also includes a Bed Shaker that vibrates you awake in the morning. This wired

Gamma-ray bursts are the most massive explosions in the universe since the Big Bang, and yet scientists still know relatively little about them. Dark

A new study by researchers have captured an image for the first time of a mechanism, specifically protein translation, which underlies long-term memory formation.

Houston, Texas, had a record high temperature Wednesday as a heat wave continues to grip the nation's midsection, the National Weather Service said Thursday.

The WildCharge Skins and WildCharge Universal Adapters are part of a breakthrough technology that enables wireless charging of many popular gadgets

The Eco Kettle may look like a fairly standard piece of water-boiling apparatus, but it's on the inside where this kettle really shines. Featuring a

Scientists say they have seen the first direct evidence of lightning on Mars, in the form of electrical discharges during a Martian dust storm. The finding has implications for human travel to the Red Planet and for studying possible origins of life on