Technology - New Discoveries, Research, Studies And Breakthroughs

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Dogstar Portable LED Searchlight Shines at RISCON Safety & Security Trade Show

by Steve Levenstein

Have light, will travel? With the Dogstar handheld portable LED searchlight blazing a 68,000 lumen trail, you'll go (or at least see) far indeed. Demonstrated at the 2012 RISCON Safety & Security Trade Show in Tokyo, this is one mean photonic bazooka!

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Put Your Money Where Your Tweet Is? Battleships, Horses & Bayonets, Oh My!

by Ron Callari

With the presidential election only 2 weeks out, both campaigns are fully cognizant of the impact of social media and how one meme can sway opinion within minutes of it being uttered. At no other time in U.S. history has the combination of messaging on TV and Twitter become so intertwined. However instead of paying the hefty fees of a TV ad, the presidential contenders incur less cost by purchasing Promoted Tweets and Trends, and ironically utilize the free medium of a TV debate to drive the traffic.

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3D Printed Resin Clock Radio Features Retro Nixie Tube Display

by Steve Levenstein

Japanese designer electronics manufacturer Inter-Culture has introduced a trio of retrofuturistic nylon resin clock radios that combine cutting-edge 3D printing technology with the warm Cold War-era glow of high-voltage Nixie tubes.

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Attention Economy: Driver Behind Twitter's Acquisition of Video Firm Vine?

by Ron Callari

Remember the political refrain “it’s the economy, stupid!” first uttered in the 90′s by Bush the First and probably more applicable today then it was then, as evidenced by the vitriol spewing all over the current contentious presidential election campaigns?

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First Warning Systems Creates Early Cancer Warning Bra (Video)

First Warning Systems Self Examination Bra

by Myra Per-Lee

A fortunate set of circumstances put 24-year old nurse Nedra Lindsay in an investigative study linking non-circadean temperatures in breast cells to abnormal growths within the breasts At her age, breast cancer was the last thing she expected to be faced with, but her study results indicated a follow-up with mammography....

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Students Make Transportation Energy Efficient In Viet Nam

Solar vehicle invented by Vietnamese students

by Myra Per-Lee

Many international universities are fostering students' natural curiosity and ingenuity to create new products to help their fellow citizens. Such is the case at HCM City University of Transport where, as the name implies, Vietnamese students focus on developing new, efficient forms of transportation. Recently, they revealed prototypes of the students' solar-run scooter and a new battery-operated wheelchair that can be produced at a much lower cost that those produced in western countries.

WD Introduces 8TB My Book Duo, 4TB My Book 3.0 External Drives

by Rey M.L.

Western Digital's new storage offerings are sure to satisfy those with a need for fast, reliable, high-capacity storage technology.

Researchers Develop Injection To Dissolve Body Fat At Site

by T Goodman

Are you still hoping for a pill that will instantly get rid of your spare tire, the fat under your arms, or your oversized thighs? This is not about a pill, but an injection scientists are working on, and it doesn't work instantly, but it does seem to work - at least on preliminary tests in mice.

Calling All Inventors! Edison Nation Launches Open Search For Innovative Products

by Myra Per-Lee

Have a unique and patentable idea that you've not been able to move off first base? Edison Nation has just the answer for you in its newest search for ideas. It's an open search! So, you can submit one or more of your ideas in any category of products - home, garden, office, etc. to the Open Innovative Product Search.

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Child Obesity Habits Begin At Home: Study Gives Tips On Parental Control

by T Goodman

A nation-wide study of more than 1100 pre-school children up to 5 years of age in Australia indicates that 20 percent of children are obese even before they enter school. Particular habits formed at home were identified as leading causes of a condition that is both physically and socially deleterious to kids and can continue all their lives - obesity....

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