Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Watch your video on paper

Promise of low-cost paper-based EW devices for video rate flexible e-paper on paper.

Electrowetting on Paper for Electronic Paper Display - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS Publications)

The use of paper as a material for various device applications (such as microfluidics and energy storage) is very attractive given its flexibility, versatility, and low cost. Here we demonstrate that electrowetting (EW) devices can be readily fabricated on paper substrates.

Results indicate the promise of low-cost paper-based EW devices for video rate flexible e-paper on paper.

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

BBC News - Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generates a 'mini-Big Bang'

BBC News - Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generates a 'mini-Big Bang'

The Large Hadron Collider has successfully created a "mini-Big Bang" by smashing together lead ions instead of protons.
The scientists working at the enormous machine on Franco-Swiss border achieved the unique conditions on 7 November.
The experiment created temperatures a million times hotter than the centre of the Sun.

Thursday, November 04, 2010

BBC News - Hologram messaging coming of age
















BBC News - Hologram messaging coming of age

STREAMING HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES IN NEAR-REALTIME

A University of Arizona team says it has devised a system that can make a holographic display appear in another place and update it in near real-time.

It's a good start now let's see how long it takes before (if ever) it becomes mainstream.

Related link: Magazine Nature

Monday, November 01, 2010

BBC News - Miniature livers 'grown in lab'


BBC News - Miniature livers 'grown in lab'

Scientists have managed to produce a small-scale version of a human liver in the laboratory using stem cells.

The success increases hope that new transplant livers could be manufactured, although experts say that this is still many years away.

The team from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center presented its findings at a conference in Boston.