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Tactile Keyboard by Michael Roopenian

New work from Michael Roopenian, who received his bachelor’s degree in sculpture from Kenyon College and now is pursuing his master of design at the Pratt Institute. more »

Games are taking over the world

Sid Meier is the director of creative development at Firaxis Games. But to millions, he's better known as the “Father of Computer Gaming.” more »

New theory suggests some black holes might predate the Big Bang

Cosmologists A. Coley from Canada's Dalhousie University and B. Carr from Queen Mary University in London, have published a paper on arXiv, where they suggest that some so-called primordial black holes might have been created in the Big Crunch that came before the Big Bang, which lends support to the theory that the Big Bang was not a single event, but one that occurs over and over again as the universe crunches down to a single point, then blows up again, over and over. more »

Lorca residents shelter after quake

Residents of the southern Spanish town of Lorca stay in makeshift camps and shelters after an earthquake hits the town, destroying buildings and killing at least eight. more »

Better Robots to improve human lives

The latest technological development in robots is the main focus of the Shanghai International Conference on Robotics and Automation in China. more »

Microsoft says Skype "will have more adverts"

Microsoft is planning on ramping up the amount of advertising free users of Skype see while they are making video calls and using the rest of the service. more »

Deadly earthquake rocks Spain

A rare earthquake rocked Lorca, an ancient town in southeastern Spain, on Wednesday causing houses to collapse, damaging historic churches and public buildings and killing at least 10 people. more »

Vinyl records still spin in Brooklyn

A small factory in New York's Brooklyn is doing its best to keep the dying art of making vinyl records. more »

Japan refugees make brief trip home

Evacuees are allowed briefly back to their homes inside the Fukushima Daiichi exclusion zone to collect belongings. more »

Daredevil drives motorbike off mountain

A Chilean base-jumper soars off a cliff in the Andes on a motorbike before opening his parachute. more »

China tests unmanned aircraft

China's largest unmanned helicopter reports successful maiden flight. more »

The biometrics technology that helped ID bin Laden

How certain was the U.S. Navy Seal team that it was Osama Bin Laden they shot, killed and buried at sea? According to a Florida company that makes biometric identification equipment, there's no doubt the Seals got their man. more »

Internet Users are Increasingly Choosing a Solution Developed by Penki Kontinentai

For some time, the iTunes online store App Store has been selling the application software Penki TV Remote Access developed by one of the largest and oldest information technology companies in Lithuania UAB Penki Kontinentai. more »

The biometrics technology that helped ID bin Laden

How certain was the U.S. Navy Seal team that it was Osama Bin Laden they shot, killed and buried at sea? According to a Florida company that makes biometric identification equipment, there's no doubt the Seals got their man. more »

Green and clean - electric trash carts hit the streets of Paris

Emissions and noise-free, the world's first electric trash carts are hitting the streets of France, powered by Franco-American technology. more »

Mobile phones could be charged by the power of speech

For mobile phone users, a flat battery or a lost charger are among the frustrations of modern life. more »

Minicomputer the size of USB drive has been developed

David Braben, the founder of Frontier Developments from Great Britain, has developed a small and very cheap computer "Raspberry Pi". more »

US: No evidence Pakistan aware of bin Laden hideout

U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon says he has seen no evidence that Pakistan was aware Osama bin Laden was living in a compound in the country. more »

Tasmania builds sanctuary for the devil

Conservationists hope a new sanctuary will save Australia's declining Tasmanian Devil population. more »

How dead flies and mice could power future robots

The tiny microbe could be the future of sustainable energy according to researchers in the uk. The scientists are developing autonomous robots that can generate their own power, and microbial fuel cells that can turn any organic material into electricity, could be the answer. more »