TECHNO ZONE

Preventing Air Accidents: New Satellite-Based System

25/01/2014 16:43
A Norwegian, satellite-based system aims to ensure that helicopters and light aircraft are prevented from colliding with power lines and other obstacles. Collisions between light aircraft and helicopters and high voltage cables, wind turbines, high-rise buildings, oil platforms and telephony masts...

Apple iMac (27-inch, September 2013) review: New processors and faster Wi-Fi for Apple's slim desktop

01/12/2013 09:00
The good: With the addition of Intel's Haswell chips, plus 802.11ac wireless, faster SSD hard drives, and new Nvidia GPUs, the latest Apple iMac is a thoroughly up-to-date desktop. The bad: Other big-screen all-in-one systems have handy extras missing here, such as touch screens...

Dell XPS 27 review: Almost everything you could want in an all-in-one

01/12/2013 08:57
The good: The updated Dell XPS 27 is highlighted by excellent performance and features, plus a higher-than-1080p touch screen, Nvidia graphics, and Intel's latest fourth-gen CPUs. An HDMI input lets it double as a display for a game console or cable box. The bad: The main...

Jolla phone is a colorful, Sailfish OS-powered Android alternative for 399 euros

01/12/2013 08:55
With even Microsoft struggling to make much impact into the smartphone world with Windows Phone, and BlackBerry's outlook looking less than brilliant, launching a new phone with an entirely new operating system might seem like a risky decision. Jolla doesn't seem worried though. The Finnish company...

payment method of future

01/12/2013 08:52
In a world where everyone can know your name (and increasingly intimate personal details), how can connected shoppers keep their payment information private? With personal data increasingly viewed as insecure, developers and engineers are moving away from hackable passwords and forgettable PIN...

Draw circuits instantly with the Circuit Scribe pen

28/11/2013 15:47
The process of learning about electronic circuits today is pretty low-tech. You are sitting in a high school physics classroom. The teacher demonstrates a circuit at the front of the room while you draw a rough sketch and attempt to describe in words why connecting this thingy with that other...

Carbon Capture and Storage: An Inside Look at a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) in Action

28/11/2013 15:42
Mg-MOF-74 is an open metal site MOF whose porous crystalline structure could enable it to serve as a storage vessel for capturing and containing the carbon dioxide emitted from coal-burning power plants. (Credit: National Academy of Sciences)  A unique inside look at the electronic...

neutron stars

25/11/2013 09:37
At first glance, it seems that the Earth is a rather large object. Over 7 billion people are able to make their homes on the surface of this rocky planet, and the Earth is also home to more than8.7 million species (give or take a few million). Given this impressive scale one could assert that...

Jet Capsule – The Mini, Pod-Like Yacht

15/11/2013 09:06
For those of us without millions of dollars to spend on a luxury yacht, there’s finally relief. Italian design firm Lazzarini Design have created a miniature pod-like yacht that contain all of the luxury you’d find on the world’s most opulent craft. The 25 foot long, 11 foot wide Jet...

Repurposing the Energy from Hazardous Exhaust

15/11/2013 09:04
In general, all of these fumes are exhausted (and sometimes filtered) into the atmosphere. As such, none of the air is recirculated in the general HVAC system, and the system needs to bring in fresh air from outside to make up for the imbalance. Conditioning un-tempered air can be very costly...
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