Half a world from Victoria, duo work to protect Siberia's snow leopards

Source: Globe and Mail

Sean Burnett hunched over equipment designed to catch poachers when he spotted the first humans his group had seen in ages – seven men on horseback. He had been warned about marauders in the vast Siberian wilderness. The sight brought to mind the sayin ...
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AUS medical work wins accolades

Source: GulfToday.ae

SHARJAH: A medical mobile application to detect sleep apnoea developed by engineering students at American University of Sharjah (AUS) is being recognised with numerous awards from both local and international or ...
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Another paper shows that severe weather/extreme weather has no trend related to global warming

Source: Watts Up With That

The paper uses the monthly resolved data of the HISTALP data collection, which provides 58 single series for three climate elements: air pressure, air temperature and precipitation, which start earlier than 1831 an ...
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FJ Cruiser’s retro styling a hit with young and old

Source: Montreal Gazette

In fashion, it is common for older styles to become cool again, often being more popular the second time around. In automotive design, that isnât always the case. Designers constantly search for a more modern look to their vehicles. But one product br ...
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Making capacitive touch sensors with pencil and paper

Source: hack a day

There are few things more frustrating than being in the middle of working on a project and realizing that you are missing some crucial component that ties the whole thing together. According to Murphy’s Law, this sort of thing will only happen when parts ...
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Ubi turns any wall into a touchscreen using Microsoft's Kinect

Source: Ars Technica

"We can turn any surface into a 3D touchscreen," explained Anup Chathoth, one third of Munich-based startup Ubi Interactive . Such claims typically conjure up images of floating Minority Report -style touchscreens made from cur ...
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Backdoor found in a US military China-made chip

Source: Hacker News

sps32 (at) cam.ac.uk Using new technology for health monitoring of hardware systems used in automotive, aerospace and industrial applications. Using new methods of side-channel analysis for finding cryptographic keys leakage, as ...
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Snail turned into a fuel cell

Source: Stuff.co.nz

POWERING UP: The snail which began a fuel cell. It's not speedier than normal, but it sure is powerful. By implanting enzyme-coated electrodes into a snail, researchers have turned the invertebrate into a tiny fuel ce ...
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Launchpad: Samsung Interactive Smart TV

Source: Indian Express

Samsung’s Interactive Smart TV series was recently launched in India. Users can control the TV through voice or motion commands. Users can also switch the TV on or off without touching the remote. How? The new smart TV series features ...
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