Researchers Slow Light to Less than One Billionth of Its Top Speed
Scientists from France and China claim to have successfully slowed light to less than one billionth of its top speed. For those unaware, light travels at about 300,000 kilometers per second in a vacuum, so there is little denying these brainiacs' achievement is nothing if not impressive.
AquaTop Turns Your Bathtub Into an Interactive Touch Device
Researchers at Tokyo's University of Electro-Communications have harnessed Kinect sensors and projectors to turn tubs into touchscreen displaysCalled Aquatop, the combination allows people to use more interactive gestures than the usual tapping and swiping methods typical of touchscreen devices. With the Kinect sensor, users can scoop, drop, dunk and pull media.
Super-fast quantum computers? Scientists find asymmetry in topological insulators
New research shows that a class of materials being eyed for the next generation of computers behaves asymmetrically at the sub-atomic level. This research is a key step toward understanding the topological insulators that may have the potential to be the building blocks of a super-fast quantum computer that could run on almost no electricity.
Scientists from France and China claim to have successfully slowed light to less than one billionth of its top speed. For those unaware, light travels at about 300,000 kilometers per second in a vacuum, so there is little denying these brainiacs' achievement is nothing if not impressive.
AquaTop Turns Your Bathtub Into an Interactive Touch Device
Researchers at Tokyo's University of Electro-Communications have harnessed Kinect sensors and projectors to turn tubs into touchscreen displaysCalled Aquatop, the combination allows people to use more interactive gestures than the usual tapping and swiping methods typical of touchscreen devices. With the Kinect sensor, users can scoop, drop, dunk and pull media.
Super-fast quantum computers? Scientists find asymmetry in topological insulators
New research shows that a class of materials being eyed for the next generation of computers behaves asymmetrically at the sub-atomic level. This research is a key step toward understanding the topological insulators that may have the potential to be the building blocks of a super-fast quantum computer that could run on almost no electricity.