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New technology allows for simultaneous high-speed video and high-res stills

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If you’ve ever tried to get that perfect shot of a race car, athlete, wild animal, or any other fast-moving subject, you know how hard it can be
- what are the odds that you’ll hit the shutter release button at just the right instant? You could try videotaping it and grabbing [...]

The Tablet Could Spur A Media Revolution, But It Will Be Out Of Apple’s Hands

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Here we are, on the eve of the Tablet’s unveiling, with only hours to go before we find out just how ambitious Apple’s latest creation is. Countless articles have been written about how the forthcoming Tablet could be the savior of old media. Supposedly, people will finally start paying for this content [...]

Sending Science Down The Phone: New Technology Will Map Research Across The World

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New mobile phone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists working in the field to analyse their data remotely and map findings across the world, without having to return to the lab, according to research published in PLoS ONE. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London, say the software will also enable [...]

New Nanostructure Technology Provides Advances In Eyeglass, Solar Energy Performance

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Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit “nanostructure films” on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less and work better.
Ultimately, the technique may provide a way to make solar cells more efficiently produce energy.
The films reduce the reflectance of light, and in [...]