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Parker’s dismissive attitude toward an entrepreneur pitching a new device isn’t unique   When entrepreneur Julia Hu presented her prototype of a vibrating wristband alarm clock to a group Silicon Valley tech heavyweights, their responses ranged from skepticism to outright disbelief. “That was a charmingly quirky presentation, but I’m not sure,” said Sean Parker, a

Late last year, after WikiLeaks began releasing its trove of State Department cables, many individuals sought to show solidarity with the group by making a donation. They found, however, that many payment processors would not remit money to WikiLeaks, some say as a result of U.S. government pressure. PayPal even froze the group’s account so

Researchers from Monash University have developed a new drug delivery strategy able to block pain within the nerve cells, in what could be a major development of an immediate and long lasting treatment for pain. More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and this figure is expected to grow, driven by the increased

When Apollo astronauts on the moon spoke with Mission Control on Earth, there was a noticeable time gap between a statement from Tranquility Base and its immediate acknowledgment from Houston. The gap lasted almost three seconds, or 10 times longer than human reaction times would account for. What was happening? The answer is simple: space.

Diapers choke landfills, and the icky sea creatures choke beaches and waterways. Cine’al has one solution for both problems Cine’al Ltd., an Israeli nanotechnology start-up, is developing technology to turn jellyfish into “super-absorbers,” making the much-disdained sea creature suitable for use in diapers, tampons, medical sponges, even paper towels Jellyfish have been the bane of

The speech rate of Cambridge scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has doubled and his productivity increased ten-fold because of new technology. Prof Hawking has revealed how tech giant Intel has created a new interface for his monitor. This, combined with his speech synthesiser, has doubled the scientist’s speech rate and improved his productivity 10 times over, said the technology

Better Place may have given up on its electric vehicle battery swap technology, but Tesla is moving full-speed ahead. Here’s what the company’s ultra-fast swap stations look like. A few weeks ago, we speculated about the possibility of Tesla introducing battery-swapping technology into its vehicles–presumably as part of an attempt to build a battery swap station network,

BlackLight Power announces validation of its scientific breakthrough in energy production PRESS RELEASE: Wouldn’t it be nice . . . Leading academic and industry experts have validated BlackLight’s new process that directly produces electric energy from the conversion of water vapor to a new, more stable form of Hydrogen. Experts agree that BlackLight’s “Hydrino theory”