A device produces clean energy through evaporation

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At first glance it may seem like a nice colorful toy, but in reality it is a refined device designed to produce electricity. It is a device developed by researchers at Columbia University, who used very special materials to create an instrument that exploits the humidity present in the air to generate 'clean' electrical energy. The device was made with colored Lego bricks, a sheet of rubber coated with spores, a coil and … Read more

#WeLikeMusic, or 'how sonic passion became social'

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  We have seen a lot of it in the last 15 years: the Internet has gradually increased its reach, overwhelming many aspects of entertainment, from films to video games, through conversations and music. At first the major record industry tried to oppose its resistance based on the (albeit legitimate) protection of copyright and 'canonical' distribution systems; then the Napster cyclone (followed by P2Ps, led by Emule, Torrents and other systems based on sharing... Read more

5 skills to survive the future

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What skills need to be developed? Surviving is a relative concept: you can do without a lot, but beyond easy philosophy, an immersive world like ours characterized by an enormous amount of information is a jungle that is difficult to cross without having strong shoulders. Here are 5 skills to focus on for society in the coming years: 1 – Knowing how to manage communications According to Nielsen, in the first quarter of 2010 European teenagers sent and received… Read more

The robotic arm of DARPA ready in 4 years.

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When over the last 5 years we reported news on DARPA's robotic arm (if you feel like it, the old site is available), we talked about advanced prototypes: today we can talk, with satisfaction, about clinical tests: it is the future. No later than two weeks ago, American health bodies approved the protocol that will allow volunteers to obtain the implant of a bionic arm: on the front line, once again, soldiers wounded in war. They will be the ones to experiment… Read more

Will Playstation Tablet be the rival of iPad?

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The rumors in the IT world make it almost certain: Sony is working on a tablet with a strong vocation for games, capable of countering the primacy of the iPad in the sector. There is no doubt that the growth of Apple's product is creating quite a few problems for the Japanese company: a versatile system, capable of running games with complex graphics and equipped with its own built-in distribution and sales system: there It's like banging your head against the wall. The… Read more