Key to all optical illusions discovered

" Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.And the...

Chemistry prodigy, 8, is youngest at Singapore polytechnic

"Singapura (ANTARA News) - An 8-year-old boy has become the youngstest student at a polytechnic in Singapore, the institution said Tuesday.Ainan Cawley, a chemistry prodigy, created a performance for Mother's Day."Our intention is to equip him with the skills needed for a...

Venezuela helps build polytechnic in Aceh

Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - The Venezuelan government, in cooperation with the Indonesian Foreign Ministry will finance the construction of a polytechnic in Surui village, Blang Bintang sub district, Aceh Besar District. The two agreed to spend some US$4 million for the...

Indonesia`s robot second world champion

Surabaya (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s G-Rush robot team came out second in the Robot Contest (Robocon) 2007 Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday night local time. According to Direktur of the Surabaya Electronic Polytechnic...

Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper

"Troy, N.Y. – Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. The nanoengineered battery is...

Paper battery offers future power

"Flexible paper batteries could meet the energy demands of the next generation of gadgets, says a team of researchers. They have produced a sample slightly larger than a postage stamp that can release about 2.3 volts, enough to illuminate a small light. But the ambition is to...

Mushrooms Become Source for Eco-Building

Eben Bayer grew up on a farm in Vermont learning the intricacies of mushroom harvesting with his father. Now the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate is using that experience to create an organic insulation...

Vivaldi? Blue grass? The Face Makes the Music

A Rensselaer polytech (NY) student, Zane van Dusen, has developed a way to produce music with facial expressions."The team designed and implemented a computer interface that tracks the movement of a user’s...

DrupalCamp NYC 2 - Jan 20/21 @ Polytechnic University in Brooklyn

"It's time to fire up those decentralized neurons! DrupalCamp NYC 2 is this weekend! once again we are welcomed with open arms to polytechnic university in brooklyn. on saturday & sunday (20/21 jan) we will...

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