Category Archives: Technology

Satellite cameras could be used for facial recognition

February 22, 2012 Leave a comment

Photos from surveillance cameras, YouTube and Facebook could be used for forensic investigatons.

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Ask Us: Are computer chips made out of sand?

February 18, 2012 BY Leave a comment

The small integrated circuits are usually built out of semiconducting materials such as quartz.

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Preserving the Magna Carta

February 13, 2012 BY Leave a comment

There’s a lot of work involved in preserving medieval documents.

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Ask Us: How does HDTV work?

February 11, 2012 BY 1 Comment

The crisp, sharp images we see on digital televisions are the result of how the signal is broadcast, received and displayed.

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Cupid is going digital

February 8, 2012 BY Leave a comment

The digital romance revolution has provided those looking for love with greater and more convenient access to potential partners.

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Ultrasound could be the male pill

January 31, 2012 BY Leave a comment

High frequency sounds waves stop sperm production. Is this the new vasectomy?

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A few steps closer to Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak

January 28, 2012 BY Leave a comment

Now you see it… science can make things invisible.

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Ask Us: Can an airplane fly upside down?

December 29, 2011 1 Comment

It all depends of the engine and the pilot.

Filed under Physics, Science, Technology

Discovery of “God particle”

December 14, 2011 BY 2 Comments

Scientists believe that they may have caught their first glimpse of the Higgs Boson, or “God particle”, a subatomic unit that is a vital factor in science’s understanding of the universe.

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The Dish is celebrating its 50th anniversary

October 6, 2011 BY Leave a comment

CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory turns 50 on October 31 and is celebrating with public Open Days this weekend.

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