‘Technology’ Archives
Cloud Of Uncertainty Over Android
Is it or isn’t it? That is the big question people are asking about the clash between Oracle and Google over the Java-based Android system. Oracle acquired Sun System, makers of Java, last January. Sun’s Java provided both licensed and free or open source versions. Java allows developers to write software for a variety of computers and [...]
The Science Of Gaming: The Foldit Multiplayer Computer Game
Game playing of all types has become a huge passtime for many and nearly an obsession for some. Now science is harnessing the power of gaming to solve complex problems. More than 57,000 people, many of them nonscientists, got involved in Foldit, a game designed to solve the puzzle of protein structure. A report in the Aug. 5 Nature discussed [...]
Light Tape takes off at Air Show
Once again Light Tape has proved to be a hit when used at the recent Farnborough Air Show on the floor and walls of the BAE pavilion. The simple, geometric design created using Light Tape? ran from a central, interactive, touch screen console in all directions throughout the main exhibition pavilion to the various displays of defense equipment, [...]
