GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	These 3D Chimpanzee Skulls Are Actually Microscopic Bacteria Traps
	That's one spooky looking skull. Created by a research team at the University of Texas, these "microscopic houses" are designed for trapping nasty bacteria that makes you sick. The researchers describe them as more like "tiny zoos for the study of i...
	Nielsen Will Use Twitter To Help Its Ratings Be Less Wrong
	Nielsen ratings are about to go through a change. The measuring of how many people watch a show and its ads is perhaps the most important deciding factor on whether a show is successful and whether it stays on air. It's also, as this article shows, ...
	MIT's Next Robots Will Have Super Good Eyesight
	MIT is working on improving the way robots see. Grad student Jared Glover and his team have refined existing algorithms to give robots very good eyesight. The algorithm is based on a statistical construct known as the Bingham distribution, and it al...
	This Space Man Was The First To Experience A Real Life "Gravity" Like Situation
	Today I found reports about the first man to walk in space, and how he almost got stuck out there. OMG. It's like Gravity! Alexei Leonov was one of the twenty Soviet Air Force Pilots chosen for the first cosmonaut group. His historic walk was suppos...
	Clever Piano Projector Will Make Learning How to Play The Instrument So Much Easier (Video)
	It's never easy to learn a new instrument, if you don't have any musical background to begin with that is. To make things simple, this clever projection system takes all the hard work away. And kind of makes it fun too in the process.The Projected ...
	How They Made The Sounds In Gravity Totally Real (Video)
	Gravity took the box office with a bang. Here's taking a look at some behind the scenes of how the film makes the vacuum of space sound extremely terrifying. Do you still want to go to space? The SoundWorks collection documentary features Directo...
	Giant CT Scanners Will Be Used To Reveal Everything About An Accident
	CT scans, or computed tomography, let doctors study internal medical conditions in amazing detail. Instead of letting medicine have all the fun with that, the folks over at the Fraunhofer Institute have built a monstrous CT scanner to scan entire ca...
	Caterham's Smart New F1 Racer Collects One Gigabyte Of Data Per Lap
	A new collaboration between GE and Caterham aims to squeeze every last bit of speed out of an F1 racecar by leveraging the power of big data and materials science. F1 cars are designed for quick accelerations and tight turns. They are also very diff...
	LG's Flexible Displays Are Here. Will There Be Flexible Phones? Probably Not
	LG unveiled its flexible OLED panel for smartphones on Monday. The company says that this will follow "enhanced performance and differentiated designs" products next year. However, don't get your hopes high for a flexible phone. While the flexible d...
	The Bentley Workshop Is Where Artisans Meet Technology (Video)
	Take a look at Bentley's leather shop here. It is a mix of both modern machinery and old school art and craftsmanship. They use everything from laser cutters to maximize the number of pieces they can get from every hide and still use needles and th...

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