Cambridge scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the vivid and beautiful colors found on the wings of tropical butterflies in order to lessen the frauds in the future and enhance the security in the printing industry. The findings could find important applications in the security printing industry, helping to make bank notes and credit… »

The new Watsonville Area Water Operations Center supports the larger Water Recycling Project, a joint effort of the City of Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency to provide recycled water to farmers throughout the coastal areas of South Santa Cruz and North Monterey counties. Aside lessening the groundwater consumption, the Water Operations Center… »

The folks from Sony announced that they have developed a super-flexible OTFT-driven full color OLED display which can be wrapped around a thin cylinder. An OTFT (Organic Thin-Film Transistor) is a thin-film transistor with organic (carbon-based compound) semiconductor. It has high mechanical flexibility and therefore it is expected to realize thin, light-weight, mechanical-shock resistant and… »

Researchers at Oregon State University have made an advance in robotics by improving the robots movement. The robots can walk and run effectively, while they use little energy in the process as well. By achieving an optimal approach with robotic mechanisms, studies are moving closer to creating better robots and prosthetic limbs for humans that… »

Mobilizy, makers of the Wikitude Augmented Reality (AR) apps for iPhone, Android, and Nokia phones,  came up with Wikitude Drive – a mobile AR satellite navigation system with global coverage which could take the current driving experience with GPS a step further, because you may no longer have to follow audio directions and look at… »

Before Star Trek fans go berserk, we have to state it’s not the same teleportation as in the sci-fi series. Scientists in China have succeeded in teleporting information between photons further than ever before. They transported quantum information over a free space distance of 16 km (10 miles), much further than the few hundred meters… »

A week ago, during the all-day Saturday session, ten student teams demonstrated projects they had been working on for three months. Their assignment had been to design a new product with no more than 10 parts and build a prototype. It also had to relate to one of this year’s class themes: green living, global… »

Designed by the same folks that came up with the Cliff House we described in our last green architecture series article, the home was constructed on an overgrown infill site, just steps from Bloor Street, which was considered not suitable for building because of its 45 degree slope and shallow depth. Designers from Altius Architecture… »