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'Super-resolution' microscope possible for nanostructures

<h5><a href="http://www.InnovationToronto.com/html/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cheng-superLO.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-80436" alt="cheng-superLO" src="http://www.InnovationToronto.com/html/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cheng-superLO.jpg&quot; width="216" height="124" /></a></h5> <h5>Researchers have found a way to see synthetic nanostructures and molecules using a new type of Learn more …

SAP TwoGo: Cloud-Based Carpooling Game Changer

<h5><a href="http://www.InnovationToronto.com/html/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SAPs-GoTwo-carpooling-platform-could-make-commuting-actually-fun-300×143.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-80428" alt="SAPs-GoTwo-carpooling-platform-could-make-commuting-actually-fun-300×143" src="http://www.InnovationToronto.com/html/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SAPs-GoTwo-carpooling-platform-could-make-commuting-actually-fun-300×143.png&quot; Learn more …

'Heart in a box' invention allows transplant hearts to remain outside the body for 12 hours

Currently, hearts can only last for four hours before complications begin to develop. The problem: Hearts for transplant must be transported from donor to recipient within about four hours before complications begin to develop. The hearts are placed on ice inside picnic coolers for the drive or flight from one hospital to another. That means … Continue reading

Venger Wind Unveils World's Largest Rooftop Wind Farm in Oklahoma City

18 V2 vertical axis wind turbines on the medical center’s roof Venger Wind and US renewable distributor SWG Energy just installed the world’s largest rooftop wind farm atop the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) in Oklahoma City. The project saw Venger Wind construct 18 V2 vertical axis wind turbines on the medical center’s roof as … Continue reading

Tomorrow’s batteries will be squeezed out of nozzles, like toothpaste

This time they are hoping to produce the technologies for a 21st-century revolution in clean energy. IN THE 1970s researchers lounging on bean bags at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) churned out the inventions that would trigger the coming revolution in information technology. The computer mouse was born here, as were icons, windows, Ethernet … Continue reading

Tanzania: Energy – Solar Cooker Ideal for Rural Areas

It is another invention that would simply make life less miserable. NYEGINA is one of the villages in Musoma District, Mara Region. The village is located some 16 kilometres from the town centre. I recently visited the village, to pay homage to my ancestral home. It had been ten years since I last visited Nyegina … Continue reading

James Cameron Donates His Tricked-Out Deep-Ocean Sub to Science

In addition to the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER itself, Cameron is kicking in nearly $1 million to help WHOI scientists and engineers make the sub’s technology more widely available for deep-sea exploration. Before setting his sights once again on the far-off moon Pandora for the next Avatar adventure, filmmaker and aquanaut James Cameron has bequeathed arguably his … Continue reading

Shape-shifting mobile devices

Prototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand will be unveiled today and could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the future. The research paper, to be presented at one of the world’s most important conferences on human-computer interfaces, will introduce the term ‘shape resolution’ and its ten features, to … Continue reading

LG first to market with Curved OLED TV

<a href="http://www.InnovationToronto.com/html/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lg-curved-oled-tv.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-80368" alt="lg-curved-oled-tv" src="http://www.InnovationToronto.com/html/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lg-curved-oled-tv.jpg&quot; width="530" height="297" /></a> &nbsp; <h5>LG says its researchers spent five years developing the optimum curvature</h5> Samsung and LG Learn more …

ProScope Micro Mobile Turns Your iPhone or iPad into a Microscope

Bodelin Technologies has unveiled a new product that turns your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad into a fully functional microscope. The microscope itself has precision optical glass and supports magnification of 20x to 80x. It has 12 white LEDs arranged into alternating circles to provide polarized or reflective lighting. The lighting intensity is adjustable via … Continue reading