... compounds or even raw electrical potential. And this week it was announced that even the quest for a superior battery has embraced the world of organic materials. This article from Daily hints...

... 2012 There's a thin line, they say, between genius and insanity. Back in 1856, one of the brightest minds on the planet was born. A man who left a legacy of that still forms the basis of some...

... made by this crowd, take a look at the "inventor's" track record and the response of the existing community to his claims. Wikipedia has a lot of good information on that. Now imagine if you...

... in , medicine and technology. AI is doing what computers themselves did when they first appeared on the scene -- allowing us to complete tasks that would have otherwise taken weeks, months or years...

... years I'll spend putting my thoughts, opinions and musings into words each week-day morning. I really do think that this is now the world's longest-running , technology and dross blog...

... long time and I had always hoped (when I was a Sky subscriber) that they would bring it to NZ - but they never did. So you might think I would have though it a smart move to create an all-new ...

... 2014 Interesting things happening in the world of , technology and such on this first Friday of August, 2014 are... The dreaded Ebola has slipped the leash of geographical confinement and begun...

... into the technology syllabus so as to not give kids some elementary knowledge of the and stuff behind these devices but to also get them excited about it. I know from personal experience that nothing...

... 2014 The phenomenon of quantum entanglement has made news on the wires from time to time over the past decade or so. Basically, if you entangle two sub-atomic particles (usually electrons...

... and all the other "baubles of power". Well New Zealand's , Innovation and Technology Minister seems to have found a way to tick all the boxes whilst pretending to be working hard to further...

... was the stuff of fiction. Although the arrival of TV put a bit of a dent in the fortunes of print-media news empires, the effect of this was nothing when compared to the devastation that the world...

... as slice through sheets of steel like a hot knife through butter, instigate nuclear fusion in specially designed reactors, and scare the snot out of airline pilots. Yes, just like in fiction...

... based on the principles and they've been studying. Even better, the focus of the FSAE racing is based on a number of criteria, including not only regular performance but also fuel economy...

... -- all cost money. So, is there some other kind of /technology-based challenge that could be created to get Kiwis of all ages excited about turning their ideas into reality? I'm pretty sure I...

... batteries becomes redundant. An interesting article in Daily has highlighted a new use for lead however - and it's a good one. Who'd have thought that one of the environmental "nasties" could...

... communications, computers in the USA chugging away examining emails, phone calls, IMs and just about everything else for any hint of nasty keywords such as "bomb" sound like fiction. However, I think...

.... An example of this ever-improving technology can be seen in this Daily story in which it is reported that researchers at Caltech have been able to significantly improve the spectral purity of solid...

... of other factors that also probably help a lot. Take this example of an April Fool's joke from the 1939 edition of Popular magazine for example. Mercuric chloride? Sodium sulphocyanide? No doubt...

... isn't rocket so why hasn't anyone done a decent job of this? Even the "store bought" radios that are supposed to have air-band reception seem to receive very poor reviews with both the HDR767...

... is titled The threat of space terrorism is no longer fiction, but we’re ill-prepared to combat it and well worth a read. I won't go into the details of just how bad actors or even enemy nations...