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How to avoid chkdsk disk scan at every time booting windows

August 30, 2009

Recently we received a problem from one of the readers on system run a chkdsk disk scan again and again at every time on booting windows. Let’s see how we can solve the problem of disk scan running every time of boot on windows. Fix: Disc scan is one of the protective feature of windows [...]

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Artificial brain is 10 years away

August 28, 2009

A functional artificial human brain will be possible in the next 10 years, according to neuroscientist Henry Markram, who made the announcement at TED Global 2009 at Oxford.

Dr Markram is director of Blue Brain Project, a supercomputing project that can model components of the mammalian brain to precise cellular detail and simulate their activity in 3D. He has already created parts of a fully functioning rat brain.

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103rd floor glass balcony: Scary but cool

August 28, 2009

Visitors to the Sears Tower’s new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out four feet from the building’s 103rd floor Skydeck. Their transparent walls, floor and ceiling leave visitors with the impression they’re floating over the city.
“It’s like walking on ice,” said Margaret Kemp, of Bishop, Calif., who said her heart was still pounding even after stepping away from the balcony.

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Soon, wheelchairs controlled by tongues

August 28, 2009

Scientists have developed a novel headset that makes it possible for a person suffering from spinal cord injury to precisely control a wheelchair or computer using the tongue.
The “tongue drive”, being trialled at Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, could also give astronauts a third hand in difficult situations like spacewalks.

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Chocolate to drive future cars

August 28, 2009

Cars powered by chocolate, steered by carrots with drivers sitting on soybean oil foam seats — it’s motor racing’s cheap, cheerful and environmentally friendly future. While Formula One stables have not hesitated to spend millions of dollars on the latest thing in ultra-high technology to gift the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button a few milliseconds per circuit, researchers in Britain envisage an organic future for motor racing.

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Now, an AC that needs less energy to cool more

August 16, 2009

Tests have shown that a new air-conditioner developed by a company in the US can cool a typical big-box store with less than half the energy needed by conventional cooling units. The five-tonne commercial rooftop unit, developed by Coolerado Corp. of Denver, US, was also the first certified winner of the UC (University of California) [...]

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GPS helps locate soil erosion pathways

August 14, 2009

With the help of GPS measurements, scientists have located soil erosion pathways and thereby identify placement of grassed waterways to reduce soil erosion. Grassed waterways are placed in agricultural fields where runoff water tends to concentrate because they can substantially reduce soil erosion. Mapping techniques that help identify where erosion channels will likely form could [...]

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