LEGO League blasts through UNF
By Laura Caso, First Coast News JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Students from Florida, Georgia and the Cayman Islands put their science, engineering and computer programming skills to the test, Sunday. More than 250 students and adults, packed the University of North…
10 ways alternative energy is about to change the way tech gets powered
By Lyndsey Gilpin From Tech Republic Solar-powered laptops, edible battery power, spray-on solar panels, mini windmills: This may be a game-changing year for clean technology. Apple was just awarded a patent for a possible solar-powered MacBook display. Image: Apple/USPTO Instead…
Tesla’s toy boat: A drone before its time
By Jon Turi From engadget Welcome to Time Machines, where we offer up a selection of mechanical oddities, milestone gadgets and unique inventions to test out your tech-history skills. The military complex has certainly embraced the concept of telerobotics, especially…
Follow the honey: can we save the bees by tracking them?
By Chris Yaylor From Mashable Colony Collapse Disorder may sound like the name of a dystopian science fiction novel, but it’s a real and present danger to the planet. For years, honey bees around the globe have been wandering from…
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South Florida premier of Guy Harvey’s documentary “Whale Sharks of the Yucatan”
Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation From Out Door Hub Conservationist and world acclaimed marine artist Dr. Guy Harvey is bringing a whale of a tale to Nova Southeastern University¹s Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, January 30th with the South…
SeaBird Exploration Plc: Contract award
(Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) — 15 January 2014, Limassol, Cyprus SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird) will, in partnership with Acorn Geophysical Ltd (“Acorn”), commence a project in the Gulf of Guinea. The 3D acquisition program is of approximately 1,500km(2) and…
UMD professor receives $375,000 grant to develop cancer vaccine technology
Alexandra “Alex” Scott was not even a year old when she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a common pediatric cancer that causes nerve cells to transform into tumors. Her parents were told that if she beat cancer, she would likely never…
Elephant shark genome may hold answers for human health problems
By Ann-Marie Alcantara From Mashable Who knew elephant sharks held potential answers for health problems such as osteoporosis and poor immune systems? An international team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Germany discovered new…
Super-Earth planets may have watery earthlike climates
By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer for Space.com From Mashable WASHINGTON — The alien worlds known as “super-Earths” may be more like our own planet than previously thought, a new study suggests. Super-Earths — exoplanets slightly larger than Earth — are…
K2M can now market Cayman minimally invasive in the USA
K2M has announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market Cayman minimally invasive, which it says is the latest addition to its Cayman product family of plate systems that already feature Cayman anterior, Cayman buttress and Cayman…
