- Chinese Physicists Measure Speed of "Spooky Action At a Distance"
Einstein railed against the possibility of spooky action at a distance because it violates relativity. Now Chinese physicists have clocked it travelling more than four orders of magnitude faster than light
- Will Anyone Create a Killer App for Google Glass?
The hype around Google’s new wearable computers might not translate into a big market for apps for a while.
Last summer, Ian Shakil, then a recent graduate of Stanford business school, got to try on Google’s head-mounted computing device, Glass, earlier than almost anyone outside the company.
- A Startup That Scores Job Seekers, Whether They Know It or Not
To help recruiters, a startup called Gild has created a database of four million software developers and rated their work. Could other fields be next?
Winning over recruiters and potential bosses can be hard enough. Now there’s something else job seekers have to woo: an algorithm.
- Self-Healing Concrete Uses Sunlight to Fix Its Own Cracks
Researchers have demonstrated a way to give concrete surfaces the ability to heal when small cracks appear, an advance that could allow bridges and other structures to last longer.
Even the tiniest cracks on the surfaces of concrete structures can lead to big problems if they aren’t immediately repaired. Now researchers have demonstrated a sunlight-induced, self-healing protective coating designed to fix cracks on the surface of concrete structures before they grow into larger ones that compromise structural integrity.
Digest powered by RSS Digest