Friday, June 28, 2013

Circuit Wizard



Circuit Wizard, is a revolutionary new system that combines circuit design, PCB design, simulation and CAD/CAM manufacture in one complete package.
By integrating the entire design process, Circuit Wizard provides you with all the tools necessary to produce an electronics project from start to finish – even including on-screen testing of the PCB prior to construction.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Monday, June 24, 2013

Electric Fish Offer Insight Into Human Central Nervous System

This mean-looking adult electric male brown ghost knifefish hunts at night in the murky dark fresh waters of South American rivers. (Guy l'Heureux)


Electric fish, which have electric receptors in their skin that serve as a kind of radar system to help them navigate, communicate and locate food and mates, could provide insight into how our own central nervous system works. 

Robot learns to recognize objects on its own

HERB, a robot butler under development at Carnegie Mellon University, can discover objects by itself.


When all the humans went home for the day, a personal-assistant robot under development in a university lab recently built digital images of a pineapple and a bag of bagels that were inadvertently left on a table – and figured out how it could lift them.

Facebook Admits Leak Of Six Million Email Addresses And Phone Numbers



Facebook has admitted accidentally leaking more than six million email addresses and phone numbers.
The social network said on Friday that a bug had shared the contact information for many users without their consent through its 'Download Your Information' tool.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Human Organs Could Be Grown In Animals Within a Year




While some scientists are looking to grow human organs in labs to make up for the lack of donated organs, Japan is looking in a different direction – growing organs inside animals.

Apple MacBook Pro Battery Recall: Extreme Fire Hazards Force Best Buy To Nix 5,100 Replacement Batteries





 Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has had issues over the years with batteries overheating, but recent complaints by MacBook Pro users were too hot to handle, forcing big-box retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY) to finally issue a recall notice for 5,100 replacement batteries made by a third party as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, advised customers to “immediately stop using the recalled battery.”