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Solar golf bag charges mobiles

News The Soldius Solar Golf Bag holds clubs and balls like any other golf bag, but it also includes integrated solar panels that can be used to charge personal electronic items. And if you need more for the golfer in your life, NanoDynamics last year...

27 January 2006, 9:37

Bots play ball

News If they're practicing, kids are simultaneously cheering on their robots and throwing Nerf balls back onto the field so the bots can scoop them up for another shot. The field of play is about the size of a small football field, but it's hardly...

20 March 2006, 10:32

Ref-helping tech not ready for World Cup

News Balls that went over the crossbar, but landed on the net, were counted as goals. And perhaps worst of all, the presence of several balls on the field simultaneously -- as when a ball boy threw an extra ball on the field slightly early -- could...

20 June 2006, 10:31

News.blog: Videogames as a spectator sport?

News But there are no balls kicked or races run. There's no doubt about it: this is a sport. There are leagues, coaches, pep talks, kits, corporate sponsors, loyal fans and spectators perched in stadium-style seating.

11 December 2006, 9:44

Photos: Do it yourself at Maker Faire

News They were having trouble getting bowling balls to roll through it as designed. The Maker Faire Austin was held this weekend at the Travis County Fairgrounds. More than 300 'makers' were met by thousands of onlookers for a weekend event celebrating...

Tags: maker, students, art, golf

22 October 2007, 10:04

NASA looks to carbon to lighten spacecraft

News In future spacecraft, power distribution systems might account for a quarter of the weight, said Richard Smalley, a professor at Rice who won a Nobel prize for his work with Buckyballs, carbon balls similar to nanotubes.

29 April 2005, 8:03

Nanotech golf ball delayed

News The NDMX can fly straighter than normal golf balls because the internal weight of the ball can shift dynamically. On its first shot, the nanotechnology golf ball has landed in the rough. The NDMX, a golf ball designed by material science specialist...

6 October 2005, 9:15

Photos: Wearable tech at 2nd Skin show

News A selection of artists will be using other recycled materials such as soda cans and ping pong balls. Science and technology converged with art and fashion at "2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing", a runway fashion show at San...

Tags: body, art, air, designs

28 April 2008, 9:24

News.blog: Physical sciences will change society

News A wide range of industries are already using nanotechnology in everything from consumer skin care products to golf balls. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Society-impacting technological change will increasingly come from physical sciences, such as chemistry...

Tags: engineering, technologies, scale, material

16 October 2007, 8:41

IBM sees profits in smaller firms

News A lot of them are juggling so many balls. Increasing its drive into the mid-sized business market, IBM is introducing four products designed to improve the management of vital networks. On Wednesday, Big Blue plans to announce the products, which...

28 April 2004, 7:35

Photos: Nintendo Wii swings into action

News Gamers can throw balls or thrust their swords by using the motion of their arms instead of just pressing their thumbs. Nintendo says its newly named Wii console is about the width of three stacked DVD cases and will play single- or double-layered...

10 May 2006, 10:38

Nanotech creeping in, bit by tiny bit

News A brush with this technology is as simple as going to a sports shop, where tennis rackets, tennis balls and aluminium baseball bats that incorporate nanotechnology to improve products' performance, making them lighter and stronger, are labelled as...

25 October 2005, 10:23

Videogame ratings update recommended

News Based on her research, Byron concludes that "the arousal brought on during some game play may have the same impact on children as high levels as stress", although "there is no clear evidence of desensitisation [to violence] in children".Ed Balls...

Tags: age, children, gaming, standards

27 March 2008, 13:41

Nanotech makes paper waterproof and writable

News Early nanotech products include stain-resistant trousers, golf balls that correct for a hook or a slice, car panels and lighter bike parts. Sally Ramsey, founder of Ecology Coatings, jerry-rigged an apparatus in her lab to show a chemical company...

10 August 2005, 9:12

Frogger with a Roomba

News And on Monday night, he and Fried had brought a Roomba to a SXSW party and played Roomba pool, pitting the robot against people to see whether man or machine could sink balls faster. On the other hand, I'm hoping -- as are 15 or so other people...

16 March 2006, 10:10