日期:2013-09-29 本周四,斯蒂芬霍金在有关其生平的纪录片电影首映式上表示,大脑就像是计算机里的一个程序,因此从理论上来说,大脑可以被复制到电脑上,人死后,大脑可以在电脑里以另一种形态存活。不过,他同时也指出,这一设想远远超出了目前的技术水平,他还认为传统意义上的死后... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-09-25 Boeing has revealed that it has retrofitted retired fighter jets to turn them into drones. 波音公司透露,该公司将一架退役F16战机翻新改造为无人机。 The pilotless jet flew over the Gulf of Mexico on the test carried out on 19 September It said that on... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-09-17 After two months of solid driving, the Curiosity Mars rover has finally parked for a few days of intense science. 经过两个月的一般行驶,好奇号火星探测车终于停下来进行几天的密集型探测。 Curiosity pictured Darwin (light streaks in the lower-centre) on... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-09-13 苹果公司最近发布的iPhone5S带有指纹识别功能,该公司表示这种接触式身份识别系统会彻底革新智能手机安全功能,取代传统的密码体系。不过,相关领域的研究人员却表示,指纹识别技术并不完美,并没有比四个数字的密码安全多少。 Apple unveiled the fingerprint scanner... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-09-05 Samsung has unveiled a smartwatch with a colour screen that can show alerts, be used for voice calls and run apps. 三星发布一款智能手表,该手表配有彩色液晶屏,能显示提醒信息,用来打电话和运行程序。 The Galaxy Gear is being made available with a rang... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-08-30 Meet Camille and Genevieve Beatty, who at 13 and 11 are being hailed for building a functioning scale model of the Mars rover that is now a permanent fixture at the famed New York Hall of Science. 美国北卡罗莱纳州的一对小姐妹自己动手,制作出能够实际... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-08-19 As part of an effort to improve treatments for life-threatening illnesses, a team of scientists have created rabbits that glow in the dark. 伊斯坦布尔和夏威夷大学的研究人员培育出能在黑暗中发光的兔子。 The glowing effect was created by injecting jell... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-08-02 荷兰马斯特里赫特大学教授马克波斯特研发出了世界上最贵的汉堡,该汉堡造价高达25万英镑(约合人民币236万元),汉堡中使用的牛肉并非来自牧场的牛群,而是从牛的干细胞中培育出来的。 The world's first test-tube burger will be served in London next week. It is ma... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-07-28 The technology ensures that staff members can offer a more personalized service - and don't unwittingly miss out on potentially lucrative sales - by flagging up famous or wealthy big spenders. 日前一家英国IT公司声称研发出一项贵宾身份识别技术,能够通... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-07-19 British scientists at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have developed a way of using urine as a power source to generate electricity and claim to have created the world's first microbial fuel cells (MFC) powered mobile phone. 英国布里斯托尔机器人研究... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-07-19 在瑞典,一部能够从浸满汗水的衣服上提取出安全纯净饮用水的汗水提取机进入了人们的视线。这部机器通过高速旋转和加热待提取的衣服,从而使汗水变成蒸汽与衣物分离,再经过一层特殊设计的过滤网,让水分子得以通过,而细菌、衣物纤维等物质被隔离开来,如此就提取到了... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-06-30 Opportunity has made one of its greatest scientific discoveries so far. Clay minerals in a rock called Esperance clearly indicate that neutral water flowed across the rock some time in the first billion years of its existence. 机遇号目前已实现了它的... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-06-21 英国一位艺术家设计了一款新型手套,用户戴上后可以通过手套随意接打电话,省去了来电时在包里翻找手机的麻烦,冬天还能为接电话的手保暖。据介绍,这款手套分别在拇指和小指的位置内置了扬声器和麦克风,通过蓝牙技术与手机连接,每双售价1000英镑。 They come with a... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-05-29 The first vaccine which protects children against hand, foot and mouth disease has been reported by scientists in China. 保护儿童免于手口足病的疫苗被中国科学家首次发布。 The infection causes a rash and painful blisters(水疱) , but in some cases re... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-05-13 British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%. 英国科学家称,他们开发了一种新型小麦,该品种可增产30%。 The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient an... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-04-28 来自英国、德国及美国的研究人员共同研发了一款适合双手拇指同时打字的虚拟键盘应用,能够将平板及智能手机用户的打字速度从现在的每分钟20个字提高到每分钟37个字,而且打字体验更加舒适自如。 Researchers have created a new keyboard layout which they claim make... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-04-28 加拿大康科迪亚大学设计与计算艺术系的研究人员正在研制一种能够随穿着者的行为随时改变颜色和形状的衣服;另外,这种衣服的布料中织入了电子纤维织物,能够让衣服存储人体产生的能量,手机没电时,衣服就能给手机充电。 Clothes that change their color and shape de... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-04-19 When I walked onto the Stanford University campus this week and into the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab, I was greeted by a short, gray robot waving his two long arms -- he was looking for a high-five. 这个星期,我来到了美国斯坦福大学校园,当... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-04-14 The 71-year-old Hawking said he did not think humans would survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet. 今年71岁的霍金4月9日表示,人类若不逃离我们脆弱的星球将难以再活1000年。 Stephen Hawking is urging the continuation of s... 阅读全文>> 日期:2013-03-29 澳大利亚新南威尔士大学的一位教授最近在抗衰老药物研究方面取得突破性进展,人类想要长生不老的愿望或许终有一天会成为现实。 Man's search for immortality is another step closer to reality with a major breakthrough in creating a drug capable of fighting th... 阅读全文>> |
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