Archive for February, 2009

A Step Toward Robo-Science

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Last week, scientists in the U.K. announced that they have developed a robot capable of making simple scientific discoveries on its own.

The robotic system, dubbed Adam, hypothesizes about which genes in yeast code for the enzymes responsible for catalyzing certain biochemical reactions. It then carries out experiments designed to prove its hypotheses right or wrong. (more…)

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Plasma And LCD Screens

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Prices of HDTV sets are falling rapidly and the experts anticipate that they continue to drop over the next years. Because of this there is a lot of interest in all of the types of TV technologies available right now. (more…)