November 15, 2009

Children’s Toy Inspires Cheap, Easy Production Of High-Tech Chips

In 2006, Michelle Khine arrived at the University of California­’s brand-new Merced campus eager to establish her first lab, reports Technology Review. She was experimenting with tiny liquid-filled channels in hopes of devising chip-based diagnostic tests, a discipline called microfluidics. The trouble was, the specialized equipment that she previously used to make microfluidic chips cost

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Hot Social Shopping Trends

Clay McDaniel over at Mashable has an interesting look at hot social shopping trends. A recent study from Burst Media found that 85% of consumers will shop online this holiday season, and the majority of those people will continue to shop online throughout the year. Now that online shopping is widespread — just try finding

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