Friday, November 9, 2012

New way of making glass

New way of making glass: A new way to make glass has been discovered using a method that controls how the atoms within a substance are arranged around each other.

Scientific explanation to why people perform better after receiving a compliment

Scientific explanation to why people perform better after receiving a compliment: Scientists have found scientific proof that people doing exercises appear to perform better when another person compliments them.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder

Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder:
Hugh Pickens writes writes "Alexander George writes about a new app that takes the data from a smartphone's accelerometers, GPS, and inclinometer to plot information for braking force, lean angles, speed, and on-track location onto Google Maps to shave precious milliseconds off each lap time in motorcycle races. Race Sense is designed to be a useful tool for someone who races for a living and a very fun toy for those who just like to brag about what lean angle they got at their ride day, and what top speed they reached down the main straight. Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer Anthony West provided much of the R&D that went into tweaking the app. 'With sponsorship's so hard to find and I need another way to survive. I spent some of my own money developing it with an Italian guy who also likes to ride himself, and who writes programs,' says West who designed Race Sense to fulfill the needs of a genuine MotoGP racer. 'Sometimes it's one second [separating] 20 people. If you adjust one little thing thinking about something in one corner you can lose four places.'"




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Habitable planet: New super-Earth in six-planet system may be just right to support life

Habitable planet: New super-Earth in six-planet system may be just right to support life: A new super-Earth planet that may have an Earth-like climate and be just right to support life has been discovered around a nearby star by an international team of astronomers.