Jul

14

Scitopia.org: Searching High-Quality Scholarly Work and Patents

July 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Scitopia.org. ‘The federated vertical search portal scitopia.org was created through the imagination and collaboration of 15 leading science and technology societies. Searching for a better way to help researchers quickly get to the quality content they need, these society publishers developed a gateway to the research most cited in scholarly work and patents. Scitopia.org searches [...]

Jul

5

Exploring the Bottom of the Arctic Ocean: Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition

July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition: July 1-Aug. 10, 2007. ‘No one has ever laid eyes on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. For the first time in the history of humankind, a scientific team — using unique underwater and under-ice vehicles — will try. At the top of the world, the Arctic Ocean is cold, remote, [...]

Jul

4

Inside Google Book Search Announces Greater Access to Public Domain Books

July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Greater access to public domain works for all users. ‘Today we launched a new feature for Book Search to help more people access the world’s great public domain works. Whenever you find an out-of-copyright book in our index, you’ll see a “View plain text” link, which lets anyone access the text layer of the book. [...]

Jun

8

Roller Coaster Physics: Learn Physics and Play

June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

Amusement Park Physics – Design your own Roller Coaster. ‘ The designers of the roller coaster carefully crafted this thrilling ride to be just that, but you’re actually in less danger than you think. You face a greater threat of injury playing sports or riding a bike than you do on a park ride. Amusement [...]

May

16

Mobile Digital Laboratory (MDL) for Education from HP and Saltire Scientific

May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

HP to Co-develop Mobile Digital Laboratory for Education Market (PDF). ‘HP and Saltire Scientific are teaming to develop for the education market the Mobile Digital Laboratory (MDL) – an easy-to-use, high-performance solution that allows secondary school mathematics and science students to collect and analyze real world data in real time. The MDL is ideal for [...]

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