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Water Flute Gives a Glimpse of Future Interfaces

By Engineering|August 17, 2010
A fish-shape musical instrument that spouts water jets into which users dip their fingers is being hailed as an example of a new user interface. The instrument, called a hydraulophone, involves putting

Thought-Control Technology Can Make Toast

By Engineering|August 1, 2010
Using your brain waves to control the environment around you, like the lights in your home or even your toaster, is already a reality. One Toronto-based company has developed a system called thought-control

Quantum Cryptography is Made Safer Through Hacking

By Engineering|July 30, 2010
One of the fundamental tenets of quantum mechanics is that measuring a physical system always disturbs it. If the system in question is a message in a series of digital bits encoded in the polarisation

World Cup Security Using Physics to Outwit Hackers

By Engineering|June 22, 2010
South African physicists are using quantum cryptography to encrypt messages and data networks between Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium and police headquarters during the World Cup. The system,