Jun Rekimoto at the University of Tokyo has already produced a working prototype that can slow a soccer ball down for young or elderly players.
The Vietnamese-based developer pulled the game (pictured) from app stores in February because it was 'too addictive', and has not not explained his U-turn. Nguyen Ha Dong announced on Twitter the game will return, after previously stating he would consider releasing it again - with safeguards to warn people if they are playing for too long. ...read
The study by Brazilian Renato Gianella, is based on mathematics and probability theories applied to lottery drawings. Using a coloured template, Gianella determined all the possible combinations of numbers. He then used the templates to identify numbers that have the highest probabilities to win.
Despite the rhetoric about moving on too fast from a previous lover, a new U.S. study has found those who do move on quickly are emotionally better-off.
The odour of a familiar human apparently lingers like perfume in the animal’s brain – where it triggers an instinctive emotional response, research published yesterday reveals.
An international team of scientists have discovered the fossil of an insect in China that lived about 126 million years ago and is the first whose appearance mimicked that of a nearby plant.
Growing a variety of plants creates a diverse ecosystem in a garden, which scientists say provides bees and other pollinating insects with a range of food sources.
The ToneFone case weighs 1kg, and its makers claim it can give owners a workout every time they text or take a call.
Researchers in California said a series of eruptions on the sun in 2012 sent a pulse of magnetised plasma through Earth's orbit, missing the planet by just over a week.
Mark Zuckerberg enlisted architect Frank Gehry to expand Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, and the final designs were revealed today.
A University of Iceland geoscientist believes a 'bulge' on the northern sign of the volcano is caused by huge deposits of magma rising.
Michigan researchers say their ultra-thin sensor made of graphene could lead to new types of camera application - even smart lenses.
Scientists from University College London and institutions in Norway found that the UV flashes can cause the fragmentation of reindeer populations in Scandinavia.
163 Erigone, a 45-mile (73-kilometer)-wide asteroid in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter will eclipse the brightest star in the Constellation Leo at around 2am.
Google's Chromecast is now available in the UK. It connects to HDMI ports on TVs and streams content from phones, tablets and laptops onto the big screen.
The South Korean firm's NX mini weighs 158g and is 0.8-inches thick. The camera's 1-inch sensor captures 20.5MP pictures and can shoot 1080p video.
The study originally asked students to rate the attractiveness of a group of women, finding that people with hands on their heart got less harshly judged.
Palaeontologists from the University of Utah discovered three partial skeletons in ancient rocks in North and South Dakota. The fossils showed evidence of a new dinosaur species dubbed the 'chicken from hell', (illustration pictured) which stood 10ft (3m) tall, had a chicken-like crest on its head, as well as feathered wings, long talons, a dangerous beak and a powerful tail, details of which are illustrated on the left. Its official name is Anzu wyliei.
Researchers from the University of Vienna believe that the sea anemones' genome includes elements that could date back to the common ancestor of humans, flies and sea anemones.
The Glowfaster sports jacket has been developed by an ex-marine in Britain and syncs with a runner's smartphone as well using lights to motivate them.
The Lechal shoe is the brainchild of two engineering students in Bangalore India and was originally designed to help visually impaired people.
Scientists at the Univeristy of New South Wales believe the technique changes the make-up of the bottlenose dolphins' genes, a phenomenon known as 'cultural hitchhiking' that has only ever been seen in humans.
The Sun Cube is the brainchild of Toronto-based artist Daniel Voshart who spent a month creating the design for his father's birthday.
A Harvard dentist believes the whale's tusk acts like a super-sensitive tooth - and can spot tiny changes in its surroundings.
The ring features a 1.2cm long, 0.7cm wide abacus that sits on the finger. Its Zhusuan, or China's abacus, has seven rods with seven beads on each rod. Despite its small size, the rings still works as a counting tool. However, the beads are far too small to be moved using fingers and would have been moved using small tools, such a lady's hairpin. The Chinese abacus (inset) is thought to have been created by a famous mathematician Cheng Dawei of the Ming Dynasty between 1368 and 1644.
Psychologists from Amsterdam recently discovered logos are hardwired into our brains from the age of two, and young children link products to logos in 67% of cases. Researchers from Chicago studied the associations with logos and their colours and created an inforgraphic. For example, brown logos (pictured top left) suggest the company is dependable and green logos are linked to trust, peace and nature (pictured top right). Purple (pictured bottom left) is seen as a luxury colour with links to royalty, while yellow logos are linked with joy and energy, (pictured bottom right).
Jobs apparently thought that the reaction of the stock market was not enough to reflect his importance to Apple, San Fransisco-based author Yukari Kane claims.
Canadian researchers found office workers took orders from a robot boss just as they would a human one - even arguing with it.
The glints of light were created by tiny ripples, around 2cm high, said Jason Barnes, a planetary scientist at the University of Idaho in Moscow.
The DeepFace algorithm can pick a face out of a crowd with 97.25 per cent accuracy.
The patent was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday. It details a system in which Apple's Siri would interact with sensors in a home.
The International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste in Italy led the study, which found men find it harder to understand other people's emotions under stress.
If space-time goes on forever, as suggested by inflation, scientists at Stanford University suggest that it must start repeating to create parallel universes.
Researchers at the University of Guelph, Canada, presented bees with a series of flowers that required ever-more challenging strategies to gain a sugar syrup reward.
The Japanese firm unveiled the prototype device, (pictured), at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The adjustable device is codenamed Project Morpheus and features a head-mounted display with 1080p resolution and a 90-degree field of view. It was designed to be used with its PlayStation 4 console. Sensors built into the headset can track a wearer's head movement in concert with a PS4 camera. Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, (pictured inset), said the company had been working on the technology for three years.
The Cubestormer 3 (pictured) solved the cube in a speedy 3.253 seconds in front of a crowd at the Big Bang Fair, held at the NEC in Birmingham.
The US firm behind the app says it could end the need for reading glasses if used regularly.
Petroglyphs thought to have been made by the ancient basketmaker people have been revealed by a drone flight in an inaccessible canyon in southern Utah.
Swedish Virtusize app directly compares clothes in your wardrobe, with similar items online. Shoppers measure clothes first, but these measurements are stored in the cloud.
The re-birth of the river Zin, after years of drought, has been captured on camera in the Negev desert in Israel (pictured).
The finding by the BICEP2 telescope in the South Pole could rank among the greatest discoveries about the universe over the last 25 years.
Using designs by MIT, scientists at King's College London are refining the tight-fitting ‘skinsuits’ for testing in space to help astronauts overcome back problems.
Blog 9to5mac claims the 'Healthbook' app could be unveiled at the firm's annual developer conference in June.
The image (right) was uncovered in a rare 1718 first edition of explorer Daniel Beeckman's 'A Voyage to the and from the Island of Borneo' (inset). Captain Beeckman described the creatures, known then as 'Oran Ootan', as having 'tolerable good faces'. He describes the oranguatans (right) as very nimble footed and able to throw stones and sticks at anyone who offended them. During his adventures, Captain Beeckman purchased a young orangutan which a fondness for alcohol.
Reports claim the Californian-based site would be aimed at children aged 10 and under and only show videos and comments deemed safe for this age group.
Wooden staff was discovered near a graveyard where about 30 people were buried without their heads in southern Syria.
The ladybird has often been seen as an intimidating insect, but now new research at Hull University reveals that they can zoom around faster, and travel higher, than previously thought.
The Stanford video shows assistant professor Chao Lin Kuo visiting the home of Professor Andre Lindei (pictured), who came up with the theory of cosmic inflation.
The San Francisco-based company analysed the use of different English words and phrases in 2013 to find that people were particularly hungover on Fridays in November.
The comments were made by the renowned astrophysicist during last night’s Live from Space programme on Channel 4.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Nasa are planning the first test flights for a spacecraft capable of taking astronauts further into space than they've ever gone. In September, Orion's heat shield will be tested in space. If successful, Orion (top left) will be launched for a second time in 2017 to the moon and back. During this test flight, the Space Launch System (top right)) - the most powerful rocket ever developed - will be tested. Astronauts will get their chance turn to ride the Orion/SLS combination in 2021 on a lunar orbit. After that, destinations are still being debated.
This is the first time plant life has been found to be able to survive for so long and helps us understand how it can recolonise an area after an ice age
German engineers built a nifty electric motor into the hub of the ‘Feddz’ bike’s wheel to free up the space for a rider’s personal possessions.
Giant satellites 1km wide would be assembled by robots and beam solar power back to Earth.
Researchers from Durham University said the discovery will help to explore underlying causes of cancer in ancient times.
New York-based company, Body Dryer, created the £150 system because they 'never truly felt clean after reusing a towel.'
The study of ancient and modern chickens, by researchers at Aberdeen University, has dismissed a previous study of chicken bones, which had claimed that Polynesian voyagers reaching South America before European explorers.
US researchers say the planet's cooling core has taken nine miles from the planet's diameter - more than twice as much as previous estimates.
The race will see sophisticated observatories built on top of mountains in Hawaii and Chile in an attempt to see the wonders hiding in the outer reaches of the cosmos.
The network of ditches and ridges were found on a development site in North Cambridge. Researchers believe they were used to grow grapevines in 70AD.
Researchers from Stanford University, California, believe their adapters make it easy for anyone with basic training to take a picture of the eye and pass it on to experts.
Millgate Homes in Twyford said white tea and fig were chosen because they're subtle enough not to scare buyers off and are fresh enough to match clean designs.
Health experts at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, found women who dieted before their wedding put on 'significantly' more weight.
Dr Gavin Svenson of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in the U.S, searched for the insects in eight countries in Central and South America.
Google has revealed a version of its android software for wearable devices - and says a watch will go on sale 'very soon'
A number of companies, including Gala in the Philippines, are selling 'arm extenders' that not only hold the camera but are also used to take the shot and even focus.
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Dave Tyler, from a village near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire used a five inch refracting telescope with specialist filters to take the images. The 72-year-old captured violent solar flares (top images) and spots (bottom images) on the sun’s surface, which is 5,505°C and 93million miles (150million km) away from Earth. Solar flares are particularly large and more frequent at this time as the sun is going through its 'solar maximum,' which occurs approximately every 11 years.
Colorado-based firm DigitalGlobe has put its high-resolution satellite images online so people can explore the seas for clues about the missing Boeing 777.
The player is set to go on sale via Kickstarter next month, and will store up to 2,000 songs.
The paper-thin Datastickies were created by designer Aditi Singh and university professor Parag Anand, both from New Delhi, India.
The bulletproof and waterproof garment is described by its Zurich-based creators as 'world's most expensive men's dress suit'.
London-based researchers polled UK parents and children. A third of the children said they check their phone several times an hour.
Holidaymaker Shaun O'Callaghan captured the incredible footage using a $400 drone while in Vanuatu.
The Cloak app can warn you if selected users check in nearby - allowing you to quickly leave.
The tags, created by Chao Zhang, of Peking University in Beijing, cost a fraction of a penny and can be used to monitor freshness of foods, drinks and medicines.
Californians Jaideep and Sandhya Jain built the Truvolo to keep an eye on their 16 year old son Anoop - and now plan to sell it.
Dubbed the 'Lego House, the project is designed to look like one of the tall, narrow brick houses common in Amsterdam.
The footage was captured by Kingston-born photographer, Eadweard Muybridge using banks of still cameras firing in sequence.
French gynaecologists used sonography machines to measure the flow of blood as each participant's clitoris was externally and internally stimulated.
Li Housheng, 52, is determined to get his DIY helicopter off the ground in Ganzhou Village of Baitang Township in Miluo, China.
The scrolls went unnoticed for almost 60 years until a scholar came across them in the Israel Antiquities Authority's (IAA) storerooms.
Set up by two entrepreneurs during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the site has now expanded globally.
The star is so big it can be seen with the naked from Earth.
Dutch researchers believe the key to the increased happiness is that extraverts are more likely to seek out rewarding activities.
The visualisation was created by the UK air traffic controller National Air Traffic Services (NATS) using UK radar data and European flight plan information.
Scientists at the University of Leeds say the research could help them understand whether it is possible for life to have emerged in similar environments on other worlds.
Urban Jungle Street View was built by Stockholm-based developer Einar Oberg. It uses depth data of Google's existing maps to plot 3D plants and tress over the top. To turn a street into a jungle, users search for an exact location. Alternatively, users can search for famous landmarks. The Pegman has also been redesigned with an Indiana-Jones style fedora and fire torch. Taj Mahal is pictured top left, Washington is top right, 7th Avenue in New York is pictured bottom left, and Trafalgar Square in London is bottom right.
Researchers at Oxford University have been exploring technologies, such as time distortion pills, that could mean the cruellest criminals will be kept alive indefinitely.
Scientists concluded that the species, Nanuqsaurus hoglundi, had an adult skull length of 25in (63.5cm), less than half of a T-Rex.
Scientists at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, developed the system which identifies a driver's emotions using a dashboard camera.
Neil Harbisson, of Camden, London, was born with achromatopsia, a rare condition which means he can only see in black and white.
An academic at University College London investigated how people get to work around the capital and found some surprising omissions, including King’s Cross station.
Created by a Spanish printer firm, the sneakers are printed in a single piece so the owner only has to add laces.
In an exciting development in AIDS prevention research, scientists have found that monkeys can be protected against HIV infection with a vaginal gel, even when it is administered three hours after sex.
The technologies and concepts were on display at the GSMA Connected City stand during this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Engineers from Duke University in North Carolina, claim the acoustic cloaking device works in three dimensions, no matter which direction the sound is coming from.
New pedestrian crossing sensors will be tested for the first time in the world in Balham, south west London this summer.
West Virginia University analysed 17 trees in Mongolia to record rainfall back to 658AD. During Mongol's rise, between 1211 and 1225, the area saw an increase in rain, grass and livestock.
The unusual-looking beast, known as Atopodentatus unicus, lived in the middle Triassic approximately 240 million years ago and is a brand new species and genus.
Dr Peter Gray said 'free play' - where children are left to their own devices - is the primary means by which children overcome narcissism.
The $17.5 billion (£10.5 billion) budget, which still requires Congressional approval, will be an end to Opportunity's mission which began in 2004.
The newly deciphered letter is from an Egyptian soldier named Aurelius Polion while he served as a volunteer Roman legion in Europe.
Chinese researchers downloaded 6 million tweets. They concluded opinion evolves rapidly on Twitter before a dominant view takes over and once stable, this opinion is hard to reverse.
Researchers from the University of California found each positive Facebook post generated 1.75 positive posts compared to negative posts which yielded 1.29 more downbeat posts.
The Seabob F7, is the brainchild of Cayogo based in Stuttgart, Germany. It can dive to more than 100ft and the craft is controlled by hand controls.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
Researchers from MIT and Audio hope the project could lead to ride sharing apps that reduce the number of journeys taken.
Scientists used a technique called linguistic phylogeny to discover a link between the Na-Dene languages of North America and the Siberian Yeniseian language.
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