At the Vienna University of Technology, sophisticated atomchips have been used to create pairs of quantum mechanically connected atom-twins. Until now, similar experiments were only possible using photons.
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Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. Stocks set to rise after Bin Laden's fall.
Read More »The Case for More (Not Less) Regulation
As the founder and CEO of a West Michigan plastics manufacturer employing a thousand people, Fred Keller lives by rules. There are those he must follow, passed down by big-letter entities such as OSHA, the DOL, and the EPA. There are others—like ISO, the voluntary international certification of quality management—that he and other manufacturers follow.
Read More »Full 3-D invisibility cloak in visible light
Watching things disappear "is an amazing experience," admits Joachim Fischer of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. But making items vanish is not the reason he creates invisibility cloaks.
Read More »Calendar: MIND events in May and June
MAY 10 What does your brain do when you memorize something?
Read More »The Backpack That Gives You X-Ray Vision
From the fascinating-yet-creepy files, a British firm has unveiled a backpack-mounted radar that allows users to see through walls.
Read More »Illegal Drug Drives Deforestation in Colombia
A recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology shows the linkage between the illegal production of coca and the continuing destruction of Colombia's rainforest. New plots of coca between 2002 and 2007 accounted for the direct destruction of 890 square kilometers of rainforest. That's roughly 6 percent of total rainforest lost in that period, which totaled to 14,000 square kilometers, or an area slightly larger than Jamaica.
Read More »Put Down The Tweezers, Pick Up The iPhone: Skincare Consults Go Mobile With MyChelle
Most people looking for skincare advice would probably head to a local department store and find one of those white-coated counter workers, or pick up a basketfull of products at Sephora.
Read More »Jobs Responds to Privacy Scandal
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs.
Read More »Missiles Into Models
A Swedish aerospace technology company beats swords into ploughshares, turning missile tech into what some have called "Google Maps on steroids." Nokia just released a product licensing the tech. Last week, Nokia released an upgraded version of it mapping service, Ovi.
Read More »Why Searching For Aliens Is Good For Business
The SETI Institute has stopped listening for aliens, a casualty of government budget cuts. The business community and private donors should pony up. Here's why it's not as crazy as it sounds
Read More »How to Install a Remote Access App on Your iPad
The conventional workday is a thing of the past.
Read More »Amit Bhatia’s Aspire: Matching Rural Workers With Jobs
Photograph Daryl Visscher Illustration by Gluekit Amit Bhatia, Founder and CEO of Aspire. Illustration by Gluekit .blue { color:rgb(0,113,146); font-weight:bold; } BIG IDEA: To supply India's booming economy with millions of young workers who come from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Read More »Cisco’s Virtual Doctor Will See You Now
Deepak Chandrasekar gets his eye examined by internist Seema Sangwan (on screen). Nurse Xenia Khesin assists.
Read More »The Secrets Behind Google’s Push Into Renewable Power
In the past two weeks, Google has made two staggeringly large renewable energy investments: a $168 million investment in the Ivanpah solar farm, and a $100 million investment in the world's largest wind farm . We had a chance to speak with the man behind these investments--Rick Needham, Google's Director of Green Business Operations and Strategy (pictured in stylish duds, center)--to find out why the search engine giant has seemingly all of a sudden become a major clean energy player. When Needham came to Google in 2008, the company had already made early-stage clean energy investments through Google.org (the company's philanthropic arm), but Needham spent most of his time figuring out how to make Google's own operations more energy efficient.
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