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Astronomers are suggesting that the radiation and winds from supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies halts star generation within the galaxy (Image: Shutterstock)

Space

Massive black holes stop the creation of new stars

Astronomers are suggesting that the radiation and winds from supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies halts star generation within the galaxy.

Super Hi-Vision on display at IBC 2010 (Photo: Eliazar Parra Cardenas)

Home Entertainment

Japan broadcasts Super Hi-Vision signal over the air

Japan's national public broadcaster NHK has revealed that it successfully broadcast a compressed Super Hi-Vision (SHV) signal carrying video at a resolution of 7680 x 4320, 16 times the resolution of regular HD.

My Camp Kitchen offers both storage and food prep space

Outdoor Cooking

My Camp Kitchen packs a full wilderness kitchen in a box

My Camp Kitchen stores all your kitchen essentials in an easy-carry hardwood box.

The Leap sensor is small, but accurate enough to process 3D gesturing

Computers

Leap Motion sensor offers 3D gesture control at an affordable price

The Leap Motion sensor is a USB motion tracker that allows you to control your PC through simple finger and hand gestures.

Researchers are working on a vacuum channel transistor that can combines the best traits of transistors and vacuum tubes like those pictured (Photo: Shutterstock)

Science

The return of the vacuum tube?

Researchers at NASA and the National Nanofab Center in South Korea are working on a vacuum channel transistor that can combines the best traits from transistors and vacuum tubes.

UCL researchers have designed a silicon oxide-based memory chip that is faster than flash memory (Photo: UCL/Adnan Mehonic)

Science

New "ReRAM" memory chip outdoes flash memory in speed, density and energy efficiency

UCL researchers have developed the first purely silicon oxide-based "ReRam" memory chip that is faster and requires less energy and space than current memory technology such as Flash memory.

Strumming on the gTar looks to be just like playing the real thing

Music

gTar uses an iPhone to teach you the guitar

The gTar is a digital guitar that utilizes an iPhone and its accompanying app to help anyone learn to play the musical instrument.

DigiTech has announced its fifth generation Whammy pitch shifting pedal, which introduces chordal pitch shifting, additional Whammy intervals, MIDI input and true bypass

Music

Digitech's new Whammy V adds unique Chordal Pitch-Shifting capability

DigiTech has announced its fifth generation Whammy pitch shifting pedal, which introduces chordal pitch shifting, additional Whammy intervals, MIDI input and true bypass.

The tip and tail of the Origami Paddler fold out and lock into place via patent-pending strap hinges

Boats and Watersports

Unfold your stand-up paddleboarding adventure with the Origami Paddler

The Origami Paddler is a folding stand up paddle board that takes the hassle and expense out of getting your board to water.

Dragon Drive! will provide hands-free control of various in car features

Automotive

Dragon Drive! aims to deliver distraction-free driving for the connected car

Nuance Communications, the company responsible for the Dragon line of speech recognition software, has announced Dragon Drive! - a new natural-language voice platform designed specifically for in car use.

Air bubbles in a saline solution can be controlled with high precision by a laser beam, which effectively turns them into microrobots capable of assembling microstructures

Robotics

Swarms of air-bubble microrobots with laser engines could assemble live cells

Optically controlled air bubbles in a saline solution could act as microrobot, and assemble microstructures.

Motorcycles

Video road test: Ducati Diavel

Ducati's new muscle cruiser breaks all the rules for the cruiser class. Loz and Noel throw a leg over for our latest video road test.

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