Free Internet

If you know the Internet a little, you can recognize that there are many useful , but also free programs and services. If you have for example no money to buy the office solutions Word or Excel from Microsoft, try OpenOffice.org. Dating plattforms boom also and those of you who only know the services with costs should also try social networks like Gojol.de, where users can communicate with each other for free.Those offers are funded mostly through advertising, appearing on the pages or through donations. The online-encyclopedia Wikipedia e.g is funded exclusivlely through donations. [...]

Expensive fuel

New highs for petrol and diesel ensure high costs at the petrol stations. An end is not in sight. Especially on holidays where the demand is high, the rise of the price is noticeable. But how do these prices result and what can we do?

The oil price reaches nearly daily new highs. The main reason for this is the speculation with oil. Fears that oil can exhaust in future pushes the price up although new oil fields are permanently discovered. Furthermore the demand for oi, especially in emerging countries such as China is rising. [...]

What is beauty?

Beauty is dependent from the ideal and social environment. You can say, what beautiful is, but you can difficultly answer the question, why it is. Beautiful is something that leaves a good impression and that you like to recall.

Researchers of the University of Regenburg wanted to explore the question, what beauty is and why we sense something as beautiful. Today we are flooded with beautiful faces via internet or other media. [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV

In GTA IV violence is the main content. In gaming-scene it is well known and was expected with suspense. The publisher Take-Two developed the game and it coult reach the exchange of 500 million dollars in the first quarter. Halo 3 (Microsoft) made 300 million dollars in the same period.

The gamer plays the role of Niko Bellic, an Eastern European imigrant, who comes to Liberty City to escape from his violence past. GTA IV is full of wit, allusions to the reality and violence. The graphics are excellent and the story reminds to a good novel. [...]

Bacteria against bacteria

When infection often antibiotic is used. The bacteria killer is not only used in acute emergencies, but also for hamless diseases. This promote the bacterial resistance against antibiotics. For this reason more effective antibiotics have to be developed. Researchers discovered now that the production of antibiotics could be easier then exspected.

When infectious diseases triggered by bacteria usually antibiotics are used to cambat the bacterial infection or infection by protozoa. Antibiotics are low metabolicproducts created by fungi or bacteria, to inhibit or even kill other micro-organisms. Penicilin is the best-known antibiotic, [...]

Communities in Web 2.0

The Web 2.0 is formed by communities and social networks such as Gojol.com. A few years ago the internet was just static. A webmaster put his contents into the net and you as user could hardly modify them. But with Web 2.0 and with it the possibility to participate in the development of the internet came.

The term was shaped by the publisher O'Really and refers to the trend of the internet to be a common information platform where knowledge is exchanged and discussed. Who do understand the Web 2.0 can benefit such as the big search engines, social networks, video portals or communities. Many offers are free as they are financed by advertising. [...]

Chip-cooling by corona discharge

The company Thorrn Micro Technologies developed a fan without any moving parts. The RSD5 is with a size of 15x15mm and a height of 2mm only a quarter as big as usual fans but moves two or three times more air. The new fan works completely silent, except for the sound of air flow. [...]

Superconductor at room temperature

Superconductors are materials whose electrical resistance decreases to a not measureable value below a critical temperature. Through external magnetic fields it is possible to lower this temperature. [...]

Convert photos into three-dimensional views

Researchers at Stanford University like Andrew Ng, junior professor of computer sciences and his doctoral student Ashutosh Saxena developed a web service called Make3D. It can convert two-dimensional images into three dimensional models. So it is possible to get a more realistic impression of a still image. [...]

Changing polyphonic audio material

With the technology Direct Node Access it is possible to access and manipulate each note of an audio stream even within chords. Now it is possible to correct wrong played notes even after recording. [...]