A month ago, Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley reported that sources were telling her of a Microsoft Surface computer in the shape of a sphere. Long Zheng, another Microsoft Watcher, recently discovered ...

More video of Microsoft's Surface Sphere multitouch display has been released, demonstrating a little better than the last video exactly what the touch-sensitive ball can do. Basic technical details ...

This week’s useless innovations in computing award goes to the Microsoft Research team, who sellotaped a projector, an exercise ball and a customised version of Microsoft Surface (the touchscreen ...

The effect, first predicted over 60 years ago and regarding objects traveling near the speed of light, has been lent support ...

Background The mechanics of the natural ankle joint is dictated by its geometry and morphology. Enhanced parametric characterisation of its articulating surfaces in 3D would significantly help the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Methods of polynomial degree d to approximate integrals over the surface of the s-dimensional sphere are discussed. Such methods are ...

Since 2015, a star that can be seen mysteriously brightening and dimming has captured the imagination of scientists and conspiracy theorists alike. Many explanations have been offered for the ...

In focusing on the site-specific art of Walter De Maria (1935-2013), three crucial periods of his career can be discerned that mobilized abstract geometry and dimensionality as means of exploring the ...

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There has been an intriguing discovery on Mars after a photograph captured evidence of a large object on the planet's surface. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multi-purpose spacecraft ...