Yahoo tests ear-based smartphone identification system

Yahoo is working on a way of unlocking a mobile phone using the owner's ear rather than a password or fingerprint.

MHI Tests Technology to Wireless Transmit Solar Electricity From Space

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Ltd tested a wireless power transmission technology that it has been developing as a core technology for its space solar power system (SSPS) and succeeded in a wireless power transmission over a distance of 500m (new record in Japan).

IBM launches accessibility test tool for mobile apps

When creating new mobile applications, developers all too often forget taking the few additional steps to make their programs usable for those with disabilities.

NASA tests TGALS glider-based satellite launch system

Recently, DARPA unveiled its ALASA system for launching satellites from fighter planes. Now NASA is upping the ante with its Towed Glider Air-Launch System (TGALS), which is designed to launch satellites from a twin-fuselage towed glider. Under development by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, it's designed as an economical method for putting spacecraft into low-Earth orbit with the first test flight of a scale prototype having already been conducted.

Microsoft will beta test a patch for the still-busted 'Halo' collection

343 Industries is beta testing its latest patch for the horribly crippled Halo: The Master Chief Collection.