 A baseball cap that reads your mind 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving ... | |
 How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox? 10 hours ago | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ... | |
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling 15 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength’ – allowing them to be clearer and travel greater distances, potentially interfering ... | |
Precision control of movement in robots 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, Spain, led by Victor Etxebarria, is investigating the characteristics ... | |
NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new “top-level domains”—the last ... | |
 Automotive safety systems get more dependable 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As automotive safety systems become more complex, the risk of failure increases. But European researchers believe they have found a way to improve dependability. | |
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. After a dismal 2007 in which their shares took a big pounding, cable is seeing a rebound as Wall Street ... | |
 Da Vinci to be honored by small helicopter flight 17 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. | |
NY Times, USA Today multiple online EPpy winners 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The New York Times won three accolades for its Web sites and USA Today won two as the "EPpy Awards" were announced Thursday. | |
Infineon CEO to quit: report 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The chief executive of troubled German chipmaker Infineon, Wolfgang Ziebart, is to quit after losing the confidence of the board, a newspaper report said Friday. | |
Video game, accessory sales jump 47 pct in April 17 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier, even as the price of more essential items like food and gasoline soared. | |
 Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo's latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games. | |
Gemstar-TV Guide ex-CEO now wanted for obstruction 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Federal authorities said Thursday that former Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. chairman Henry Yuen is a fugitive after he was indicted on a felony obstruction charge that carries a possible five-year prison term. | |
Routine conduct at risk with MySpace suicide case 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime. Federal prosecutors turned to a novel interpretation of computer hacking law to indict ... | |
Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover offer, raising shareholder questions over ... | |
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