Canada-India RFID project looks to improve traffic flow, reduce pollution June 19, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
RFID technology may provide the key to better traffic management and improved pollution control in Canada, India and worldwide. | |
 Oracle throws wet blanket on strong 4Q results June 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket. | |
Hidden facial cheek fat compartments are key to youthful appearance June 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Rejuvenating newly identified fat compartments in the facial cheeks can help reduce the hollowed look of the face as it ages, according to new research by plastic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center. | |
Broadcom co-founder agrees to admit lying to SEC June 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A plea agreement filed in federal court Monday said Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli will plead guilty to lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during a probe into the backdating of stock options at the ... | |
 To prevent accidents, car must know its driver May 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Over the past several years, scientists working in the area of intelligent vehicles have developed predictive braking systems to help prevent rear-end collisions. When your car gets dangerously close to the ... | |
End of an era as paper airline tickets dropped from June 1 May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The paper airline ticket comes to the end of its life on Sunday when 240 carriers belonging to the world association IATA switch to all electronic ticketing, much of it through Internet booking. | |
 Japan's NEC offers to repair defective computers June 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Japan's NEC Corp. said Tuesday it is offering to repair some of its laptop computers for free because they could start emitting smoke and a smell resembling melting plastic, the company said. | |
Better business decisions with real-time data May 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
They may look like ordinary washers and dryers to you, but to Hemant Jain they are the first steps into the future. | |
 'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year March 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, ... | |
 DNA fingerprinting simplified May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When Andrew was 12, his father ... | |
Off-road wheelchair for developing countries unveiled June 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A group of students from The University of Nottingham have designed an off-road wheelchair to help disabled people cope with rough terrain in developing countries. | |
 JitterBugs could turn your keyboard against you August 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science warn against an entirely new threat to computer security: peripheral devices – such as keyboards, mice or microphones ... | |
 Professor studies what cars can learn from drivers' words May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Years ago, Stanford communication and sociology researcher Clifford Nass wondered why some people treated their computers as humans, instead of machines, a question that led him down a path of interesting ... | |
 Brain on chip: Nerve tissue interfaced with a computer chip June 02, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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Before informational input perceived by the mammalian brain is stored in the long-term memory, it is temporarily memorised in the hippocampus. Understanding the function of the hippocampus as an important player ... | |
 'Digital piracy' may benefit companies March 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Unauthorised copying of software, music or films, so-called digital piracy, may have benefits for the affected companies, an Oxford researcher has claimed. | |
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