 Innovative Germans let others make the profits June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Germans are innovative European champions but although they created the MP3 audio encoding format and the fax, it is often foreign groups that have profited from their development. | |
 Olympics timekeepers to get winner down to 3000th of a second June 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Atlanta, 1996: emotions and adrenalin ran high in the Olympic arena as two sprinters claimed victory in the women's 100 metres race -- and only the photofinish cameras could judge the winner. | |
Tests check out rescue robots' life-saving vision June 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
To save lives, search and rescue robots crawling through the rubble of a collapsed building or surveying a chemical spill area must be capable of beaming back clear, easily interpretable images of what they "see" to operators ... | |
 Microsoft Surface computers hit Las Vegas party scene June 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Microsoft's touch-screen Surface computers have debuted in a Las Vegas casino bar giving Sin City partiers high-tech tools for flirting and concocting cocktails. | |
Search engine branding to be examined by researcher June 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Like other industries, companies that maintain search engines must work harder to recruit and retain customers. One way to do this is branding -- creating a cognitive impression that a user is likely to retain and rely on ... | |
 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. | |
Casinos look to technology to reduce Macau's baccarat addiction June 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Gambling innovators are betting on creating culturally-specific slot machines and computerised games to lure Asian players away from well-worn seats at the baccarat tables to more profitable pursuits. | |
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. | |
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. | |
A way to hear the electric car coming down the road May 28, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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"Close your eyes," engineering graduate student Bryan Bai called out from his Prius at the far end of the Tresidder parking lot, before the car began moving forward. A Toyota Prius runs silently on electric power until its ... | |
 Profits for publishers in making books accessible to all May 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Many people have no access to most published books. European researchers are trying to remedy this by adapting new technologies to provide accessibility on demand for the visually impaired. | |
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. | |
Electronic voting system tested by Newcastle University May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An electronic vote capture and counting system, designed to overcome the problems which have dogged computerised voting systems throughout the world, notably the touch screen voting machines in the US and pilot schemes run ... | |
 Can you trust a robot to work safely with you in the kitchen? May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Can robots and humans work safely together? This issue will be addressed thanks to a research grant of over £1 million from the European Commission (EC). | |
 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 ... | |
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