 'Second skin' helps care for all May 10, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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CSIRO scientists are creating a ‘second skin’ made from wool and Lycra to help protect the body against wounds and major traumas. | |
Technology Start-Ups Get Tips on Starting Out December 14, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Talk more about business and less about technology. Have a solid team. And consider calling on angels. Those were some of the key lessons at a UT Dallas workshop last week for would-be entrepreneurs seeking capital to turn ... | |
Researchers develop neural implant that learns with the brain June 24, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept ... | |
Giving learning a personal touch July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A learning system that adapts to the abilities and needs of students opens the way to a more personalised approach in delivering education electronically. | |
Researcher: Tools Will Help Personalize ID Theft by 2010 April 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A well-known security expert demonstrates a framework at the CanSecWest conference that makes it easier for criminals to steal identifying data. | |
 Stilgoe predicts the return of railroad April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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The golden age of the railroad ended in the mid-20th century, when Americans switched from Pullman cars to Chevys and eventually 747 jetliners. Yet, to John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in ... | |
 'Mercury sponge' technology goes from lab to market May 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A material designed to capture and remove mercury and other toxic substances from industrial waste streams is now available for commercial use. | |
Intel CTO Says Gap between Humans, Machines will Close by 2050 August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Intel Corporation's chief technology officer took a fascinating look at how technology will bring man and machine much closer together by 2050. | |
 Ion-Mask Technology Could Make Waterproof Gadgets Widespread January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Using technology developed by the British Defense Department to repel chemicals from soldiers' uniforms, a spin-off company called P2i is fabricating waterproof cell phones and other gadgets. Because the so-called ... | |
 Self-Cooling Soda Bottles? July 11, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Every day, the sun bathes the planet in energy--free of charge--yet few systems can take advantage of that source for both heating and cooling. Now, researchers are making progress on a thin-film technology ... | |
 Toshiba Introduces New 10 Year--Quick Charge Industrial Battery December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Toshiba will begin selling the SCiB quick charge-10 year battery in March, 2008. This industrial battery increases safety, versatility in power source and qualifies as environmentally sensitive. | |
 Researchers strive to make robotic systems more decisive July 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics is a partner in the Integrated Research Project BACS (Bayesian Approach to Cognitive Systems), which is being sponsored by the EU and will run until 2010. ... | |
Putting a face on android science by exploring an uncanny valley July 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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We might be more responsive to robots designed to look human rather than mechanical, but other factors may determine what causes us to accept or shun these virtual humans. | |
Doctors, economist, write prescription for protecting people from themselves November 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Policy makers, employers and others can use the science of behavioral economics to steer people toward wiser choices — and dramatically improve their health — without limiting their freedom to do as they please, according ... | |
Bug guts map brings scientists closer to understanding different bugs' role in the body February 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Scientists have made a major step towards understanding precisely which bugs in the gut are involved in which processes in the body, by mapping the different species of bugs living in seven members of the same Chinese family. | |
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