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The Invisible Telephone/Internet Or Whatever Makes Sense Network
November 18, 2008 Shall I make this call with the landline, mobile or VOIP? Laptop or PDA? Let the phone and the network decide for themselves, say European researchers planning a future of seamless ... > full story -
Digital Piracy Management
November 17, 2008 A new approach to preventing digital piracy of music and video content that sidesteps the need for the privacy compromise associated with DRM (digital rights management) is reported in the ... > full story -
New Device To Improve Transistor Quality
November 14, 2008 A new configurable chip which can correct faults in newly- manufactured transistors and can be implemented in mainstream devices such as mobile phones and computers, has been developed by engineers ... > full story -
Nano-scale Electromechanical Sensors In Handheld Devices
November 12, 2008 Physicists are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic chemicals or gases in the air. Put them into a small handheld device and the potential is there ... > full story -
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Text Messaging May Help Children Fight Off Obesity
November 12, 2008 Cell phone text messaging could be used to reduce children's chances of becoming overweight or obese later in life, by helping them monitor and modify their own behaviors ... > full story -
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Motivating Elderly And Chronically Ill To Use Computers To Learn How To Better Manage Health Problems
November 10, 2008 What will motivate the elderly, the chronically ill and the medically under-served to use interactive information technology systems to actively help manage their own health ... > full story -
Warehouses Made More Efficient
November 10, 2008 In warehouses, tidiness is a flexible term. Storage areas can be rearranged or moved around at any time. Forklift trucks will soon make it easy to follow the material flow and keep an overview in the ... > full story -
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Tracking Hair Loss And Growth Mathematically
November 8, 2008 Scientists have developed maths-based imaging technology to measure hair on different parts of the human ... > full story -
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Harnessing Network Anarchy For The Common Good
November 7, 2008 Anarchy may be the bane of political conservatives, but on the Internet it is the essence of the information ... > full story -
Identity Theft Risk: Huge Amount Of Sensitive Data Still On Redundant Computer Hard Disks
November 5, 2008 A new report suggests that there is a huge amount of sensitive data still on redundant computer hard disks. These devices are often disposed of or sold into the second-hand market by corporations, ... > full story -
Breaking Barriers For Next Generation Wireless Chips
November 4, 2008 New mathematical algorithms for the next radio chip generation are under development. According to one of the mathematicians: "In the future, mobile devices will provide customers with services ... > full story -
Optical Firewall Aims To Clear Internet Security Bottlenecks
November 1, 2008 Researchers are developing the world’s first optical firewall capable of analyzing data on fiber optic networks at speeds of 40 gigabits per second. The work promises to save the internet from ... > full story
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