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'He Says, She Says': How Characteristics of Automated Voice Systems Affect Users' Experience
September 21, 2012 — Human factors/ergonomics researchers have studied how the gender and tone selected for an interactive voice response system, or IVR, affects its ... > full story -
Brain: Multiple Contacts Are Key to Synapse Formation
September 21, 2012 — Multiple synaptic contacts between nerve cells facilitate the creation of a new contact, as neuroscientists report. An integral mechanism of memory foundation is the formation of additional contacts ... > full story -
NASA App Features Inflatable Spacecraft for Returning Station Cargo
September 20, 2012 — Want to try your hand at landing an inflatable spacecraft? All you need is a smart phone, a computer or a ... > full story -
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Computers Get a Better Way to Detect Threats
September 20, 2012 — Computer scientists have developed a technique to automatically allow one computer in a virtual network to monitor another for intrusions, viruses or other kinds of ... > full story -
Optical Waveguide Connects Semiconductor Chips: Photonic Wire Bond Transmits Data in the Terabit Range
September 20, 2012 — A team of researchers has succeeded in developing a novel optical connection between semiconductor chips. "Photonic wire bonding" reaches data transmission rates in the range of several terabits per ... > full story -
Single-Atom Writer a Landmark for Quantum Computing
September 19, 2012 — Engineers have created the first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, opening the way to ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future. Scientists were able to both read and write ... > full story -
Revolutionary Ultrathin, Flat Lens: Smartphones as Thin as a Credit Card?
September 19, 2012 — Scientists are reporting development of a revolutionary new lens -- flat, distortion-free, so small that more than 1,500 would fit across the width of a human hair -- capable in the future of ... > full story -
App Lets You Monitor Lung Health Using Only a Smartphone
September 18, 2012 — Feeling wheezy? You could call the doctor. Or soon you could use your smartphone to diagnose your lung health, with a new app that uses the frequencies in the breath to determine how much and how ... > full story -
Mobile Launcher Platforms Prepped for New Generation
September 17, 2012 — NASA's trio of mobile launcher platforms (MLP) are being revamped to serve a variety of next-generation launch vehicles. The huge steel structures, which acted as launch bases for the Apollo/Saturn ... > full story -
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New 'ATM' Takes Old Phones and Gives Back Green
September 17, 2012 — Researchers have developed a unique, automated kiosk that lets consumers trade in cell phones for reimbursement or ... > full story
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