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  • Remote control door opener

    BlueGuard Opens Doors When You Get Within Bluetooth Range “The $200 unit detects up to 10 separate cellphones at up to 33 feet (standard low-power Bluetooth range), and hooks up to the door-opening system to enable you to get hands-free entrance...
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  • Government data access

    data.gov is Live “”The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government“. However, while this means that the data has finally become...
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  • 3D tech

    Panasonic climbs aboard Hollywood’s 3D roller coaster “With their P2 camera, Panasonic is aiming to make capturing live 3D images a lot easier for 3D content producers who presently have to hand-build their own 3D production systems by physically...
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  • Posting audio

    Effortless podcasting on iPhone with Audioboo “Record iPhone audio directly to the cloud with the intuitive Audioboo app and have it automatically update facebook, twitter, and iTunes for effortless podcasting fun.” Make Read More...
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  • Technology environment

    MIT’s futuristic, networked bus stop design “Riders can plan a bus trip on an interactive map, surf the Web, monitor their real-time exposure to pollutants and use their mobile devices as an interface with the bus shelter. They can also post...
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  • Biological computing

    Cellular Counter Brings Computer Programming to Life “In an essential step toward programming cells as precisely as computers, synthetic biologists have finally learned to count. By linking a series of protein switches, researchers made prototype...
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  • Haptics through shock

    Senseg: Amazing haptic technology that could be coming to a device near you “Instead of using vibrating motors, the devices are completely motionless. Instead, the Senseg system stimulates your fingers or hand with an electrical field to simulate...
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  • Replaying history

    TwHistory “We believe that history is filled with exciting stories. We also believe that these stories can be told through Twitter; through the people who lived and experienced them. We go through journals, diaries, letters, and other original sources...
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  • The power of face to face

    Wearable Sensors Watch Workers “The researchers outfitted workers in a Rhode Island call center with a wearable sensor pack that records details of social interactions. They discovered that those employees who had in-person conversations with coworkers...
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  • Long lasting storage

    Computer memory to last a billion years “We have developed a new mechanism for digital memory storage with the potential to store data with both long lifetime and high density. Our memory device consists of a crystalline iron nanoparticle enclosed...
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  • Colour e-ink

    Color E-Paper That Rivals the Real Thing “Color displays normally require four subpixels–red, green, blue, and white–to create each full-color pixel. “That costs you in terms of resolution,” says Pieter van Lieshout, head...
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  • Making sense of data

    Swine Flu Cases Map “Tracking Swine Flu Cases Worldwide”  NYTimes.com Read More...
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  • Haptic communication

    Immersion’s New Haptic Touchscreen Tech Encourages Corny iPhone Romance “Immersive Messaging, on the other hand, is a cornball idea that’s essentially text messaging gussied up with haptic feedback: You can send a heart design to your...
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  • Using real fonts online

    Introducing Typekit “We’ve been working with foundries to develop a consistent web-only font linking license. We’ve built a technology platform that lets us to host both free and commercial fonts in a way that is incredibly fast, smoothes out differences...
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  • Social vs. work

    Companies Want to Monitor Workers on Social Networks “The professional services firm found that 60 percent of the executives interviewed believe they have a right to know how employees portray themselves and their organizations. Employees, on the...
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