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  • Liquid displays

    Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities “The researchers hope that, by taking advantage of the new device’s unique liquid properties, they can make further improvements in OLED technology. For instance, liquid semiconductors could easily...
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  • Party planning

    Flavortunes Lets Your Guests Build Your Party Playlist “Nobody wants to throw a party with stale music. Flavortunes invites your guests and has them RSVP with playlist suggestions at the same time. After signing up for an account at Flavortunes...
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  • Media control

    CRISTAL: Control Your Living Room By Dragging, Dropping, Swiping a Surface Table “The awkwardly-acronymed CRISTAL, which stands for “”Control of Remotely Interfaced Systems using Touch-based Actions in Living spaces,” uses a camera...
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  • Running on rails

    KAIST korean electric vehicle project “the electric vehicle picks up power from underground power supplier lines through the non-contact magnetic charging method, while either running or standing. […] in february 2009, KAIST researchers first proved...
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  • Data jewellery

    Geographic jewellery “Earth Brooch Silver is a piece of jewellery made from a custom-selected piece of topography, 3D printed in wax and then cast in silver.” Make Read More...
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  • New sources of data

    FatSecret Looks To Become A Central Hub For Nutrition Data With New API “FatSecret, a social network focused on nutrition and weight loss that we covered back in 2007, is launching a new API tonight that allows third party sites and services to...
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  • Speed vs. accuracy

    Kids Who Text Frequently Work Faster, Sloppier “The Mobile Radiofrequency Phone Exposed Users Study (MoRPhEUS) analyzed the cognitive capabilities and mobile phone use of 317 children ages 11-14. The young people who used their phones more often...
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  • Screen time effects

    Study Links Screen Time and High Blood Pressure “The researchers found that children who spent the least amount of time watching television, using the computer, and playing video games had much lower blood pressure levels than those who spent the...
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  • Robot negotiations

    Robot negotiates with mentally ill man who threatened White House “That particular piece of equipment is a Remotec (a subsidiary of Northrop-Grumman) model F-6A by the looks of it. It has 3 cameras, a microphone and a speaker. It can be operated...
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  • Front displays

    Samsung DualView cameras put the photographer in the picture “The extra displays found on the TL225 and TL220 are designed to make turning the camera on yourself a bit more reliable than the “hold at arm’s length and hope” method usually...
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  • Remote pilots

    Video games finally pay off: Air Force needs more virtual flyers than real pilots “The US Air Force has just revealed that, this year, it will train more ‘pilots’ to remotely operate unmanned aircraft than pilots to fly fighters and bombers.”...
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  • Mechanical filters

    Tiny MEMS devices to filter, amplify electronic signals “Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices, made up of vibrating structures the thickness of a human hair, that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones...
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  • Flying like insects

    Nano Air Vehicle takes flight “The Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) is a small bird-sized aircraft that uses flapping wings to fly and hover. It was developed by UAV-pioneers Aeronvironment with funding from (you guessed it) the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced...
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  • Hearing

    High-tech hearing aid is the ultimate iPod accessory “But the newer processors, costing about $6000 each, shut out background noise, giving users up to 25 per cent better hearing, and can be attached directly to MP3 music players or wireless headsets...
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  • Wireless enhancements

    World’s First Wireless, Internet-Connected Pacemaker Installed “A New York woman has got the world’s first wireless pacemaker, which allows constant remote monitoring via web: If there is anything abnormal, and we have a very intricate...
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