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Creating an Early Warning System for Train Safety

As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania. This team is working to devise an early-warning system for train operations which makes use of [...]

Filed under: Community, News, Technology on September 11th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Intel Joins the Mobile Technology Bandwagon

Known as the leading manufacturer of computer chips, it was only a matter of time before Intel set its sights on the mobile technology industry. The company has recently agreed to purchase the wireless chip division of Infineon Technologies AG, a German semiconductor and system solutions provider. At a whopping price of $1.4 billion, the [...]

Filed under: Business, News, Technology on September 9th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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China’s Healthcare Reform Sparks Innovation from IBM

With China’s plans to spend billions on healthcare reform, a great deal of financial resources have been set aside to go into technological upgrades. Because of this, companies such as Dell Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) have been working to secure the market potential from this development.
Managing medical data has proven to [...]

Filed under: Business, Healthcare, News, Technology on September 8th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Replacing Plastic with Recycled Chewing Gum

The streets of London are littered with irresponsibly discarded chewing gum. More than 30,000 pieces of gum get stuck on Oxford Street alone everyday and it costs a fortune – £150 million to be exact – to hose all of it off each year. Seeing these statistics, and perhaps because she was tired of getting [...]

Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on September 3rd, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Narrowing Down the Scope of Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy has been proven an effective treatment for cancer. It is able to suppress the spread of cancer cells throughout a patient’s body by targeting and killing cells that divide rapidly. Unfortunately, the treatment also affects cells that divide rapidly under normal circumstances, such as cells in the digestive tract, bone marrow and hair follicles. [...]

Filed under: Healthcare, News, Technology on September 2nd, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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A Simple Remedy for Better Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable lithium ion batteries are used to power a great number of gadgets. From digital cameras to cars, the ion storage packs are praised for their efficient energy dispensation and slow loss of charge when not in use. Now, they can be made more efficient, and affordable according to research from the US Department of [...]

Filed under: News, Technology on August 26th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Taking the Reins on Tidal Power

The latest contribution towards the development of clean energy was unveiled in Scotland earlier in the month. Weighing 1430 tons and sizing up at nearly 75 feet tall, the AK1000 is described as the largest tidal power turbine. Its developer, the Atlantis Resources Corporation, says that the device’s 60 foot rotors can generate one megawatt [...]

Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 25th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Social Media as an Effective Emergency Lifeline

A recent report from the American Red Cross, named Social Media in Disasters and Emergencies, finds that in the event of a large-scale emergency, such as the onset of a natural disaster or an accident, one in five web users would try to contact an emergency responder through digital media channels.
From July 22 to 23, [...]

Filed under: Community, News, Technology on August 24th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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From Butter Sculptures to Biofuel

Sometimes, the quirkiest projects can open avenues into more interesting finds, such as in the case of Michael J. Haas and his dairy-to-diesel research. “It was something we wanted to show could be done,” said Michael J. Haas, a research biochemist at the United States Department of Agriculture who came up with the idea. [...]

Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 19th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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SDI Technologies Extends Compatibility to iPad

There are few who pay particular attention to the alarm clock in their hotel room. Those who do may find a nifty innovation in the rectangular timepiece. Nearly 40% of the 4.9 million hotel rooms in the United States have an iHome propped up on the bedside table. Looking a lot like the conventional hotel [...]

Filed under: Business, News, Technology on August 18th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.

As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.