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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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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In a first-ever study of hand-clapping songs, Dr. Idit Sulkin from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) discovered a link between the activity and the development of important skills that last throughout a person’s life. These skills surprisingly included cognitive abilities, social integration, spelling and even neater handwriting. Through hand-clapping songs and games, children [...]
Filed under: News, education on August 20th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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On March 20th, a 60-foot boat constructed of plastic soda bottles disembarked from the San Francisco bay area on an 11,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean. Aptly named Plastiki, the boat was the brainchild of banking heir and environmentalist, David de Rothschild. Four months later, on July 26th, the catarman finally docked at Sydney’s Darling [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 5th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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At a recent press conference held at the company’s headquarters, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that free protective cases will be given to buyers of its latest iPhone model to alleviate the issue of wireless signal loss. The more than 3 million people who have already bought the iPhone 4 as well as new buyers [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Press, Technology on July 27th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Social Robotics is a branch of computer science that deals with enhancing communication between humans and machines. At various laboratories, robots programmed to deal with human interaction are being tested out. But more specifically, they are trained to both teach and learn an assortment of skills for people. One particular application is for teaching children [...]
Filed under: News, Technology, education on July 24th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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A new study conducted by professors Gregory Northcraft and Kevin Rockmann of the University of Illinois suggest that email, video conferencing and other means of communications meant to expedite productivity, can actually hurt it.
In 2006, the two professors co-wrote a section of a book called Ethics in Groups, which talked about forces that perpetuate and [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on June 21st, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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A universal communicator has long been idealized in the world of science fiction, from Murray Leinster’s 1945 novella First Contact to the more current and popular television and film franchise Star Trek, where universal communicators allow people (and aliens) of different races to communicate seamlessly. Like many other technologies in science fiction, the concept of [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on May 16th, 2010 @ 11:18 pm
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Economic recovery and clean energy jobs took center stage in President Obama’s second State of the Union Address Wednesday night before a Joint Session of Congress.
Obama said “I have never been more hopeful about America’s future than I am tonight,” putting clean energy jobs, high-speed rail, and basic research for American innovation at the core [...]
Filed under: News on January 29th, 2010 @ 8:00 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.