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Jan 31, 2010

Mobile Phone Use Soars

Separate reports out this week show that mobile phone use is soaring in the United States and globally, and data moving across mobile networks is expected to grow dramatically over the next four years. One report by comScoreMobiLens shows that Americans want to do more than talk on their phones,...

Jan 31, 2010

Extreme Mobile: Fords to Feature Voice-Controlled Internet

Later this year, Ford automobiles will let you access the Internet and take your digital life on the road. Safety experts worry, however, that all the distractions could be dangerous. An enhancement of the company's popular voice-activated in-car communications system, Ford's second-generation SYNC will become the operating system that manages...

Dec 31, 2009

How Google's Nexus One Phone Compares

Google launched its first branded phone today available in both an unlocked version that can be used with multiple carriers and as a subsidized phone tied to a two-year contract with T-Mobile. In a well crafted publicity strategy, the Nexus One captured the attention of the media and the blogosphere...

Dec 31, 2009

US Army Launches New Social Media Site

A new Facebook-like social media site aimed at the U.S. Army tech community aims to make discussion of sensitive information easier and safer. Called milBook, the new networking tool offers a centralized location for Army personnel to discuss military topics that were previously done through potentially insecure emails, chats, wikis...

Dec 31, 2009

Driving Impairs Talking

It's well known that talking on a cell phone distracts a driver and increases the risk of a crash. Turns out driving distracts us from listening and talking, too. You might think that talking is an easy thing to do and that comprehending language is easy. But it's not, explained...

Nov 30, 2011

Controlling Robots with Cell Phone Applications

This ScienceLives article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. If robots are to become as common as household pets, everyday people will need to control and monitor them easily. That's one of the purposes behind two apps that Polytechnic Institute of New York University's (NYU-Poly)...

Jul 31, 2011

Virtual Sleuths to Unmask Online Villains

Nasty Internet bots can impersonate humans to tirelessly win money in online poker games or talk unwary chat users into clicking on click fraud links. But weeding out such devious artificial intelligence isn't as easy as spotting Agent Smith in his dark suit, tie and sunglasses from The Matrix. Instead,...

May 31, 2011

3-D Printed Bikini Tests Fabricated Fashion

Bespoke tailoring usually applies to men′s suits, and conjures up an image of Seville Row craftsmen doing things the old fashioned way. The introduction of the 3-D printed bikini flips that image on its head, showcasing how computer generated tailoring can produce the custom fit needed for female apparel that...

Apr 30, 2011

Nanopatch Could Reverse Heart Attack Damage

Every heart attack kills part of the heart. It chokes off blood to the nerve and muscle cells that keep the heart beating. But future surgeons might implant a nanopatch that serves as scaffolding to regrow heart cells and resurrect the dead region. That hope rests upon finding the right...

Apr 30, 2011

U.S. Considers Open-Source Software for Cybersecurity

Top 10 Inventions that Changed the World Open-source software may not sound compatible with the idea of strong cybersecurity, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees such software, which anyone can tinker with, as a possible tool for defending government networks from both online thieves and professional cyberspies. A...

Sep 30, 2012

Cheaters, Cooperators, and Evolutionary Theory

(ISNS) -- An experiment involving yeast has revealed a method that allows organizations to avoid the tragedy of the commons, the situation in which individuals take advantage of shared resources -- such as common grazing land for animals -- without paying for their use or maintenance. By performing the experiment...

Aug 31, 2012

Cyborg Cockroaches May Be Future Emergency Responders

Researchers say they've figured out a way to create cyborg, remote-controlled cockroaches, hoping one day the resilient creatures could be steered into disaster zones to gather information and look for survivors. Video footage from the experiments at North Carolina State University shows the part-robot roaches being directed along a curving...

Jul 31, 2012

Robot Hand Could Disable IEDs

Researchers are showing off a robotic hand that they say could be dexterous enough to disarm an improvised explosive device (IED) and cost-effective enough to be used widely by troops. Hands are considered the most difficult part of the robotic system, and are also the least available due to the...

Jul 31, 2012

Blacksmith Talks about His Robot Suit Creation

Want to ride your own huge robot that resembles a futuristic starship trooper? You can thank Kogoro Kurata, an artist who channels the spirit of both superhero inventor Tony Stark and a blacksmith from Japan's feudal samurai era. Kurata built his eponymous robot suit, called Kuratas, with a group called...

Jun 30, 2012

Heavy Suit Gives the Young a Taste of Old Age

Young people can finally get a taste of what their aging parents and grandparents experience by putting on the Age Man Suit. The cumbersome suit pulls off a Rip Van Winkle feat by transforming wearers into their stiff, blurry-eyed elderly versions decades into the future. The Age Man Suit combines...