World's First Face Recognition Biometric for Mobile Phones

World's First Face Recognition Biometric for Mobile Phones

Electronics /

created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

OMRON Corporation, a global leader in automation, sensing and control technology, has announced "OKAO Vision Face Recognition Sensor", a world first in face recognition technology which can be implemented ...


Brain-Computer Interface

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created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A research group led by Academy Professor Mikko Sams is developing a brain-computer interface, a device that transforms electrical or magnetic brain signals into commands a computer can understand. Equipment of this kind ...


Temperature inside collapsing bubble four times that of sun

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created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Using a technique employed by astronomers to determine stellar surface temperatures, chemists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have measured the temperature inside a single, acoustically driven collapsing ...


Scientist of the University of Ghent discovers natural atom antihydrogen

Physics /

created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

On February 15, 2005 of the Physics/Einstein Year, the complete story of the discovery of natural atom antihydrogen, started in 1985, was published on-line. The antihydrogen problem has become a highly mediatic issue, bot ...


Industry's First HDMI Transmitters for PC Platforms

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created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Silicon Image, Inc. today debuted the industry's first High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) transmitters for desktop and notebook PC applications. Capitalizing on increasing consumer interest in Media Center PCs and ...


Quantum computers may be easier to build than predicted

Quantum computers may be easier to build than predicted

Nanotechnology /

created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A full-scale quantum computer could produce reliable results even if its components performed no better than today's best first-generation prototypes, according to a paper in the March 3 issue in the journal Nature by ...


W800 - the first Walkman branded mobile phone

World's first Walkman® phone

Electronics /

created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sony Ericsson kick-started its entry into the mobile music market with the announcement of the W800, the first Walkman® branded mobile phone. It will now be possible to listen to music, handle phone calls and ...


Intel Mobile Concept PCs Provide Vision Of Tomorrow's Digital Lifestyle

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created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel Corporation today unveiled its latest concept mobile PCs, which advance Intel's vision of anytime, anywhere computing. The new designs demonstrate how future Intel Centrino mobile technology platforms could be used ...


most distant massive object

The most distant massive object ever detected

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An international team of astronomers using the world's largest X-ray and optical telescopes have spotted the most distant massive object ever detected, a cluster of galaxies 9 billion light years distant from ...


Hitachi First to Develop Intel Itanium 2 Processor Chipsets

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Hitachi, Ltd. announced the development and operational verification of the world's first chipset supporting FSB (Front Side Bus) speeds of 667MHz for the Intel Itanium 2 Processor. In addition, the development also employs ...


Immersion in virtual world alleviates pain from injury

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Virtual reality games can help alleviate pain in children being treated for severe injuries, according to research published today in the Open Access, peer reviewed journal BMC Pediatrics. Immersion in a virtual world of ...


Unravelling a genetic mystery

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Research by a University of Nottingham expert has shed new light on a genetic mystery that has its origins millions of years ago. A study by Dr Angus Davison has helped to uncover new facts about the most common organic com ...


An image of the new source located below a large expanding ring of debris from a supernova remnant. The plot below is a radio li

Powerful Bursting Radio Source Discovery Points to New Class of Astronomical Objects

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Astronomers at Sweet Briar College and the Naval Research Laboratory have detected a powerful new bursting radio source whose unique properties suggest the discovery of a new class of astronomical objects. ...


Chandra probes high-voltage auroras on Jupiter

Chandra probes high-voltage auroras on Jupiter

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Scientists have obtained new insight into the unique power source for many of Jupiter's auroras, the most spectacular and active auroras in the Solar System. Extended monitoring of the giant planet with NASA's ...


Sony Expands Hi-MD Format

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Adding greater versatility to the Hi-MDTM format, Sony Corporation today announced the adoption of MP3 direct playback and the new Hi-MD PHOTO standard, which extends the potential of Hi-MD to serve in a new role as a medium ...




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