Twist and Shoot: Nokia N90
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Twist and shoot. It's a pro-photo taker. A personal video-maker. Complete with Carl Zeiss Optics for crisp, bright images you can view, edit, print and share. Meet the Nokia N90. Nokia today presented the Nok ...
Motorola RAZR BLK V3 is Back... in Black
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Motorola, Inc. today unveiled the Motorola RAZR BLK V3, the latest version of the popular and ultra-slim metal-clad flip phone that has come to redefine style and elegance in wireless communications. Continuing to ...
Pi seems a good random number generator - but not always the best
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Apr 27, 2005 |
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If you wanted a random number, historically you could do worse than to pick a sequence from the string of digits in pi. But Purdue University scientists now say other sources might be better. Physicists including Purdue's Eph ...
Researchers identify sleep gene
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Zeroing in on the core cellular mechanisms of sleep, researchers at University of Wisconsin Medical School have identified for the first time a single gene mutation that has a powerful effect on the amount of time fruit flies ...
Philips announces single chip solution for satellite set-top boxes
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Royal Philips Electronics today announced its Nexperia One Chip Set-Top Box (STB) Engine for satellite STBs. Philips has developed this device, the PNX8327, to offer STB manufacturers an easy-to-use solution that reduces ...
'Dead zone' area in Gulf could be increasing, researchers say
Apr 27, 2005 |
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The "dead zone" area of the Gulf of Mexico – a region that annually suffers from low oxygen which can result in huge marine life losses – has appeared much earlier this year, meaning it could be potentially larger in 2005 ...
Discovery of 450 Million Years Old 'Missing Link'
Apr 27, 2005 |
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A 15-year search for fossils in Africa has led to the discovery of eight fish specimens that are 450 million years old – 50 million years older than any previous fish fossil on the continent and amongst the oldest in the ...
Physicists to create more stable gyroscope for Navy
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Apr 27, 2005 |
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Gyroscope to be 1,000 times more accurate than existing instruments Tucked away in a small, cluttered laboratory on Patuxent River Naval Air Station, two physicists spend their days trapping atoms – millions and millions ...
Many Deaths Still Expected With Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons
Apr 27, 2005 |
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A nuclear weapon that is exploded underground can destroy a deeply buried bunker efficiently and requires significantly less power to do so than a nuclear weapon detonated on the surface would, says a new report from the ...
Researchers discover molecular mechanism that desensitizes us to cold
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Findings demonstrate mechanism used by numerous membrane proteins throughout the body – opens pathway to new areas of exploration Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have discovered how the membrane protein that allows u ...
Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers
Apr 27, 2005 |
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In a step toward making living cells function as if they were tiny computers, engineers at Princeton have programmed bacteria to communicate with each other and produce color-coded patterns. The feat, accomplished in a b ...
Japanese Mobile Phone Operators Find No Scientific Evidence that Radio Waves Affect Human Cells
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Japan's mobile phone operators, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., KDDI Corporation, Vodafone K.K. and TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc. have reported interim findings that radio frequency energy from mobile phone base stations does not affect human ...
Renesas Technology Releases SH-MobileJ3 Application Processor for Mid-Range Mobile Phone Models
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Four-megapixel camera support plus on-chip MPEG-4 and JPEG processing hardware accelerators, allowing implementation of a wide variety of multimedia functions Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the SH-MobileJ3 (prod ...
Scientists create high-speed integrated nanowire circuits
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Low-temperature fabrication and high-quality results could reduce electronics' reliance on silicon Chemists and engineers at Harvard University have made robust circuits from minuscule nanowires that align themselves on a ...
Apple Reduces Prices on Cinema Displays
Apr 27, 2005 |
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Apple today announced that it has made its award-winning line of widescreen flat panel Cinema Displays more affordable than ever by reducing the price of the 20-inch model to just $799 and the 23-inch HD model to just $1,499. ...
