http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- It may be a long time before we see robots shooting pucks and making saves in professional hockey, but second-year mechanical engineering students at the University of Alberta put some pretty impressive players to the test as part of a creative design course. http://www.physorg.com/news178449090.html Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:40:02 EST news178449090 Britons are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change television channel if the remote control is not working, according to a study Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news169111786.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:40:01 EST news169111786 In 1955, Zenith introduced the first wireless TV remote control, the Flash-Matic, followed a year later by the Space Command. http://www.physorg.com/news165689708.html Electronics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:06 EST news165689708 Videogame lovers are being coaxed off couches as the industry sprints ahead with a trend toward fitness titles and motion-sensing controllers. http://www.physorg.com/news163393732.html Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:09:21 EST news163393732 Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone. http://www.physorg.com/news161248986.html Technology Mon, 11 May 2009 08:23:43 EST news161248986 How many keys are on your keychain? I just looked at mine and counted nine keys. And that's not counting the bulky little remote control key fob that locks and unlocks my car. I've tried to consolidate my keys by making one key fit every lock in the house instead of having different keys for the front door, the back entrance, the shed and some of the different rooms that lock. Then I thought about making just one key that would work for everything. http://www.physorg.com/news159012042.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:01:06 EST news159012042 I've gone on record defining the iPhone to really be a mobile computer that can also make cell phone calls. It uses OS X, the Macintosh operating system to run software such as productivity, game, Internet applications and more. A platform is an underlying computer system on which application programs can run. On personal computers, Windows, Linux and the Mac OS X are examples of different platforms. Sometimes just the OS itself can be referred to as a platform. Conversely the hardware itself can also be called a platform and in my opinion, the iPhone absolutely is a computer platform. http://www.physorg.com/news151764343.html Technology Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:46:29 EST news151764343 New work at nexus of facial expression recognition research and automated tutoring A computer science Ph.D. student can turn his face into a remote control that speeds and slows video playback. The proof-of-concept demonstration is part of a larger project to use automated facial expression recognition to make robots more effective teachers. http://www.physorg.com/news133590374.html Technology Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:26:14 EST news133590374