http://www.physorg.com/technology-news/hi-tech/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on hi-tech, technology, computer news and information (AP) -- Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish. http://www.physorg.com/news178565351.html Technology - Hi Tech Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:29:38 EST news178565351 (AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods. http://www.physorg.com/news178530466.html Technology - Hi Tech Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:02 EST news178530466 (AP) -- A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news178440806.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:01 EST news178440806 (PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chip maker Intel wants to implant a brain-sensing chip directly into the brains of its customers to allow them to operate computers and other devices without moving a muscle. http://www.physorg.com/news178186859.html Technology - Hi Tech Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:21:45 EST news178186859 The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion. http://www.physorg.com/news177358842.html Technology - Hi Tech Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:21:41 EST news177358842 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of artists, engineers and architects have proposed an enormous "digital cloud" to turn London's skyline into an overhead display of data and images. http://www.physorg.com/news177317286.html Technology - Hi Tech Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:50:01 EST news177317286 In the waiting room, the patient's family members circled a Blackberry. About every 15 minutes, Dr. Carlos Wolf of Miami Plastic Surgery gave them a few keystrokes of information about how the patient was doing. http://www.physorg.com/news177234638.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:50:01 EST news177234638 This holiday season, many travelers will be able to keep a close eye on home. Thanks to new security system technology, including live video feed, you can monitor everything from the front door to the sump pump from hundreds of miles away. http://www.physorg.com/news177172067.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:40:01 EST news177172067 (PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the world's first 4K panel for 3LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors. The panel will enable the projectors to produce a bright image of 4096 x 2160 pixels resolution (2160p), which is four times the resolution of a top range high definition television or Blu-Ray Disc. http://www.physorg.com/news177063891.html Technology - Hi Tech Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:02 EST news177063891 In one sense, our hands define our humanity. Our opposable thumbs and our hands' unique structure allow us to write, paint, and play the piano. Those who lose their hands as a result of accident, conflict or disease often feel they've lost more than mere utility. http://www.physorg.com/news176564795.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:47:23 EST news176564795 Once regarded as a quirky fad for nerds wearing cardboard spectacles, 3D films are enjoying a mainstream renaissance and this time the medium is here to stay, entertainment industry experts say. http://www.physorg.com/news176534648.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:24:55 EST news176534648 (PhysOrg.com) -- British scientists are aiming to develop a device that can detect the smell of fear, and that could one day identify terrorists, drug smugglers, and other criminals. http://www.physorg.com/news176452932.html Technology - Hi Tech Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:42:59 EST news176452932 (PhysOrg.com) -- Even with "active shutter" 3D technology for television sets, the wearing of special glasses is still required in order to get the proper experience. They aren't those red and blue or red and green 3D glasses that we are used to seeing from the 50s and 60s, but you still have to wear glasses. Now, though, efforts are being made for a 3D television viewing experience without the glasses: the Full Parallax 3D TV. http://www.physorg.com/news176036144.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:57:35 EST news176036144 (AP) -- Hold Esquire's December issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly. http://www.physorg.com/news176014150.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:50:06 EST news176014150 (AP) -- Many travelers still rely on comprehensive printed guidebooks for tourism information. But travelers are also increasingly using mobile technology to plan a trip or find their way around. http://www.physorg.com/news175882488.html Technology - Hi Tech Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:20:23 EST news175882488 (AP) -- Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches. http://www.physorg.com/news175702788.html Technology - Hi Tech Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:20:36 EST news175702788 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new device called the Gyrowheel could soon revolutionize the way children learn to ride bicycles, and they will be able to learn on their own, without training wheels, and in as little as half an hour. http://www.physorg.com/news175329334.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:37:07 EST news175329334 (AP) -- The future of ultrasound technology, as interpreted by General Electric Co., looks a bit like a flip phone crossed with an iPod. http://www.physorg.com/news175326408.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:47:45 EST news175326408 Minneapolis metro-area cities are saving both dollars and trees by reducing their paper-shuffling. From utility billings to city council agenda packets, more city staffs are using the Internet and flash drives to share information and save expenses on printing documents. http://www.physorg.com/news175266166.html Technology - Hi Tech Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:10:06 EST news175266166 Eleventh-grader Philip Marten's second-hour class is orchestra. But first hour, third hour, fourth hour and the rest of his school day are spent not at school but at home in Shawnee, Kan. http://www.physorg.com/news175267820.html Technology - Hi Tech Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:30:02 EST news175267820 (AP) -- When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared for a dangerous high-speed chase. http://www.physorg.com/news175256864.html Technology - Hi Tech Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:28:18 EST news175256864 Prompted partly by the iPhone's phenomenal popularity, consumers are demanding and likely to get a wider range of touch screens on many more electronic devices. http://www.physorg.com/news174809791.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:20:02 EST news174809791 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to be remotely controlled. http://www.physorg.com/news174812133.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:02 EST news174812133 Buying Huggies at Target the other evening -- size N, for newborn -- I noticed that the back of the receipt was printed with a coupon for infant formula. Cash registers are so clever these days. Target, I've been told, is among a small number of big retailers that have invested millions of dollars to develop technology internally that tries to understand their customers' needs. But most big companies are still pretty clueless. http://www.physorg.com/news174764236.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:50:03 EST news174764236 The Emotions Jacket is a research platform that uses the sense of touch to take the cinematic experience to new levels, allowing viewers to experience the intense emotions felt by characters on-screen. While other viewing enhancement techniques focus primarily on audio and visual aspects, the Emotions Jacket instead stimulates the biggest, our heaviest and most sensitive sense; the human skin. This exploration is part of Philips` wider ‘sensory experiences` program. http://www.physorg.com/news174761284.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:00:21 EST news174761284 (PhysOrg.com) -- James Dyson, inventor of the bag-less vacuum cleaners has taken his invention one step further with the unveiling of the bladeless fan. Using 'Air Multiplier' technology the bladeless fan pushes 119 gallons of air per second. http://www.physorg.com/news174741494.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:20:01 EST news174741494 (AP) -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes. http://www.physorg.com/news174651459.html Technology - Hi Tech Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:50:02 EST news174651459 Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, a student at Keio University in Japan, demonstrates her product, Cheeron++, at the UbiComp in Orlando, Fla. Sorry, Elmo, the dolls of the future are not just for tickles. http://www.physorg.com/news174207604.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:30:03 EST news174207604 You can pay your phone bill online, but you still need a pen and clipboard to fill out forms at a doctor's office. You can check in for a flight on the Internet, but you have to carry around a slip of paper with handwritten instructions to fill a prescription. You can get six years of your shopping history from Amazon.com, but good luck finding a vaccine record from 2003. http://www.physorg.com/news174206808.html Technology - Hi Tech Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:20:01 EST news174206808 High-school classmates from 30 years ago connect daily on Facebook. Cable customers report outages on Twitter. A father text messages his daughter to gently tell her it's time for her boyfriend to go home. http://www.physorg.com/news174157145.html Technology - Hi Tech Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:00:02 EST news174157145