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Stanford summer course yields touchscreen Braille writer

Each summer, under the red-tiled roofs and sandstone of Stanford, the Army High-Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) invites a select group of undergraduates from across the country gather for a two-month immersion ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Boys and their bodies

Male bodies are increasingly objectified by mass media. Consider Michael 'The Situation' Sorrentino, a cast member of MTV's Jersey Shore reality show, who garnered fame by flashing his chiseled abs before cameras.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ICANN chief to leave at end of term

The head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the global body which manages the technical infrastructure of the Web, has announced he will not seek another term.

Technology / Business

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The nag factor: How do children convince their parents to buy unhealthy foods?

The Nag Factor: How do very young children get their parents to buy foods and beverages of low nutritional value?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Violence doesn't add to children's enjoyment of TV shows, movies: study

Despite growing concern about the effects of media violence on children, violent television shows and movies continue to be produced and marketed to them. An Indiana University research study concludes that violence doesn't ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

It's a jungle out there: New study uncovers gender bias in children's books with male characters

The most comprehensive study of 20th century children's books ever undertaken in the United States has found a bias towards tales that feature men and boys as lead characters. Surprisingly, researchers found ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 11

Holocaust historical data goes digital

(AP) -- The world's largest collection of Holocaust documents is going digital.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Use smartphone app to file taxes

You can make a restaurant reservation, check your bank balance, and shop online with your smartphone, and now you may be able to do your taxes, too.

Technology / Software

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fujitsu accelerates verification of Java software through parallel processing

Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of technology enabling high-speed exhaustive verification of Java software using parallel processing. In ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The impact of 'nature-deficit disorder' on the health of children

Children can more easily identify obscure cartoon characters than the native plants and animals that live outside their front door. And this lack of connection to the natural world can have a profound impact on their health ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan

Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system.

Technology / Other

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 6

IBM and EU partner to enable digitization of historic European texts on massive scale

IBM and the EU have expanded their research collaboration, which now includes more than two-dozen national libraries, research institutes, universities, and companies across Europe to provide new technology that will enable ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet addresses to accept Chinese script

(AP) -- Chinese speakers will soon be able to tap out Internet addresses in their own language after the agency that runs Internet addresses says it will start accepting Chinese script for domain names.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Licensed Characters on Food Packaging Affect Kids' Taste Preferences, Snack Selections

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children significantly prefer the taste of junk foods branded with licensed cartoon characters on the packaging, compared with the same foods without characters, finds a new study from the Rudd Center for ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Entropy study suggests Pictish symbols likely were part of a written language

(PhysOrg.com) -- How can you tell the difference between random pictures and an ancient, symbol-based language? A new study has shown that concepts in entropy can be used to measure the degree of repetitiveness ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report