News tagged with conventional television
Enhanced learning with interactive courses for TV
Apr 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Providing educators with the tools to create interactive TV courses will expand their ability to reach audiences in their homes and help them learn new skills, according to European researchers.
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CSI fact catching up with fiction as chemists develop new technology
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Real-life crime scene analysis of bloodstains, fingerprints, and other evidence does not match the speed and certainty on television shows such as CSI. But thanks to advances in chemistry, fact is catching up with fiction ...
Watermarks for mobile television
Oct 01, 2007 |
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For centuries, watermarks have protected written documents from forgery. Now their digital brothers are to prevent videos from being released in the Internet before their television premieres. Electronic watermarks ...
Researchers rest their case: TV consumption predicts opinions about criminal justice system
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Oct 28, 2009 |
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People who watch forensic and crime dramas on TV are more likely than non-viewers to have a distorted perception of America's criminal justice system, according to new research from Purdue University.
Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, researcher says
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study. Overweight adults who cut television time in half burned more calories as a result. ...
Research shows advertisers new ways to hunt for TV bargains
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Aug 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The scene is played out in living rooms across America daily: A favorite television show builds to its riveting conclusion, and a commercial for fast food, automobiles or laundry detergent fills the screen.
US residents gorging on data bytes: study
Dec 09, 2009 |
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If the data devoured in the United States last year were converted to text there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile seven feet (two meters) deep, according to a study released Wednesday.
Immunosuppressant medication may be cost-effective for dry eye syndrome
Feb 09, 2009 |
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A topical eye emulsion consisting of cyclosporine (a medication used to reduce transplant rejections or to treat arthritis and psoriasis) may be a cost-effective treatment for dry eye syndrome that does not respond to other ...
A third dimension for mobile phones
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional viewing has not yet made it in a big way onto our television and cinema screens. According to European researchers, the story of 3-D TV is set to be quite different with mobile devices, ...
Television control for the remote
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.
Engineers make first 'active matrix' display using nanowires
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Engineers have created the first "active matrix" display using a new class of transparent transistors and circuits, a step toward realizing applications such as e-paper, flexible color monitors and "heads-up" ...
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