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Researchers develop better training for keyhole surgery

Researchers develop better training for keyhole surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher Sanne Botden has improved the training methods for surgeons who perform keyhole operations. At present, a relatively large number of errors are made during surgery of this kind. She defends her ...





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Magnetic levitation gives computer users sense of touch

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 3

Computers, long used as tools to design and manipulate three-dimensional objects, may soon provide people with a way to sense the texture of those objects or feel how they fit together, thanks to a haptic, or touch-based, ...


Robotics lab helps stroke patients with recovery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 04, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robotics engineers at Rice University are teaming with doctors from Memorial Hermann|TIRR to develop a PC-based system for physical rehabilitation.


Real-Time Feedback System for Alpine Skiers Help Improve Performance

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have developed an effective real-time performance management and feedback system for alpine ski racers that allow skiers to better understand their carved turning skills and improve their performance.


Enabling the blind to find their way

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- “Eyes on the future” is the mantra of the ‘World Sight Day’ held this month to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment. New technologies, developed by European researchers offering the visually ...


Interactive technology could help students feel what can't be seen

Interactive technology could help students feel what can't be seen

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Equations or graphs can explain what happens when atoms bump into each other, but a technology called haptics could help students know how it feels. A Purdue University researcher says haptic, or force-feedback, ...


Student drinking: Changing perceptions reduces alcohol misuse

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Giving students personalised feedback on their drinking behaviour and how it compares to social norms might help to reduce alcohol misuse, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review.


Samsung Introduces Corby

Samsung Introduces Corby -- Touchscreen Mobile Phone for Youth

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced the availability of Samsung Corby (model: S3650), a mobile phone designed to support the digitally connected lifestyles of today’s young mobile users.


New eBay program aims to reward good sellers

Technology / Internet

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- EBay Inc. wants to attract more buyers to its online marketplace. So it's trying a new way of rewarding good sellers.


Client-directed therapy technique drastically reduces divorce/separation rates

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.


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UCSD Robots Take Center Stage at National Robotics Conference

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Novel agile robots created by mechanical engineers at UC San Diego recently made their way to Austin, Texas, and took center stage during a keynote address at NI Week , the annual robotics extravaganza hosted ...



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