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Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices

The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Close encounters: When Daniel123 met Jane234 (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qbo robots created a stir recently when their developers succeeded in demonstrating that a Qbo can be trained to recognize itself in the mirror. Now the developers have taken their explorations ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Researchers showcase cylindrical mirror on iPad

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team from a women's university in Japan is developing a cylindrical mirror for use with the multi-touch iPad. The mirror could send online shoppers into new optical highs. The group, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (15) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog

Holodesk prototype puts life in computers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project at Microsoft Research Cambridge has brought forth a prototype called Holodesk, which lets you manipulate virtual objects with your hand. You literally "get your hands on" ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

In nod to IBM, HP overhaul minimizes consumers

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is surrendering in smartphones and tablet computers and has put its personal computer division up for sale, as new CEO Leo Apotheker tries to transform the Silicon Valley stalwart ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ONR develops new acquisition model for delivering information to the fleet

To rapidly develop a new way to deliver information to the fleet, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has created a unique acquisition approach that developers will outline at the Feb. 22-24 Institute of Electrical ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

YouTube to gather videos for 'Life in a Day' movie

(AP) -- With the help of director Kevin Macdonald, producer Ridley Scott and a few hundred other filmmakers, YouTube is making a movie.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mirror Testing at NASA Breaks Superstitious Myths

(PhysOrg.com) -- In ancient mythological times reflective surfaces like shiny metals and mirrors were thought to be magical and credited with the ability to look into the future. NASA is using mirrors to do ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Augmented reality systems appearing in Japanese shopping malls

(PhysOrg.com) -- Augmented reality (AR) systems are being developed for real applications in store windows and shopping malls in Japan.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 weblog

Risky schemes may be only hope for cooling planet: scientists

Sci-fi proposals to cool the planet are laden with risk but may be Earth's only hope if politicians fail to tackle global warming, scientists said on Tuesday in their biggest evaluation to date of "geo-engineering" ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (22) | comments 18


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