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Put your thinking cap on and type with your mind (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Guger Technologies, an Austrian-based company, has developed a computer interface that can work directly with the human brain. The interface allows a user to "type" short messages by staring ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits

(AP) -- A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new read-aloud feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reader Tuesday, arguing that the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Europeans protest controversial Internet pact

Tens of thousands of people marched in protests in more than a dozen European cities Saturday against a controversial anti-online piracy pact that critics say could curtail Internet freedom.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Google, Facebook remove content on India's order

Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Inequality in wealthy states rises, diseases decline: WHO

Social inequality in wealthy nations is increasing while in parts of the developing world many diseases are on the wane, Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Televisions getting Siri-style personal assistants

Startup Vlingo on Tuesday said that it is giving televisions the kind of voice-controlled "virtual assistants" that have been a hit with the latest version of Apple's hot-selling iPhone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

TVs you can talk to, without sounding crazy

Talking to the TV is usually a sign of extreme agitation, mental instability or loneliness. TV manufacturers are set to make it a more rational behavior this year, with a range of sets that respond to speech.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows graphic images get smokers' attention

(Medical Xpress) -- They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but its worth might just be measurable in terms of lives, according to research by a University of South Carolina public health professor.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Trimming time in the stacks

A sophisticated text-analyzing tool developed by a UC Berkeley graduate student could speed literary searches for humanities scholars and other researchers.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multimodal interaction: Humanizing the human-computer interface

In everyday life humans use speech, gestures, facial expressions, touch to communicate. And, over long distances we resort to text messages and other such modern technology. Notably, when we interact with ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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

India bid to censor Internet draws flak

Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's image as a bastion of free speech.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pakistan delays ban on 'obscene' text messages

Pakistan's mobile operators on Monday deferred implementing a ban on nearly 1,700 "obscene" words from text messages, saying they were seeking further clarification from the telecoms authority.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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