News tagged with tracking technology


Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers

Waze turning road warriors into map builders

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Technology startup Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers while creating reliable street maps.


Eye-tracking software opens online worlds to people with disabilities

Eye-tracking software opens online worlds to people with disabilities (w/ Video)

Technology / Software

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology that allows gamers to control game functions with only their eyes is helping to open virtual worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft to people with severe motor disabilities.





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US sends 2 missile defense satellites into orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(AP) -- Two satellites are heading to orbit as part of a missile defense program demonstration.


Watching me, watching you

Watching me, watching you

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a person's ...


New RFID technology tracks and monitors nuclear materials

New RFID technology tracks and monitors nuclear materials

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices have widely been used for tracking for years; recently, scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed ...


Eye Movements May Help Detect Autism

Eye Movements May Help Detect Autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents will attest that infants convey their needs and interests in a variety of ways, many times without ever making a sound. For researchers in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, ...


Tracking down the human 'odorprint'

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Each of the 6.7 billion people on Earth has a signature body odor -- the chemical counterpart to fingerprints -- and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the "human odorprint" for purposes ...


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Control needed over digital view of lives: expert

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An MIT computer expert is calling for a "new deal" to allow individuals to control the "God's eye" view of their daily lives built up from the traces left behind when they phone or surf the Internet.


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Twitter becomes mutual friend of Google, Microsoft

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Refusing to be upstaged, Google's Internet search index will include public updates from Twitter's communications stream.


Logitech Unveils Mice That Work Where Others Fail -- Glass Surface (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today, Logitech took the computer mouse where no mouse has gone before. With Logitech Darkfield Laser Tracking, you can use your mouse virtually anywhere you want - including clear glass (that's at least 4 mm thick) and high-gloss ...


Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells

Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.


Sevenfold Accuracy Improvement for 3-D ‘Virtual Reality’ Labs

Sevenfold Accuracy Improvement for 3-D 'Virtual Reality' Labs

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed software that improves the accuracy of the tracking devices in its immersive, or virtual, research environment ...



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