News tagged with virtualization

Teaching teens safety in the virtual world

A new cyber safety program on the dangers of social networking is being developed by Flinders University, in light of an alarming report which shows children as young as 12 are meeting internet strangers in ...

Technology / Internet

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Japan scientist makes 'Avatar' robot

A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" one step closer to reality.

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 13

New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A therapist in your pocket

Brooding in your apartment on Saturday afternoon? A new smart phone intuits when you're depressed and will nudge you to call or go out with friends.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nicira promises virtual networks will transform networking

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the past four years, founders of the start-up company Nicira have been developing cutting-edge software that they predict will transform the networking technology underlying the Internet. ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Study finds strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties

A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people's ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Augmented reality promises astronauts instant medical knowhow

A new augmented reality unit developed by ESA can provide just-in-time medical expertise to astronauts. All they need to do is put on a head-mounted display for 3D guidance in diagnosing problems or even performing ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Darpa researchers design eye-enhancing virtual reality contact lenses

Currently being developed by DARPA researchers at Washington-based Innovega iOptiks are contact lenses that enhance normal vision by allowing a wearer to view virtual and augmented reality images without the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Repulsive gravity as an alternative to dark energy (Part 2: In the quantum vacuum)

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past few years, CERN physicist Dragan Hajdukovic has been investigating what he thinks may be a widely overlooked part of the cosmos: the quantum vacuum. He suggests that the quantum vacuum has ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (73) | comments 143 | with audio podcast report

Online game theft earns real-world conviction

(AP) -- The amulet and mask were a 13-year-old boy's virtual possessions in an online fantasy game. In the real world, he was beaten and threaten with a knife to give them up.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Harnessing the predictive power of virtual communities

Scientists have created a new algorithm to detect virtual communities, designed to match the needs of real-life social, biological or information networks detection better than with current attempts. The results of this study ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Virtual Projection team puts iPhone writing on the wall (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A collaborative team from the University of Calgary, University of Munich, and Columbia, have figured out a way to use a smartphone to project the phone’s display on to external displays ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

People behave socially and 'well' even without rules: study

Fundamentally people behave in a social and rather compassionate and "good" way rather than aggressively, even without specified rules. That is the result of a study from the Institute for Science of Complex Systems at the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Deciphering communication: learning from robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment led by Laurent Keller at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and by Steffen Wischmann and Dario Floreano at EPFL shows that communication systems can evolve differently within ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

China Telecom launches British mobile venture

Telecoms giant China Telecom is launching a mobile virtual network in Britain in partnership with Everything Everywhere, targeting Chinese residents and visitors, the British company said Wednesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0