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MIT develops camera for the blind

Researchers develop camera for the blind

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Elizabeth Goldring smiles as she shows a visitor photos she's taken — and can see — with her blind eye.





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Samsung Announces the Premium I8910 HD Gold Edition

Samsung Announces the Premium I8910 HD Gold Edition

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 12 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced the availability of the I8910 HD (Omnia HD, GT-I8910) Gold Edition. This premium version of the ground-breaking full touch screen smartphone features a luxurious new look ...


UCSB, UCL scientists rescue visual function in rats using induced pluripotent stem cells

Scientists rescue visual function in rats using induced pluripotent stem cells

Biology / Biotechnology

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team of scientists has rescued visual function in laboratory rats with eye disease by using cells similar to stem cells. The research shows the potential for stem cell-based therapies to treat ...


Study shows US lags behind in transit safety programs for female riders

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 13 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris documents the gap between women's transit safety needs and programs in the U.S. that respond to them.


I see your pain

I see your pain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- How can some sportsmen and women, in the heat of the moment, play on through pain that would floor anyone else? Bert Trautmann, the Manchester City goalkeeper, famously played on through to ...


Researchers demonstrate a better way for computers to 'see' (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 4

Taking inspiration from genetic screening techniques, researchers from Harvard and MIT have demonstrated a way to build better artificial visual systems with the help of low-cost, high-performance gaming hardware.


Male and female shopping strategies show evolution at work in the mall

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 2

Male and female shopping styles are in our genes---and we can look to evolution for the reason. Daniel Kruger, research faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, says it's perfectly natural that men often ...


Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...


New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance

New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields.


Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.


Can heart disease treatments combat AMD?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also help combat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that affects millions of Americans? CVD and AMD share some risk factors-such as smoking, ...



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