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Switching cell phones takes emotional toll

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

She's gone. We were the best of friends, constant companions -- literally, because I carried her day and night in the left-front pocket of my jeans. For five years we roamed the world together, or at least the United States, ...


IBM Researchers Develop Shield to Mask Sensitive On-Screen Information

Technology / Software

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

IBM Research - Haifa has developed software that more efficiently and effectively hides sensitive or personal information that might otherwise appear on the computer screens of unauthorized personnel. It could prove particularly ...


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Japanese Robot/Humanoid Innovations Update: Mankind's Best New Friend is Getting Better (Videos)

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined efforts of the University of Tokyo with private sector partners and the Information and Robot Technology Research Technology Initiative have moved one-step closer to creating ...


Fingerprints and faces can be faked, but not brain patterns

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors able to identify individuals’ brain patterns and heart rhythms could become part of security systems which also use more traditional forms of biometric recognition, thanks to pioneering work being ...





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Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese

Google voice search learns Chinese

Technology / Internet

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

Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese.


Speech-recognition technology is rapidly improving

Technology / Software

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Maybe I watched too much "Star Trek" when I was younger, but I love the idea of being able to command things in my house or in my car by talking to them.


Researchers produce 'neural fingerprint' of speech recognition

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Scientists from Maastricht University (Netherlands) have developed a method to look into the brain of a person and read out who has spoken to him or her and what was said. With the help of neuroimaging and data mining techniques ...


Whose voice is that? Scientists discover 'voice' area in the brain of nonhuman primate

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created Feb 15, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 1

For vocal animals, recognising species-specific vocalizations is important for survival and social interactions. In humans, a ‘voice' region has been identified that is sensitive to human voices and vocalizations. As this ...


Are you phonagnosic?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The first known case of someone born without the ability to recognise voices has been reported in a paper by UCL (University College London) researchers, in a study of a rare condition known as phonagnosia. The UCL team are ...


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Samsung Introduces 'Bluetooth Voice Recognition Phone'

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created Jun 16, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics is launching a cutting-edge mobile phone that has combined the Bluetooth with the Voice Recognition technology. Samsung Electronics announced that it has released the Bluetooth Voice Rec ...


Study evaluates transcription accuracy in men and women

Other Sciences / Other

created May 04, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

There is a significantly higher rate of transcription error in women compared to men when using commercial voice recognition applications, according to a recent study.


Researchers shed light on the brain mechanism responsible for processing of speech

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded for the first time in devising a model that describes and identifies a basic cellular mechanism that enables networks of neurons to efficiently decode speech ...


A model displays what Samsung claims to be the world's slimmest watch-shaped mobile phone

Samsung claims slimmest 'watch phone'

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Wednesday announced what it claims is the world's slimmest "watch phone".


NEC Develops Technologies that Assess Author's Feelings from Text

NEC Develops Technologies that Assess Author's Feelings from Text

Technology / Hi Tech

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NEC Corporation announced today the development of two new technologies that evaluate an author's feelings based on text data in order to automatically generate entertaining blog content. The technologies ...



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