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

Feb 05, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (11) | 2

(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 ...

ASUS Launches Skype Certified Standalone Touchscreen Videophone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 17, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 1

ASUS today launched a Skype Certified touchscreen videophone dedicated to unlimited video calling over the Internet -- the ASUS Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T.

Visiontac Rolls Out VGPS-900 GPS Data Logger

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 11, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Visiontac VGPS-900 features the world´s first GPS with MicroSD support, voice recording, and Spy Mode. This GPS device records the following GPS parameters: Date, Time, Latitude, Longitude, ...

Blind can take wheel with vehicle designed by university engineering design team

Blind can take wheel with new vehicle

Technology / Engineering

Jul 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 6

A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is providing the blind with an opportunity many never thought possible: The opportunity to drive.

Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP

Technology / Internet

Sep 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 2

(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...

Review: Google Voice has cool tricks but downsides (AP)

AT&T complains Google Voice blocks calls it can't (Update)

Technology / Telecom

Sep 26, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 7

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high connection fees.

Switching cell phones takes emotional toll

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 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

Jul 09, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 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 ...

Speech-recognition technology is rapidly improving

Technology / Software

Jul 23, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 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.

For needy, cell phones can be free

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Apr 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

An obscure federal program that helps poor people pay for phone service is entering the wireless era. Cell phone companies are offering the needy a bargain that the rest of us can only dream about: free service.

TV remotes to undergo big change

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jul 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 7

In 1955, Zenith introduced the first wireless TV remote control, the Flash-Matic, followed a year later by the Space Command.

The FCC asked Apple and AT&T if they had consulted in deciding to reject the applications

FCC asks Apple, AT&T to explain rejection of Google Voice

Technology / Software

Aug 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked Apple and AT&T to explain the decision to reject an application developed by Google for the iPhone.

Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Sep 16, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.

Teacher talk strains voices, especially for women

Other Sciences / Other

Oct 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Teachers tend to spend more time speaking than most professionals, putting them at a greater risk for hurting their voices -- they're 32 times more likely to experience voice problems, according to one study. And unlike singers ...