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Just in time for Black Friday: students turn iPhone into barcode scanner

Just in time for Black Friday: students turn iPhone into barcode scanner

Technology / Software

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Comparing prices over the Internet has become a common practice for consumers. Now, just in time for Black Friday, a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students is putting ...


Poverty measurement in the US: Income transfers alone won't eradicate poverty

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Barack Obama promised to halve poverty within ten years. His Republican opponent, John McCain, vowed to "make the eradication of poverty a top priority of the McCain Administration." Even in the current economic situation, ...


4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...


Cultural Beliefs About Pesticides Put Mexican Farmworkers at Risk

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical pesticides are among the tools farmers often use in managing insects dedicated to dining on our nation’s harvest. Pesticides, unfortunately, are not without risk to those who labor in the fields ...


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NY files antitrust suit against Intel (Update)

Technology / Business

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors.


New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher ...


Poor in rural Oregon face 'double binds' when getting food

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by Oregon State University researchers shows that those in poverty in rural Oregon often know what kinds of foods they should be eating, but face tough choices between eating well and spending less money for meals.



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