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Google Has More Than Android On Its Platform

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Feb 05, 2010 | 4.3 / 5 (12) | 3 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last several weeks, we've read a bit about how Google is getting restless just being the world’s largest search engine and a proud cloud computing parent. In fact, Googleland is growing ...

Multitouch 'Skin' Transforms Surfaces Into Interactive Screens

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Feb 02, 2010 | 5 / 5 (20) | 2 |

A new large-format multi-touch technology launched today by DISPLAX, a developer of interactive technologies, will transform any non-conductive flat or curved surface into a multitouch screen.

Japanese machine turns office paper into toilet paper (w/ Video)

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Feb 01, 2010 | 3.8 / 5 (13) | 14 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the latest invention in the wave of green technology, a machine called the "White Goat" that turns office paper into rolls of toilet paper sounds like an intriguing idea. Its Japanese developers, ...

Next-generation autos go for global connectivity

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Jan 14, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Touch navigational screens, Internet, communications systems: Automakers are ramping up an array of connectivity gizmos to lure consumers into buying next-generation vehicles.

New multi-touch screen technology developed (w/ Video)

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Jan 12, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (11) | 3 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from New York University have formed a company to bring flexible multi-touch screens using a new technology to a range of devices, from e-readers to musical instruments. The new ...

MP3 co-creator wants to smarten-up dumb devices

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Jan 11, 2010 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A German electrical engineer who helped make MP3 players a reality has turned his attention to making "dumb devices" act smart.

Pink technology put porn viewers into virtual action

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Jan 08, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

Porn powerhouse Pink Visual is using augmented reality technology to let viewers virtually join in the on-screen action.

TV makers ready to test depths of market for 3-D

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Jan 07, 2010 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 3

(AP) -- This is supposedly the year 3-D television becomes the hot new thing: Updated sets and disc players are coming out, and 3-D cable channels are in the works. But it's not clear the idea will reach ...

Ford adding tweets to its Sync in-car technology

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Jan 07, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Ford Motor Co. is adding Twitter messages and Internet radio to its in-car entertainment and communication service, known as Sync, and suggests that the voice-activated system is safer for drivers ...

Dolby brings theater sound to new-age gadgets

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Jan 07, 2010 | 1 / 5 (1) | 1

Dolby Laboratories is out to make sure people's ears are as delighted as their eyes in a world enthralled by high-definition televisions and entertainment on the go.

Blockbuster 'Avatar' to accelerate 3D revolution

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Jan 06, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (9) | 9

The runaway success of science fiction blockbuster "Avatar" will accelerate the 3D movie revolution, which has already powered Hollywood to a record year at the box office, analysts say.

Fight against fat goes high-tech with new devices

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Jan 06, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The fight against fat is going high-tech. To get an inside look at eating and exercise habits, scientists are developing wearable wireless sensors to monitor overweight and obese people as they go ...

Airline attack could lead to more scanners

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Dec 31, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- The Christmas Day attack on a jetliner over Detroit, combined with technological improvements to protect people's sense of modesty, could lead to dramatically wider use of full-body scanners that ...

Japan's mobile phone marvels go back to the future

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Dec 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

In the Japan of 2020 a stressed-out salaryman may unwind from his hectic futuristic lifestyle by time-travelling back a few centuries and taking a virtual stroll through medieval Tokyo.

Consumers to benefit from advances in chip design

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Dec 30, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (14) | 3

Consumers will be able to fix their automobiles while the car gives step-by-step advice, attack their ailments by making computer models of various treatments to find the best one, and duck into virtual fitting rooms to try ...

Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments

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Dec 30, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 0

(AP) -- Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.

San Jose police mount cameras on officers' heads

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Dec 29, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 2

(AP) -- Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.

Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears

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Dec 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 8

(AP) -- High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because ...