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Touch tech Sweep Technology touch interface for hearing aids “Starkey’s new “Sweep Technology” replaces all the traditional hearing aid buttons and dials with a touch surface that allows users to adjust volume and change settings with a sweep or Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:17:19 GMT |
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Getting back A Tweet Unleashes Vitriol on a User in Britain “In the realm of Twitter insults, it was at the far end of mild. “Much as I admire and adore the chap, they are a bit … boring,” a Twitter user called brumplum wrote Saturday, speaking of the Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:09:48 GMT |
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Fast robotics Someone Stop The Fastest Robot Packager in the World at Once “For some reason, I can’t stop looking at the frenzy Adept Quattro robopackager, which reaches more than 300 cycles per minute” Gizmodo Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:14:56 GMT |
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Custom skins Infectious Now Lets You Print Your Own Designs For Custom Wall Decals, iPhone Skins, And More “until now, customers could only choose from the Infectious catalog of art work. That offers a pretty good selection, but obviously being able to craft Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:09:54 GMT |
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Genetic decisions Behavioral Genetics in the Court Room “A court in Italy has shortened the prison sentence of a convicted murderer due to the prisoner’s heightened genetic predisposition for violence, according to Nature News. Specifically, the appeals court Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:03:06 GMT |
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Sharing storytime Storyplay: Nokia and Sesame Street create video conferencing in a book “Researchers from Nokia’s Research Center have been working with the Sesame Street Workshop to develop an interactive learning experience that grandparents and young children Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:59:22 GMT |
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Sharing your time Nebul.us: A New Way To Visualize And Share How You’re Spending Your Time Online “By default, the site will present your recorded browsing history in a donut shape, with each site visited represented by a colored band. The shape and position of these Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:55:20 GMT |
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Playing with icons Urban Cursor by Sebastian Campion “A 3 dimensional oversized computer cursor (pointer), was placed on a square in Figueres, Catalunya during the Ingràvid cultural festival. Visitors to the square could move the cursor, a GPS tracked the movements Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:53:32 GMT |
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Social populations The next step for Twitter Lists — Entire countries “Social media consultants Simplyzesty started using Twitter Lists to list blogs. However, a brainwave has lead them to take Twitter Lists to their logical conclusion: creating lists of Twitter users Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:52:38 GMT |
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Road power (concept) Carbon Zero Road Block System by Park, Jaeyong “This system is composed of several elements. The only one you’re going to see is the blocks on the road. As you drive over these blocks, the pressure from your vehicle pushes the blocks down, creating Read More......(read more) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:51:39 GMT |





