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Submission + - 'Seamless computing' ties all your gadgets togethe (cnet.com)

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on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @10:25AM

Eric Smalley writes: "Imagine if you could cut and paste information among your smartphone, tablet, smart table, and big screen. Better yet, what if you could flick objects from one device to another? Software developer Nsquared has tied together a Windows Phone 7, Slate tablet, Microsoft Surface smart table, and Kinect-controlled big screen into one seamless computing experience."

Submission + - Your phone will soon recognize things it sees (cnet.com)

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on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @10:15AM

Eric Smalley writes: "Mobile-browser maker Layar is about to make augmented reality all that you thought it could be. The company has added visual search to its augmented-reality browser. Point your phone's camera at an object in the real world and an appropriate digital activity will occur on your handset."

Submission + - Fingertip vibrator boosts your sense of touch (cnet.com)

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on Friday August 05, 2011 @08:22AM

Eric Smalley writes: "Combine the words "vibrator," "touch," and "heightened sensitivity," and the subject is obvious, right? A tricked-out glove that heightens your sense of touch.

The glove, developed by Georgia Tech researchers, includes a tiny vibrator that sits on the side of your finger. Turn the vibrator so low that you don't quite notice it vibrating, and voila, your fingertip is more sensitive to touch."

Submission + - Nanotech yields first Viagra skin patch (cnet.com)

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on Saturday July 30, 2011 @07:39AM

Eric Smalley writes: "The little blue pill is getting a high-tech makeover, thanks to Egyptian researchers who used a dose of nanotechnology to address some of Viagra's shortcomings. The result: a transdermal patch for Viagra."

Submission + - Cornell software fingers fake online reviews (cnet.com)

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on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @05:29PM

Eric Smalley writes: "If you're like most people, you give yourself high ratings when it comes to figuring out when someone's trying to con you. Problem is, most people aren't actually good at it — at least as far as detecting fake positive consumer reviews. Fortunately, technology is poised to make up for this all-too-human failing. Cornell University researchers have developed software that they say can detect fake reviews."

Submission + - Cast-off gadgets peek into new owners' lives (cnet.com)

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on Monday July 25, 2011 @10:55AM

Eric Smalley writes: "For the project, dubbed Backtalk, researchers sent refurbished Netbooks to developing countries via nonprofit organizations. They set up the computers to record location and pictures, and send the data home to MIT--with their new owners' consent... The MIT team used the data to build visual narratives about the computers' new lives."

Submission + - Google+ invaded by multiple Mark Zuckerbergs (cnet.com)

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on Friday July 01, 2011 @09:47AM

Eric Smalley writes: "How many Zuckerbergs does it take to make a Google+? And how many of them can be fake or fleeting? In the past 24 hours, at least three profiles bearing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's name have appeared on Google+, Google's take on the social network: "Fake Zuckerberg," "Mark Zuckerberg" (started today), and "Mark Zuckerberg" (started yesterday)."

Submission + - Fingertip mouse fits on a ring (cnet.com)

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on Friday June 24, 2011 @10:27AM

Eric Smalley writes: "The MicroPointing touchpad works by detecting the force your fingertip produces as it drags across the tiny device's three sensors, according to the company's patent application. The sensors are mounted on tiny posts spaced a few tenths of a millimeter apart--less than the size of a ridge on your fingertip."

Submission + - Researchers sound off on Obama and energy (ernmag.com)

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on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @08:35PM

Eric Smalley writes: "Energy in transition: researchers talk about Obama and our future — some appropriate messages on this day of transition
From the article:
I have been sitting with Steven Chu in a working group recently and have known John Holdren since my postdoc years in Berkeley (I am now 67) and hold them both in high esteem. I find it more difficult to imagine that the US can change to an energy efficient and energy conscious nation over the short time required. But I will hold my breath and see how it goes...
We need to all understand that if we don't do the fundamental science and engineering now the people of the future will not have alternatives — we'll be stuck with coal and oil, or nothing."

Submission + - Warp drive -- by the numbers (ernmag.com)

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on Friday August 15, 2008 @12:55PM

Eric Smalley writes: ""Two Baylor University scientists have come up with a new method to cause a spaceship to effectively travel faster than the speed of light, without breaking the laws of physics."

Here's the paper: Warp Drive — A New Approach.

This would require 23rd century science and engineering, mind-boggling amounts of energy, and string theory to turn out to be right. Still, it's pretty cool science. The big question is, have they done an environmental impact study? Heaven only knows what this would do to the fabric of space-time."

Submission + - Data, three real 'bots inducted into Hall of Fame

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on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @05:20PM

Eric Smalley writes: "Lt. Cmdr. Data was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame, along with three real robots: the Raibert Hopper, NavLab 5 and Lego Mindstorms. The inductions were made Tuesday at the RoboBusiness 2007 conference here in Boston. Data joins R2-D2, C-3PO and Hal among the Hall's sci-fi members. The Robot Hall of Fame was launched in 2003. Here's the CNET News story."

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