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Submission + - Video Games Lead To Quick Thinking Skills

Submitted by shmG on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @01:48PM

shmG writes: Parents who dismiss video games as mindless entertainment with no intrinsic value for their children may not have a leg to stand on anymore thanks to science. Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have proven action based video games train people to make quick, accurate decisions. These skills acquired from video games, which helps players develop a heightened sensitivity to their surroundings, can be used in real world applications. This includes multitasking, driving, reading small print, keeping track of friends in a crowd, and navigating around town.

World's First Transcontinental Anesthesia 83

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 10, 2010 @12:51PM from the ping-me-when-the-patient-is-asleep dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Medical Daily reports: 'Video conferences may be known for putting people to sleep, but never like this. Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team of McGill's Department of Anesthesia achieved a world first on August 30, 2010, when they treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy remotely from Montreal. The approach is part of new technological advancements, known as 'Teleanesthesia', and it involves a team of engineers, researchers and anesthesiologists who will ultimately apply the drugs intravenously which are then controlled remotely through an automated system.'"

Submission + - U.S. high-speed railway: a matter of economics

Submitted by on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @03:50PM

An anonymous reader writes: The federal government has committed at least $8-billion (and counting) for the development of a nationwide high-speed intercity passenger railway system in almost three-dozen states. Rail advocates have long dreamed of an extensive railway grid that will provide clean, speedy, energy-efficient travel. The high-speed rail program is also expected to create thousands of desperately needed jobs, while reducing the nation's dependence on foreign oil and easing gridlocked highways and congested air-space. However, this noble, ambitious, multi-year plan faces a multitude of obstacles -- including costs that will no doubt escalate as the years pass by; and an American public that may be reluctant to relinquish the independence and convenience of their beloved automobiles for a train.

Submission + - Kids vegetable intake linked to Popeye cartoon (medicaldaily.com)

Submitted by markmark57 on Friday August 06, 2010 @02:24PM

markmark57 writes: Popeye cartoons, tasting parties and junior cooking classes can help increase vegetable intake in kindergarten children, according to new research published in the journal Nutrition & Dietetics. Researchers at Mahidol University in Bangkok found the type and amount of vegetables children ate improved after they took part in a program using multimedia and role models to promote healthy food. Twenty six kindergarten children aged four to five participated in the eight week study. The researchers recorded the kinds and amounts of fruit and vegetables eaten by the children before and after the program.

Submission + - SPAM: First 'Malaria-Proof' mosquito created 1

Submitted by Gisg on Thursday July 15, 2010 @06:18PM

Gisg writes: The University of Arizona team reported that their genetically modified mosquitoes are immune to the malaria-causing parasite, a single-cell organism called Plasmodium. Riehle and his colleagues tested their genetically-altered mosquitoes by feeding them malaria-infested blood. Not even one mosquito became infected with the malaria parasite

Submission + - Google's privacy snafu prompts lawsuit 2

Submitted by shmG on Thursday May 20, 2010 @07:57PM

shmG writes: Google's secret data collection has prompted a class-action lawsuit that could force the company to pay up to $10,000 for each time it recorded data from unprotected hotspots, court documents show. The incident, which the company claims to have been unintentional, has prompted the ire of governments and privacy groups around the world.

Google collected information that could be used to identify users, including "the user's unique or chosen Wi-Fi network name , the unique number given to the user's hardware...[and] data consisting of all or part of any documents, e-mails, video, audio, and VoIP information being sent over the network by the user," the suit stated.

Submission + - Google TV Announced with Intel, Sony and Logitech (hothardware.com)

Submitted by

MojoKid

on Thursday May 20, 2010 @02:22PM

MojoKid writes: "Google's own I/O conference in California is wrapping up today, but not before the company goes out with a serious bang. Google just announced something that has been rumored for a while now: Google TV. Basically, Google is taking the Apple TV concept, but going way overboard by introducing apps, screen customization and channel searching. Following Google's own announcement, Intel stepped in to provide some backbone to the story. Google is obviously using the big players to move Google TV forward, with Intel, DISH Network, Best Buy and Adobe firmly on board. Google TV itself is based on Android, runs the Google Chrome browser, and will allow users to access all of their usual TV channels as well as a world of Internet and cloud-based information and applications, including Adobe Flash based content."

Submission + - Senators blast NASA for lacking vision

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 25, 2010 @10:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: A Senate science subcommittee clashed with NASA's chief on Wednesday, saying the firm and the White House lacked a clear vision and goal for the program. Skeptical senators told the space agency that it should not just talk about plans, but set out to do something specific. Lawmakers expressed a bipartisan opposition the agencies plans and the initiatives of the Obama White house.

Submission + - US engineer gets 15y for spying for China

Submitted by goG on Monday February 08, 2010 @06:55PM

goG writes: A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the US space shuttle with the intent on giving it to China. Carney called Chung's crimes a matter of national security, saying he had committed a breach against the trust Boeing and the country had placed on him.
"The [People's Republic of China] is bent on stealing sensitive information from the United States and shows no sign of relenting," Staples said. "Only strong sentences offer any hope of dissuading others from helping the PRC get that technology."

Submission + - Climate science dealt blow as India ditches IPCC 3

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 05, 2010 @03:52PM

An anonymous reader writes: The Indian government has moved to establish its own body to address and monitor science surrounding climate change, saying it "cannot rely" on the official United Nation panel. The move is a severe blow to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following the revelation parts of its 3000 page 2007 report on climate science was not subjected to peer review.

"There is a fine line between climate science and climate evangelism," India's Ramesh said. "I am for climate science."

This comes just after last months admission that a sub-section in the IPCC report suggested glaciers in the Himalayas could melt away by the year 2035 — hundreds of years earlier than the data actually indicates. The year 2350 was apparently transposed as 2035, to which they apologized

Submission + - Motorola takes Android to CN with or without Googl

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 21, 2010 @05:11PM

An anonymous reader writes: Google's spat with China could affect Motorola as it vies to crawl back into the mobile market, but recent partnerships will allow it to peruse the China's mobile market alone. Circumventing the fallout, Motorola on Thursday introduced its own Android app store for China and a deal with Baidu, the leading search provider in China.

Comment ironic (Score 1) 1

by markmark57 on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @07:20PM (#30839614) Attached to: New study shows youth plugged nearly entire day

ive been on the computer nonstop for 7 hrs. good thing the kids are using the computers so much, there will be someone to replace me when im gone.

Submission + - New study shows youth plugged nearly entire day (ibtimes.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @06:43PM

An anonymous reader writes: The amount of time youngsters are spending on the web has ballooned to proportions that exceed the average adults full working week, according to a new study.

A few years ago, the same researchers thought that teens and tweens were consuming about as much media as possible in the hours available. But now they've have found a way to pack in even more. Young people now devote an average of seven hours and 38 minutes to daily media use, or about 53 hours a week according to Kaiser Family Foundation findings released today.

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