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Defects in carbon nanotubes could lead to improved charging for cell phones

by ANINovember 20, 2009 Technology

Scientists have discovered that defects in carbon nanotubes could lead to supercapacitors that could possibly be used for improving charge and energy storage systems in portable electronic devices such as cell phones.
Mark Hoefer, a University of California San Diego (UCSD) materials science grad student, and mechanical engineering professor Prabhakar Bandaru, made the discovery.
Bandaru, along with [...]

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Facebook refuses to embed ‘report abuse’ button

by ANINovember 19, 2009 Technology

Reports indicate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have refused to embed a “report button” that would allow users to report abuse.
According to a report in New Scientist, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has devised the free “abuse button” that would link children and teenagers to advice and put them [...]

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‘NoiseTube’: cell phone app that maps noise pollution

by ANINovember 19, 2009 Technology

Mobile phones will soon be upgraded to monitor noise pollution.
Nicolas Maisonneuve of the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, France, has introduced a downloadable software app, called ‘NoiseTube,’ which will enhance smartphones to monitor noise pollution.
The software records any sound picked up by the phone’’s microphone, along with its the GPS location, which gets transmitted [...]

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How to improve electronic voting by Internet

by ANINovember 10, 2009 Technology

In a new study, a researcher from the University of Basque Country has proposed improvements for electronic voting by Internet.
The research was part of the PhD for University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU) researcher, Maider Huarte Arrayago.
Huarte started her PhD research with the analysis of systems for electronic voting by Internet. As a result of this [...]

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Videogame designs military strategies based on ants’ movements

by ANINovember 7, 2009 Technology

A researcher of the University of Granada has designed a new system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield based on the mechanisms used by ant colonies to move using a commercial videogame.
This work, developed at the department of Computer Architecture and Technology of the UGR, has designed several algorithms that permit to [...]

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eStadium app brings replays, chat features to smartphones

by ANINovember 7, 2009 Technology

Watching a match live from the stands might be an exciting experience, but it does not allow you to have instant replays, or share opinions about the game with friends.
But now, a new smartphone application can provide you just that and more to make watching an athletic event in the stadium a wholesome experience.
Professor Ed [...]

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Now, iPhone app to decipher meaning behind baby’’s cries

by ANINovember 6, 2009 Technology

An iPhone application called the Cry Translator claims to successfully interpret the meaning of a baby’’s cries.
Using patented technology, the Cry Translator examines tone and duration of the cries and matches them to one of the five options: hungry, sleepy, annoyed, stressed or bored.
Thereafter, it offers guidelines on how to treat a child according to [...]

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Collins dictionary adds popular Twitter, Facebook terms

by pallavi guptaSeptember 1, 2009 Technology

Collins dictionary has added a lot of words that are prominently used on social networking sites.
These words include the terminologies from sites like Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.
Instant messaging and popularity of Web 2.0 has been recognized very well as the words like ‘meh’ suggesting disliking, ‘hmm’ – meaning to ponder and ‘mwah’- duping the sound [...]

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Now Nokia Netbook Booklet 3G

by Santosh MishraAugust 25, 2009 Technology

Nokia has announced to launch its Netbook Booklet 3G in the competitive laptop market. According to the reports, though Nokia has not given the details of the product but it’s being said that it would be a high-end version of netbook computers.

Nokia declined to comment on availability or device details ahead of a media event [...]

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