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'E-gate' adds face recognition to airline security

Silicon Valley-based AOptix on Monday introduced new "e-gates" that recognize faces as well as irises of passengers before opening to let them board flights.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Doing More with Your Cell Phone

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are two entities leading the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 weblog




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Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX

(AP) -- A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Scotland passes turbine test to harness tidal power

(Phys.org) -- An underwater turbine being used for harnessing tidal power to generate electricity for homes and businesses has successfully completed its testing period in the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 20, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 41 | with audio podcast report

Troubled freighter drifts toward Great Barrier Reef

A broken-down cargo ship was drifting towards the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with fears of major damage if it were to run aground at the World Heritage-listed site.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Harnessing the awesome power of the ocean waves

MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Yahoo shareholder demands records on CEO's hiring (Update)

(AP) -- A major Yahoo shareholder has made a legal demand for internal records about the embattled Internet company's hiring of CEO Scott Thompson.

Technology / Business

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tour on solar-powered boat to beat climate change

Scanning the horizon on his solar-powered catamaran, Swiss electrical engineer Raphael Domjan counts down the hours to the completion of his record-breaking world tour.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Student loans 101: The interest rate uproar

(AP) -- Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on student loans double in July. Especially if they're going to be blamed for it in an election year.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clearwire 1Q revenue drops from 4Q on Sprint deal

(AP) -- Clearwire Corp., which runs a wireless data network, on Thursday reported its first drop in quarter-over-quarter revenue, as a new deal with major customer Sprint Nextel Corp. kicked in.

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Micro helicopters leave the nest

Within the framework of the EU project sFly, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new type of flying robot that can be navigated using only on-board cameras and a miniature computer. The micro helicopters ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast


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