News tagged with computer mediated communication

Augmented reality puts the squeeze into virtual hugs (w/ Video)

Now you really can reach out and touch someone through the Internet, with the help of a wearable robot designed by a husband-and-wife team of scientists based in Japan.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2




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Better information empowers electricity consumers

(Phys.org) -- Meters displaying live data on home electricity consumption have become commonplace in recent years, but researchers are now seeking ways to deliver even more useful information to householders.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Predicting the microbial 'weather'

New computer models are letting scientists forecast changes in the population of microbes in the English Channel up to a week in advance.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lab makes digital design more PC

Anyone who uses a computer knows it can be the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of technology. Log on one day and you’ve got the helpful information resource. Power it up the next and you meet the bully who broadcasts ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria to the rescue

At several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites, uranium mining, milling, and processing have led to groundwater contamination that persists above drinking water standards—in spite of natural flushing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Social robotics: Beyond the uncanny valley

(PhysOrg.com) -- From science fiction and academia through assembly lines and telemedicine, robots have become both conceptually and physically ubiquitous. Technologically, robotics technology has advanced ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

A switch that lets one photon alter the quantum state of another

Quantum computers are largely theoretical devices that would exploit the weird properties of matter at extremely small scales to perform calculations, in some cases much more rapidly than conventional computers ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

When it comes to speaking out, cells wait their turn

Cell communication is essential for the development of any organism. Scientists know that cells have the power to "talk" to one another, sending signals through their membranes in order to "discuss" what kind ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists' study of abalone yields new insights into sexual reproduction

In new research that could have implications for improving fertilization in humans and other mammals, life scientists studied interactions between individual sperm and eggs in red abalone, an ocean-dwelling snail, and made ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biological circuits for synthetic biology

(PhysOrg.com) -- "If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own." ... Wes "Scoop" Nisker

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Keeping drivers focused on the road

Technology might someday succeed in an area where laws, public service campaigns, and common sense have generally failed: getting drivers to stop gabbing and focus on the road.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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