News tagged with graphic user interface

Health monitoring? There's an app for that

Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

7 products Steve Jobs got wrong

(AP) -- Steve Jobs pushed the envelope many times when it came to product design, and the results weren't always pretty. Here are seven products created under his direction that failed commercially or functionally:

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

10 products that defined Steve Jobs' career

(AP) -- Steve Jobs had no formal schooling in engineering, yet he's listed as the inventor or co-inventor on more than 300 U.S. patents. These are some of the significant products that were created under ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus

Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New software quantifies leaf venation networks, enables plant biology advances

Plant biologists are facing pressure to quantify the response of plants to changing environments and to breed plants that can respond to such changes. One method of monitoring the response of plants to different ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA Outlines Big Plans for Humanoid Robot (w/ Video)

Astronauts on board the International Space Station will soon have a new roommate--and it's not human. It's a humanoid.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Carnegie Mellon releases ROBOTC2.0 programming language for educational robots

Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy announces the release of ROBOTC2.0®, a programming language for robots and an accompanying suite of training tools that are easy enough for elementary students to use, but powerful ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Internet Explorer 9 previewed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has released the preview version of Internet Explorer 9, which has HTML5 integration, background compiled Javascript, and scalable vector graphics (SVG) capability.

Technology / Software

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

UB geographers help map devastation in Haiti

In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort by helping to assess damage, using images hosted ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Picture-driven computing (w/ Video)

Until the 1980s, using a computer program meant memorizing a lot of commands and typing them in a line at a time, only to get lines of text back. The graphical user interface, or GUI, changed that. By representing ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.

Technology / Business

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Colasoft Capsa Provides Comprehensive Network Analysis at Your Fingertips

As computers become more ingrained in the daily operations of most companies, it seems that running into problems occurs more frequently and with greater consequences. When it comes to computer networks, the ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 3

Samsung Introduces New 45nm Application Processor

Samsung Electronics announced today the latest in its popular, ARM11 series of application processors, the S5P6440. Designed using Samsung’s advanced 45nm low power CMOS process technology, the S5P6440 offers ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A 'hands-on' approach to computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- At a time when ever more aspects of our lives are moving toward the virtual, online world -- stores, newspapers, games and even social interactions -- Hiroshi Ishii seems to be swimming against ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0