News tagged with multi tasking
Bat brains parse sounds for multitasking
Imagine listening to music while carrying on a conversation with friends. This type of multi-tasking is fairly easy to do, right? That's because our brains efficiently and effectively separate the auditory ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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HP launches webOS 2.0 for the Palm and new Pre2 smartphone (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- HP has just released their webOS 2.0 for the Palm Pre and Pre2. This release should give HP a more completive edge in the smarphone arena. WebOS 2.0 offers consumers a new application experience ...
Two or three is all we see
The human brain can see only up to three moving objects at a given instant, new research has found.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Teenagers cannot concentrate because their brains are undeveloped
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the UK has found that teenagers and young adults find it hard to concentrate because their brains are more similar to those of much younger children than those of mature adults, with more ...
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Review: New HTC phones are Ones to look for
When it comes to smartphones, I'm an iPhone guy. But I've long appreciated HTC's Android phones.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Dell tablet leak: 10.1-inch display, two-battery choice
(Phys.org) -- Headline after headline talks about vendors tablets in the wings as likely number-one contenders for the iPad. Such claims have justifiably been taken with a grain of salt, considering ...
Scientists use 'crowd funding' to secure research funds
When Tara Crawford saw a fishing net wrapped around a young California sea lions neck, cutting into its flesh and causing an infection, it reinforced her motivation to help these animals through her ...
May 22, 2012 |
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Bird vocalization research could improve poultry production, lower costs
Chickens cant speak, but they can definitely make themselves heard. Most people who have visited a poultry farm will recall chicken vocalization the technical term for clucking and squawking ...
May 18, 2012 |
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UN talks take first steps on 2015 climate deal
UN members on Thursday took their first steps in a marathon to negotiate a new global pact by 2015 that for the first time will place rich and poor under a common legal regime to tackle climate change.
May 17, 2012 |
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Brainput system takes some brain strain off multi-taskers
(Phys.org) -- A research team made up of members from Indiana University, Tufts and MIT and led by Erin Treacy Solovey, a has built a brain monitoring system that offloads some of the computer related activities ...
Research: Too much, too little noise turns off consumers, creativity
The sound of silence isn't so golden for consumers, and both marketers and advertisers should take note, says new research from a University of Illinois expert in new product development and marketing.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 14, 2012 |
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Archaeologists discover lost language
Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by archaeologists working in Turkey.
May 10, 2012 |
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Vibrating steering wheel guides drivers while keeping their eyes on the road
A vibrating steering wheel is an effective way to keep a driver's eyes safely on the road by providing an additional means to convey directions from a car's navigation system, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Proteogenomic strategies help refine annotations of three Yersinia strains
(Phys.org) -- Strains of bacteria from the genus Yersinia are pathogenic with a wide virulence range -- Y. pseudotuberculosis causes intestinal distress, and Y. pestis causes the plague.
Apr 12, 2012 |
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