News tagged with pervasive computing

Future computing in the ether

(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer networks become more complex and pervasive, and their development is in a state of constant flux, leaving their design and management to human intervention is becoming increasingly ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate

Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with a grown-up toy -- an iPad, sign of a powerful trend that has set alarm bells ringing among child development experts.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

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 ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Social-network use leads companies to boost security

When Randy Kortering decided to upgrade computer network defenses at Haworth, a $1 billion-a-year office fixtures manufacturer, his chief of security warned him about social-networking use.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: Oscars iPad app wonderful, but distracting

(AP) -- Interactivity during the Academy Awards telecast once meant booing at the television every time there was a winner I hadn't picked for my Oscars pool. This year, I had my head glued to an iPad instead.

Technology / Software

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B

(AP) -- Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.

Technology / Business

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Virtual Projection team puts iPhone writing on the wall (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A collaborative team from the University of Calgary, University of Munich, and Columbia, have figured out a way to use a smartphone to project the phone’s display on to external displays ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Polymer science team designs new nanotech technique for lower-cost materials repair

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the super-small world of nanostructures, a team of polymer scientists and engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered how to make nano-scale repairs to a damaged ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Graphene reveals its magnetic personality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can organic matter behave like a fridge magnet? Scientists from The University of Manchester have now shown that it can.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Shared flavor compounds show up on US menus, rare in Asian cuisines

North Americans and Western Europeans love a good mix of alpha-terpineol, 4-methylpentanoic acid and ethyl propionate for dinner, flavor compounds shared in popular ingredients like tomatoes, parmesan cheese ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gaseous halos of galaxies are much larger, more massive than the distribution of stars within the galaxy

New, high-precision equipment orbiting Earth aboard the Hubble Space Telescope is now sending such rich data back to astronomers, some feel they are crossing the final frontier toward understanding galaxy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 29 | with audio podcast


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