News tagged with social movements
Hundreds of gamers flock to Brazil tech fest
Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Flaw makes Jawbone UP wristbands go down
US wireless earpiece maker Jawbone on Thursday apologized for a flaw that causes its fitness focused UP wristbands to go down and offered users their money back even if they keep the gadgets.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Icelanders hand in draft of world's first 'web' constitution
A group of 25 ordinary citizens on Friday presented to Iceland's parliamentary speaker a new constitution draft, which they compiled with the help of hundreds of others who chipped in online.
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Web address boom could be search engine boon
The decision to open the Internet to a flood of Web addresses ending in anything from company names to social movements could prove a boon to search engines.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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How to stand out, lizard-style
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever tried waving to someone distant in a bustling crowd, you'll have some idea of how hard it can be for small rainforest animals to signal to each other with so many other distractions ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Kinect gesture-controls for Xbox 360 priced at 150 dollars
Microsoft's online store on Tuesday had a 150-dollar price tag on its upcoming Kinect controllers for Xbox 360 videogame consoles.
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Stealthy leads to healthy in effort to improve diet, study shows
How do you get college students to eat better? A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a "stealth" strategy of raising the students' awareness of environmental and social issues related to ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Autism study finds visual processing 'hinders ability' to read body language
The way people with autism see and process the body language of others could be preventing them from gauging people's feelings, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Scientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of others
Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 18, 2009 |
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Autism skews developing brain with synchronous motion and sound (w/Video)
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2009 |
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