News tagged with tracks
Your smartphone knows everything about you, and it tells tales
In the sexy but increasingly scary world of smartphone forensics, insiders have a name for all the personal information purposely or unknowingly stored inside that iPhone or Android or Blackberry in your pocket. They call ...
May 01, 2011 |
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Professor Interrupted: Gender Differences in High Level Engineering, Science and Math Institutions
A soon to be released exhaustive study entitled "Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty (2009)" published by The National Academies Press finds improvements ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 12, 2009 |
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'Sound of Football' project allows blind to play football (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a show of just how far Smartphone technology has come, a new group funded by the Pepsi Refresh Project, has put together various technologies that allow blind people to play football using ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Polar dinosaur tracks open new trail to past
Paleontologists have discovered a group of more than 20 polar dinosaur tracks on the coast of Victoria, Australia, offering a rare glimpse into animal behavior during the last period of pronounced global warming, about 105 ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 09, 2011 |
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'You can't hide your lyin' eyes': Eye-tracking lie-detection
Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person's problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Chatty robots, flying alarm clocks at top high-tech fair
Robots that teach Chinese, computers controlled by moving the eyes and flying alarm clocks were among the weird and wonderful gadgets wowing crowds Wednesday at the world's top high-tech fair.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Humpback whale migration as straight as an arrow
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the last eight years, researchers from the University of Canterbury have been tracking 16 radio-tagged humpback whales through their migratory paths and learned that these whales follow ...
Apr 22, 2011 |
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Follow Santa Claus, courtesy Google and NORAD
Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday ...
Dec 24, 2009 |
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Computer scientists develop smart, less obtrusive tracking system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Amrita University in India have developed the framework for a smart environment that can track people's whereabouts without the use of invasive technologies such ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Devices locate kids, parents find peace of mind
(AP) -- With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker lost in the woods.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 05, 2009 |
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BYU engineers improve eye-tracking technology that aids the disabled
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eye-tracking technology allows people with disabilities to use their eyes to operate a computer. Imagine moving your eyes to direct the cursor to a link on a Web page. Then you just blink ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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The Predator system helps the disabled to use computers (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- If I told you about something called the Predator system, what would come to mind? The first thing that comes to this reporter's mind is The Predator that was made famous in the film of the ...
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Pico projector used in eye based video gaming system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Students at the University of Texas in Austen are playing video games. Honestly, that is really not news. Students all over the country are playing video games, usually when they should be studying. In this ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 03, 2011 |
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US lawmakers plan 'Do Not Track' bills (Update)
US lawmakers announced plans on Friday to introduce "Do Not Track" legislation that would let Internet users block companies from gathering information about their online activities.
May 06, 2011 |
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Waze turning road warriors into map builders
Technology startup Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers while creating reliable street maps.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 25, 2009 |
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