http://phys.org/technology-news/other/ en-us PhysOrg Team Psyorg.com provides the latest news on technology, internet, software, semiconductor, telecom, science technology and computer science. The rate of Australian aircraft hitting birds increased sharply in the last decade, with data Monday showing that even kangaroos, wombats and turtles are occasionally involved in accidents. http://phys.org/news258035468.html Technology - Other 2012-06-04T13:31:20-07:00 Information sharing requires that partners establish broad electronic trust among the caretakers of critical information and those who need and are authorized to use that information. http://phys.org/news257673333.html Technology - Other 2012-05-31T08:58:02-07:00 (Phys.org) -- Researchers in the computer science department at the University of Calgary have developed a new font for numbers that represent their relative value. Unlike the usual numeric typefaces, the amount of ink—or dark pixels—used for each digit in FatFonts is proportional to its quantitative value. http://phys.org/news257607507.html Technology - Other 2012-05-30T14:38:45-07:00 In 2003, New York became the first state requiring cigarettes sold within its borders to pass a fire safety standard based on a test developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to reduce the risk of igniting upholstered furniture and bedding, a major cause of residential fires. http://phys.org/news257596439.html Technology - Other 2012-05-30T11:34:12-07:00 White House hopeful Mitt Romney has meticulously spelled out his vision for a better America while on the campaign trail this year. But in his new mobile app? Not so much. http://phys.org/news257595533.html Technology - Other 2012-05-30T11:19:07-07:00 South Korea's Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan agreed Thursday to grant technology transfers to Peru to help strengthen the Latin American nation's navy and air force. http://phys.org/news257093629.html Technology - Other 2012-05-24T15:53:58-07:00 Airbus is offering US airlines buying its A320 passenger jet extra-wide seats for obese passengers, leading to fatter profits, Airbus' aircraft interiors director said Thursday. http://phys.org/news257093603.html Technology - Other 2012-05-24T15:53:35-07:00 Goal-line technology will be tested in an international match for the first time, when England take on Belgium in a Euro 2012 warm-up, FIFA said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news257080598.html Technology - Other 2012-05-24T12:16:46-07:00 Shop online. Bank online. Why not vote online? http://phys.org/news257051184.html Technology - Other 2012-05-24T04:07:21-07:00 (AP) -- Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds. http://phys.org/news257015350.html Technology - Other 2012-05-23T18:20:01-07:00 (AP) -- Bob Moog's synthesizer helped change the sound of modern music. On what would have been his 78th birthday, Google is paying tribute to the man with a virtual version of his famous Moog on their homepage - and it's completely playable. http://phys.org/news257012415.html Technology - Other 2012-05-23T17:21:43-07:00 Combined legal and market factors may force online companies to offer more flexible contract terms, suggests new research from Queen Mary, University of London. http://phys.org/news256985987.html Technology - Other 2012-05-23T10:00:03-07:00 Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and other hit video games, won a top Spanish prize Wednesday for "revolutionising" the industry. http://phys.org/news256977736.html Technology - Other 2012-05-23T07:42:26-07:00 Eugene Polley, who in 1955 invented the first wireless remote control for television, has died of natural causes, his longtime employer Zenith Electronics said Tuesday. He was 96. http://phys.org/news256929108.html Technology - Other 2012-05-22T18:11:56-07:00 It seems like yesterday that women's erotica was something to be read in private under the sheets. But no more. http://phys.org/news256791055.html Technology - Other 2012-05-21T03:51:12-07:00 (AP) -- The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where progress and profits are forever around the next bend. http://phys.org/news256667808.html Technology - Other 2012-05-19T17:40:08-07:00 Law enforcement officials and civil liberties advocates clashed Thursday at a US congressional hearing on a proposed law to protect the "location privacy" of people using mobile phones. http://phys.org/news256486141.html Technology - Other 2012-05-17T15:10:05-07:00 Checking the heart of the unborn baby usually involves a stethoscope. However, an inexpensive and accurate Bluetooth fetal heart rate monitoring system has now been developed by researchers in India for long-term home care. Details are reported in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Computers in Healthcare. http://phys.org/news256467488.html Technology - Other 2012-05-17T09:58:16-07:00 Navy pilots and other flight specialists soon will have a new "smart machine" installed in training simulators that learns from expert instructors to more efficiently train their students. http://phys.org/news256467322.html Technology - Other 2012-05-17T09:55:59-07:00 Addicted as we are to our online life and our mobile devices, it's no surprise that a growing number of cyber-criminals are lurking out there with us. http://phys.org/news256409592.html Technology - Other 2012-05-16T20:30:01-07:00 When the iPad debuted two years ago, there was lots of talk about whether people beyond the iPhone and Mac faithful would use such a thing. http://phys.org/news256399876.html Technology - Other 2012-05-16T15:11:35-07:00 Sony Pictures Entertainment on Wednesday said that the Academy Award winning screenwriter behind "The Social Network" will write the script for a film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. http://phys.org/news256398705.html Technology - Other 2012-05-16T14:52:04-07:00 Britain's Defense Ministry says an acoustic device that can be used as a "sonic weapon" will be deployed during the London Olympics. http://phys.org/news256318974.html Technology - Other 2012-05-15T16:43:08-07:00 More smartphones means more Americans are using the devices to get location information or to share their whereabouts with friends, a study showed Friday. http://phys.org/news255968317.html Technology - Other 2012-05-11T15:18:46-07:00 Most young US drivers believe that texting and phone use at the wheel is dangerous, but many do it anyway, a survey showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news255690250.html Technology - Other 2012-05-08T10:04:31-07:00 Giving people the freedom -- but not too much freedom -- to express themselves may help designers build more interactive web portals and online communities, according to Penn State researchers. http://phys.org/news255606044.html Technology - Other 2012-05-07T15:30:01-07:00 People who have already sifted through online information to make sense of a subject can help strangers facing similar tasks without ever directly communicating with them, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research have demonstrated. http://phys.org/news255608927.html Technology - Other 2012-05-07T11:29:45-07:00 A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, arrested in May last year in Germany, was found with a memory stick hidden in his underwear. Police discovered the stick contained a password-protected folder with pornographic videos inside it, but suspicious computer forensic experts thought there must be more. After weeks of analysis, they determined that one of the pornographic videos contained concealed documents detailing Al Qaeda operations and plans. http://phys.org/news255311643.html Technology - Other 2012-05-04T07:00:01-07:00 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and published a new protocol for communicating with biometric sensors over wired and wireless networks—using some of the same technologies that underpin the web. http://phys.org/news255252381.html Technology - Other 2012-05-03T08:40:01-07:00 Virginia Tech released today the results of its 2012 rating for adult football helmets that is designed to assess a helmet's ability to reduce the risk of concussion. A total of three helmets achieved a "5 star" mark, which is the highest rating awarded by the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings™. In addition to the Riddell Revolution Speed, which was the only helmet to receive 5 stars last year, the Rawlings Quantum Plus and Riddell 360 also earned 5 stars as the best available helmets. http://phys.org/news255061467.html Technology - Other 2012-05-01T04:00:01-07:00