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Business Feb 10, 2011

iPhone-starved states welcome new gadget

(AP) -- Katie Elenberger took her doctor's orders for bed rest in stride, especially because her first day of maternity leave coincided with the delivery of her iPhone.

Nanophysics Feb 2, 2011

DNA: Building block for smaller, smarter electronics?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a concept called DNA origami, Arizona State University researchers are trying to pave the way to produce the next generations of electronics products.

Economics & Business Dec 17, 2010

Study: Customers who participate in eBay's 'community' become better buyers and sellers

A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that customers of eBay who participate in the company's online communities become more conservative buyers and more selective and efficient sellers.

Hi Tech & Innovation Nov 23, 2010

'Ubice': Nokia builds a touchscreen made of ice (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nokia researchers in Finland have created a massive touchscreen display from a wall made of blocks of ice, dubbed ubiquitous ice or "Ubice."

Computer Sciences Nov 9, 2010

Human-computer music performances use system that links music and musical gestures (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com)—Every musical sound comes from a specific way that an instrument is played. With modern technology such as sensors, signal processing, and sometimes machine learning algorithms, researchers can determine the ...

Internet Nov 2, 2010

Internet, mobile at forefront of election coverage

(AP) -- News organizations have unleashed a multimedia blizzard of widgets, apps, dashboards, Twitter tie-ins and iPad doohickeys for Tuesday's elections.

Social Sciences Oct 19, 2010

Culturally inspired mobile phone games help Chinese children learn language characters

Mobile phone-based games could provide a new way to teach basic knowledge of Chinese language characters that might be particularly helpful in underdeveloped rural areas of China, say researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's ...

Other Oct 14, 2010

Questions fuel 'Ask A Biologist' website success

The Arizona State University online children's science portal, "Ask A Biologist," provides the backdrop for an editor's pick in the Oct. 12 online edition of Public Library of Science (PLoS).

Consumer & Gadgets Oct 6, 2010

'Enhanced ebooks' take giant book fair by storm

Is it a book? Is it a film? Is it a game? Or all three? Publishers and authors at the world's biggest book fair are battling to entice a new generation of readers with the latest multimedia products.

Hi Tech & Innovation Sep 27, 2010

Learning curve goes digital

Oklahoma State University professor Bill Handy has big plans for the Apple iPad this fall. If the text messages he has received since the school announced he would test the tablet-style e-reader in some courses are any indication, ...

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