Navigation devices used by blind people today lack the ability to operate indoors and other areas where GPS is not available, and are unable to help the user deal with items that aren't part of maps, such as crowds and cars. ...
Engineering
Sep 25, 2013
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With consumers eagerly awaiting the release of two new iPhones this week, the more dramatic change may be in the software, not the hardware.
Software
Sep 19, 2013
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Fraunhofer FIT demonstrates a mobile wireless system that monitors the health of elderly people in their own homes, using miniature sensors, and also a novel optical system for detecting antibiotic resistance, which can determine ...
Engineering
Sep 17, 2013
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Google, which is known for nick-naming its Android mobile operating systems for smartphones and tablets after desserts, has chosen a brand-name candy for its 4.4 version that's expected to launch this fall: Kit Kat.
Software
Sep 3, 2013
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Electric mobility may be economically efficient today. Battery-based electric drives can be applied efficiently in urban buses, for instance. Frequent acceleration and slow-down processes as well as a high utilization ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 2, 2013
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A failure to recognize and adapt to changes in mobile computing is what ultimately led to the most recent change at the top of Microsoft. But the blame should not fall solely on the shoulders of CEO Steve Ballmer, who recently ...
Economics & Business
Aug 29, 2013
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A telecommunications security research group at the Technical University of Berlin earlier this month told an audience at the 22nd USENIX Security Symposium that they were able to hack phones by modifying embedded software. ...
Specialist robots will learn how to act intelligently in real-world environments, supporting security guards or care home assistants, in a multi-million Euro project.
Robotics
Aug 27, 2013
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Researchers at Princeton University are developing ways to use mobile phones to explore how one's environment influences one's sense of well-being.
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2013
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Smartphones took a majority of mobile phone sales worldwide for the first time in the April-June quarter, a survey showed Wednesday.
Business
Aug 14, 2013
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