Big Tech has big plans to help reconnect Puerto Rico
Facebook and Google once aimed to connect the world. Now they would be happy just to reconnect part of it.
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Drink-Making Unit 2.0: A.K.A. how science helps get you drunk
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a company names itself Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, you have to appreciate their sense of whimsy and humor. When they build you machines that make you a drink and entertain you at the same time, ...
To prevent accidents, car must know its driver
Over the past several years, scientists working in the area of intelligent vehicles have developed predictive braking systems to help prevent rear-end collisions. When your car gets dangerously close to the car in front of ...
No future without scarce metals
It is not just in laptop computers, mobile telephones and LED screens that scarce metals are to be found but also in solar cells, batteries for mobile technologies and many other similar applications. The rising demand for ...
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Jan 31, 2012
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Things to know about automatic license plate readers
Authorities chasing the suspect in a fatal shooting at Delta State University in Mississippi used an automatic license plate reader to track the man as he traveled across state lines. The technology was also used in Virginia ...
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Sep 15, 2015
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You can childproof your computer
Every few months, I receive a question from a reader whose computer was never the same after a grandchild came to visit.
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Feb 27, 2009
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Texas governor signs texting-while-driving ban into law
Texting while driving will soon be illegal in Texas.
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Jun 6, 2017
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Pono may sound great, but don't expect it to stick around
I hate to be the one to break it to rock-and-roll legend Neil Young, but his new digital music venture has about as much chance of succeeding as I have of winning a Grammy - maybe less.
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Mar 21, 2014
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Playback: 130-year-old sounds revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the early 1880s, three inventors—Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter, collectively making up the Volta Laboratory Associates—brought together their creativity and ...
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Dec 15, 2011
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A brief history of fitness technology
Have you recently taken ownership of a shiny new activity tracking device? For many people, the essential fitness kit now includes gadgets designed not for sitting and staring at a screen, but for encouraging users to get ...
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Jan 15, 2018
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