Teens may begin their driving habits with great caution, but as months behind the wheel pass, they begin to multi-task at higher frequency rates - dialing cell phones, eating, and talking to passengers, etc. - and therefore greatly raise ...
Tags: teens health, driving habits, novice drivers, multi-task during driving
Rare earthquake lights are more likely to occur on or near rift environments, where subvertical faults allow stress-induced electrical currents to flow rapidly to the surface, according to a new study published in the Jan./Feb. issue of ...
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Details of the new additions to Land Rover Australia’s showroom in 2014. Range Rover Evoque update (February) Land Rover claims the introduction of a nine-speed automatic transmission and new driveline technologies will make the ...
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This year's 30th Chaos Communication Congress (30C3) in Hamburg from December 27 to December 30 carried numerous informative presentations, including a reverse-engineering story about SD cards, which two investigators explored for malware ...
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As I look back at the more than 100 tech products we reviewed in 2013, a handful of gadgets and services deserve a second look. It's become clear that one brand rarely stands out any more in whatever product category you look at. ...
Tags: tech products, camera phones, Laptops, Internet television
Tablet supplier Arcos will go to International CES with its first tablet- and smartphone-controlled home-automation system, its first smart watches, first fitness band and a host of connected fitness-related devices. Pricing and ship ...
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Almo, the national CE and appliance distributor, has added new products in both categories to its 2014 lineup. On the CE side, Almo has expanded its Garmin assortment to include the Virb line of HD action cameras that can be mounted to ...
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The lead-time indicators for passive electronic components have demonstrated anemic market performance for the past two years suggesting lackluster demand from end-use markets. Raw material pricing has been trending downward, which bodes ...
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Hawk-Eye is a device used to reconstruct the track of the ball for LBW decisions in cricket and for line calls in tennis. It will be much in evidence during the remaining Ashes tests and is now being used for goal-line decisions in Premier ...
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Wearable gadgets, curved smartphones and new game consoles defined technology in 2013. That's why it's no surprise they make up the bulk of our top 10 devices of the year. Some of these devices are essentially much better versions of ...
Brick-and-mortar retail sales declined 3.1 percent last week as pre-winter storms put the kibosh on late Christmas shopping, according to market research firm ShopperTrak. The bad weather, combined with a deluge of last-minute online ...
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Many older engineers first became interested in electronics through hobbies in their youth—assembling kits, participating in amateur radio, or engaging in other experiments. But I have wondered whether or not students entering ...
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Nokia recently released its first-ever Windows tablet,the Lumia 2520.After testing the device,I wonder why Nokia bothered. There's just not much to recommend about the device.Its design is unremarkable.Its screen is of lower resolution ...
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Full-bodied cameras known as SLRs have long been able to shoot high-definition video besides still images. But when budding filmmakers use them, production results vary. It's not just the level of talent, but the additional gear available ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
This may be remembered as the year smartphones became boring. Although high-definition displays on smartphones have gotten bigger and their cameras have gotten better, the pace of gee-whiz innovation has dawdled. Smartphone and software ...