What an idea: remote presence machines that roll around from office to office and on trade show floors, helping professionals save on travel but, even though not with the group, still able to maintain a close-up presence anyway. That was ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
A U.S. woman goes to court Thursday to fight what appears to be the first citation for wearing Google Glass, the computer-embedded glasses, while driving. The case in San Diego could help shape future laws on wearable technology as it ...
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One of the benefits of being an astrophysicist is your weekly email from someone who claims to have "proven Einstein wrong". These either contain no mathematical equations and use phrases such as "it is obvious that..", or they are page ...
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On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 the 33rd Annual Centralia Swine Research Update will be held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre. The featured speakers include Dr. Yolande Seddon, Prairie Swine Center who will deliver a presentation ...
Hybrid Technology, led by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, has bid $55 million for Fisker Automotive's assets, just days after a bankruptcy judge in Delaware rejected Hybrid's plan to take over the failed electric-vehicle maker in a ...
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While many of the digital glitterati thronging this week's Consumer Electronics Show were wearing Google's new Internet glasses, rival online eyewear products abounded among the trade stands. US-based Vuzix showed off what it billed as ...
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The Obama administration is nearing a decision on allowing seismic testing off the Atlantic Coast, a critical step in opening waters off Virginia, the Carolinas and elsewhere to oil drilling. A study of what the controversial seismic ...
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We've all seen news alerts for missing senior citizens. Sometimes those have a happy outcome, and other times they don't. I'm sure parents of kids with special needs also live with the worry that their child might wander off and get lost. ...
Tags: portable GPS tracking devices, eTrak, eZoom, tracking signal
Here are a few things that have stood out for me from the past several days at the Consumer Electronics Show. 5G: The rollout of 4G LTE services may be still a work in progress, but that doesn't mean the folks who develop wireless ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, 5G, WEARABLE GADGETS, SOCIALRADAR
New sort, map, view features help architects navigate expanded image library PPG Industries' (NYSE: PPG) flat glass business has launched a new and more interactive photo gallery that features hundreds of buildings constructed with PPG ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Architectural Glass, Glass
Plutonium cycle in the atmosphere. Credit: : J.A. Corcho Alvarado Levels of radioactive plutonium in Earth's stratosphere from nuclear tests and accidents is higher than previously thought, but probably not dangerous to humans, ...
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HRP-2 robots learn kitchen chores at the University of Tokyo's JSK Lab. Google has recently been in the news for its buying spree of robotics companies. Many people are excited about this and believe that this will greatly ...
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A U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker left Australia for Antarctica on Sunday to rescue more than 120 crew members aboard two icebreakers trapped in pack ice near the frozen continent's eastern edge, officials said. The 122-meter (399-foot) ...
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Time travel has captured the public imagination for decades, not excluding screenwriters and creative writing instructors who encourage creative leaps about stepping back and beyond the present through time. What about evidence? Two ...
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Facebook has been accused of intercepting private messages of its users to provide data to marketers, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court in California. The social networking company scanned plaintiffs' private ...
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