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58 Per Cent of People Would Rather Ditch Alcohol for a Week Than Lose Mobile Internet
Dec 11, 2014A study has revealed that 58 per cent of people would rather ditch alcohol for a week than lose mobile internet. The figures come courtesy of Boston Consulting Group, which also highlighted that just under half of respondents surveyed ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Internet
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We Were Pleasantly Surprised by The Number of Robotics Announcements at CES This Year
Jan 17, 2014We were pleasantly surprised by the number of robotics announcements at CES this year. In the past it's been a bit of a snoozefest, since robotics companies didn't want to tussle with all of the other major electronics manufacturers for ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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The Researchers to Study Human Walking
Jan 17, 2014Humans and some of our hominid ancestors such as Homo erectus have been walking for more than a million years, and researchers are close to figuring out how we do it. It's never been completely clear how human beings accomplish the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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A Protein Is a Promising New Drug Target
Jan 16, 2014Schistosoma mansoni and its close relatives are parasitic flatworms that affect millions worldwide and kill an estimated 250,000 people a year. A study published on January 16 in PLOS Pathogens identifies a new part of the molecular pathway ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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How Cilia Have Come to Be Used for So Many Different Tasks in Nature?
Jan 13, 2014Cilia—short, hair-like fibers—are widely present in nature. Single-celled paramecia use one set of cilia for locomotion and another set to sweep nutrients into their oral grooves. Researchers at Brown have discovered that those ...
Tags: Cilia, Single-celled paramecia, locomotion, fibers
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DARPA Responded by Launching Its Biggest and Most Ambitious Robot R&D Program Yet
Jan 3, 2014"Where are the robots?" That was what many people were asking when events at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant spiraled out of control in March 2011. With deadly levels of radiation collecting inside the damaged reactors, attempting to ...
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24 Robe Robin LEDBeam 100s on Tineke Schouten Tour
Jan 16, 2013Popular Dutch comedienne and singer Tineke Schouten is touring with 24 Robe Robin LEDBeam 100s together with Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E AT moving lights, all of which form the core of a dynamic lighting rig designed by Danny den ...
Tags: Tineke Schouten, moving lights, LEDBeam
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Funding Assistance Is Expected to Come From All Four GCC Member States
Jan 7, 2013Mr Darwish bin Ismaeel al Balushi minister Responsible for Financial Affairs said that Oman's ambitious National Railway System will be implemented with funding support pledged by fellow members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Mr Al ...
Tags: Oman, National Railway System, GCC, rail project
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Textile History Museum in Lowell,Mass.,Proudly Presents Suited for Space
Dec 17, 2012LOWELL, Mass. – December 5, 2012 - The American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Mass., proudly presents Suited for Space, a stunning new exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, exploring ...
Tags: American Textile History Museum, exhibition, pressure suit