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Secure online transactions worth talking about
Trials of European IST Prize-winning Vocalid® technology, based on crypto-acoustic smart cards that ensure secure, online transactions over any phone or computer, have shown strong support.   view more (2004-10-13)

How to Understand Requirements of Wide Audience End-Users in the era of 3G and Digital TV
On April 6th Tuure Tuunanen, MSc. (econ), defended the doctoral dissertation "Requirements Elicitation for Wide Audience End-Users" at the Helsinki School of Economics. The opponent was Professor Kalle Lyytinen (Case Western Reserve University, USA) and the custos Professor Timo Saarinen (Helsinki School of Economics).   view more (2005-04-06)

Mobile lab allows MSU researchers to study air quality, health effects
A new mobile air research laboratory will help a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University professor better understand the damaging health effects of air pollution and why certain airborne particles - emitted from plants and vehicles - induce disease and illness.    view more (2009-10-08)

End of the bedrest campaign
Long-duration spaceflight has a significant impact on the body, with astronauts experiencing changes in their bone and muscle in particular. To meet the requirements of long-stay missions aboard the International Space Station and prepare for future interplanetary missions, space agencies are working together to develop preventive-medicine methods... view more... (2002-07-30)

Turning Science Fiction Into Fact
In the future, our computers no longer crash as we try and download pictures that are too heavy in memory, our cars no longer pollute the atmosphere and cancer could be dealt with by a visit to the GP.    Some of it, at least, will happen thanks to cutting edge research happening now at the University of Leicester Department of... view more... (2004-07-07)

New Chip Design Delivers Better Performance, Longer Battery Life for Cell Phones, WiFi, and Other Wireless Communications
Anyone who uses a cell phone or a WiFi laptop knows the irritation of a dead-battery surprise.   view more (2006-04-20)

Delivering next-generation mobile content
With mobile phones attaining almost universal coverage in Europe, the focus has now shifted to providing the next generation of content-rich applications and services to end users.   view more (2005-05-18)

National report calls for more research on health effects of wireless technologies
A new National Research Council report chaired by University of Colorado at Boulder Distinguished Professor Frank Barnes calls for a stronger research effort on the potential health effects of exposure to radio frequency energy tied to the global explosion in wireless technology like cell phones, laptops and hand-held Web-surfing gadgets.   view more (2008-01-21)

World Wide Web Consortium Issues Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG as Candidate Recommendations
Open Graphics Format Extends Multimedia Beyond the Desktop to Cellphones and Pocket Computers http://www.w3.org/ -- 30 April 2002 --The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has issued Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG Profiles as W3C Candidate Recommendations. Advancement of these documents to Candidate Recommendation is a statement... view more... (2002-04-30)

Portable power plants
Running a laptop or other electrical equipment causes a problem when there is no access to a mains supply: If the battery runs out, where can you recharge it? This is a particularly thorny issue if, for example, your work takes you out on the road or involves spending lots of time on construction sites. In the long run spare batteries do not... view more... (2003-04-04)

Royal Academy of Engineering Awards 2002
The Royal Academy of Engineering is pleased to announce the following awards for 2002, presented at its Awards Dinner on 27 May 2002 in London:   view more (2002-05-29)

Babies see it coming
Do infants only start to crawl once they are physically able to see danger coming? Or is it that because they are more mobile, they develop the ability to sense looming danger?   view more (2009-09-24)

ESA/Inmarsat agreement to improve satellite mobile phone and data services
An agreement signed by ESA and Inmarsat brings the reality of reliable mobile broadband communications services a step closer. For the first time, global mobile broadband services will be available for those at sea, in a plane or travelling on land virtually anywhere in the world. This agreement marks the first collaboration between ESA and... view more... (2003-12-16)

Polar explorers use satellite broadband to stay in touch
A team of young explorers from the Climate Change College are on a ten day field trip, participating in ESA's CryoSat validation experiment on the Greenland Ice Sheet.   view more (2006-05-08)

Bringing down communication barriers for the hard of hearing
The telephone is taken for granted by most, but for the hard of hearing it can be a real obstacle to communication. Overcoming the difficulties faced by people with hearing problems is Synface, a software program that generates an animated face synchronised with speech.   view more (2004-09-01)

Getting Lost Becomes A Thing of the Past
Getting lost in strange towns and cities or trying to find the right way to a particular destination is no longer a problem thanks to new navigation software that provides 'on the move' information for drivers and pedestrians within seconds. Developed with the help of almost £1.3 million from the Information Society Technology (IST)... view more... (2004-07-15)

MIT researchers map city by cellphone
Researchers at MIT may not be able to hear your cellphone call, but they have found a way to see it. They mapped a city in real time by tracking tens of thousands of people traveling about carrying cellphones.   view more (2005-09-15)

Management, planning and control of municipal police patrol routes
The GPSApp project was conceived as an integral solution for the management, planning and control of the municipal police patrol routes for the Amorebieta-Etxano Town Council in Bizkaia in the Basque Country. There is currently no organised control of local beats in the municipal borough, a situation which can give rise to lack of cover in certain... view more... (2003-07-07)

Carnegie Mellon study shows just listening to cell phones significantly impairs drivers
Carnegie Mellon University scientists have shown that just listening to a cell phone while driving is a significant distraction, and it causes drivers to commit some of the same types of driving errors that can occur under the influence of alcohol.   view more (2008-03-05)

Clearing chief urges university hopefuls to hit hotline early
Kingston University has a clear message for students still waiting to find the course that will shape their future after they get their A-level grades - keep calm. The University opens its Clearing hotline as soon as results are released on August 19 and callers can be sure of a sympathetic ear. As many as 6,000 students are expected to call... view more... (2004-07-27)
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