Too few doctors know how to respond to a terrorist attack
Not enough medical staff are aware of their role in the event of a terrorist attack, according to a letter in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-04-02)
Matching commuters by mobile phone
Amid concern over fuel costs, parking and air quality, it's time to reconsider carpooling. The new system called Dynamic Carpool offers the pros of ride-sharing without the cons. view more (2005-01-05)
Sightseeing with your personal mobile guide
It's easy to spot foreign tourists, their noses buried in weighty guides. But multimedia devices - offering location-based content and personalised adverts - may soon replace these books and generate significant revenue for mobile operators as trial results revealed. view more (2005-02-08)
A revolution in the monitoring of unborn babies
New technology, the size of a mobile phone, which could save the life of an unborn child, has been developed by scientists from The University of Nottingham. view more (2007-04-27)
Ring me for the song title
The quantity of digitally recorded music is exploding. The AudioID automatic recognition system not only keeps your play list under control. It sorts the collection on your hard disk, protects intellectual property rights, and recognizes song titles on the basis of a short extract. view more (2004-11-09)
Smart phones allow quick diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Radiologists can accurately diagnose acute appendicitis from a remote location with the use of a handheld device or mobile phone equipped with special software. view more (2009-11-30)
Sweet nanotech batteries
Nanotechnology could improve the life of the lithium batteries used in portable devices, including laptop computers, mp3 players, and mobile phones. Research to be published in the Inderscience publication - International Journal of Nanomanufacturing - demonstrates that carbon nanotubes can prevent such batteries from losing their charge capacity... view more... (2008-04-11)
Academy of Finland and National Natural Science Foundation of China enhance their collaboration
Academy of Finland and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) fund four co-operation projects in the fields of population biology, forest sciences, signal processing algorithm and chemical engineering. The Academy of Finland funds the Finnish part, while NSFC funds the Chinese part of the project. The Academy's share of funding for... view more... (2002-07-19)
National Academies advisory: Critical minerals and national defense stockpile
The United States uses more than 7.5 trillion pounds of nonfuel minerals each year to produce everyday items such as mobile phones and cars. view more (2007-10-03)
Global change conference sets the scene for next round of Kyoto Protocol talks
Throughout the world, scientists are seeing clear signs that the Earth is rapidly changing. Tropical glaciers are melting fast and some will disappear within 15 years if current warming trends continue. Fifty percent of the land surface has been modified and more than half the world’s accessible freshwater is being used directly or... view more... (2001-04-10)
Mobile laboratory "sniffs" traffic pollutants
A new mobile laboratory makes it possible to study traffic pollutants in actual traffic conditions. The mobile laboratory, which can be used to measure exhaust gases both on roads and in tunnels as well as in underground sites, can shed new light on the amount and size distribution of exhaust gases. Fine particles in exhaust gasses are being... view more... (2003-06-02)
Who are you? Mobile ID devices find out using NIST guidelines
A new publication that recommends best practices for the next generation of portable biometric acquisition devices-Mobile ID-has been published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). view more (2009-08-27)
New epidemiological review finds no causal association between the use of cellular phones and cancer
The Swedish Radiation Protection Authority has engaged two internationally well-known epidemiologists to review published epidemiological studies on the relationship between the use of cellular telephones and cancer risk. They are Dr. John D. Boice, Jr. and Dr. Joseph K. McLaughlin from the International Epidemiology Institute, USA. In their... view more... (2002-09-20)
A new concept: the modular kitchen
Kitchen have different shapes and functions: they can be small or big; only for dining or for cooking; adapted to families or for a single person; with or without a table; with a table only used as an eating table or for other purposes, etc. Moreover, the functions that a kitchen can have are not immutable, they can can change along the years... view more... (2004-04-15)
Gene and protein databases in your pocket - BioWAP
The first WAP service for life scientists has been launched and now biological and medical information can be accessed from mobile phones. The service itself is free of charge, like other Internet databases, but telephone operators of course take their share. The BioWAP service has been developed in collaboration between two Finnish research... view more... (2000-09-28)
Mobile phones under fresh scrutiny
THE safety of mobile phones is under fresh scrutiny following the discovery that their emissions have an unexpected effect on living creatures. The finding throws out the strongest challenge yet to the widely held belief that heating from mobile phone signals is their only potential threat to brain cells.... view more... (2002-02-06)
Wake-up call: Draft security pub looks at cell phones, PDAs
In recent years cell phones and PDAs-"Personal Digital Assistants"-have exploded in power, performance and features. They now often boast expanded memory, cameras, Global Positioning System receivers and the ability to record and store multimedia files and transfer them over wireless networks-in addition to the cell phone system-using... view more... (2008-07-11)
Top-rung research environments singled out
A panel of acknowledged international experts has identified Sweden's foremost environments for basic research. The Swedish Research Council will be able to finance ten of the 27 research environments of excellence that have been winnowed from 261 applications. These research teams are from all over the country and represent all disciplinary... view more... (2005-02-17)
Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone
Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. view more (2009-04-22)
Ensonido Technology: Surround Sound to Go
With the recently introduced MP3 Surround audio format, 5.1-channel material will soon be widely available. Since MP3 Surround files are just slightly bigger than stereo MP3 files, multi-channel sound even with flash MP3 players will become feasible. Together with the new Ensonido technology, surround sound can now be enjoyed over stereo... view more... (2005-03-09)
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