Cooperative system could wipe out car alarm noise
The persistent, annoying blare of an ignored car alarm may become a sound of the past if a cooperative, mutable and silent network of monitors proposed by Penn State researchers is deployed in automobiles and parking lots. view more (2008-06-25)
Robotic surgeon to team up with doctors, astronauts on NASA mission
This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the University of Washington, leaves for the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The UW will participate in NASA's mission to submerge a surgeon and robotic gear in a simulated spaceship. view more (2007-04-19)
Helping human and robot firefighters work as a team
Imagine a firefighter scrambling through a burning building, searching for survivors of a devastating explosion. Injured people on the far side of a brick wall, but out of reach. However, the partner on the other side promptly smashes through the wall, clears a path so both can help the survivors. Science fiction perhaps? No, this is exactly the... view more... (2005-04-13)
British scientists create electron surf machine
By precisely controlling billions of individual electrons every second, they hope to develop new computing systems and increase the security of digital communication. view more (2007-06-13)
MMS on TV - new broadband services for the smart home
In the home of tomorrow, your washing machine will inform you via SMS that the laundry is ready, and it will communicate with the dishwasher to reduce energy consumption. Prototypes of these and many more networked home appliances already exist. At a workshop in Heidelberg from 20th to 21st March, international researchers and developers will... view more... (2003-03-13)
Sleep deprivation is common among members of the US Marine Corps
Members of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) experience combined stressors, including physical exertion and the threat of enemy fire. view more (2007-06-13)
NIST releases new standard for semiconductor industry
A wide range of optical electronic devices, from laser disk players to traffic lights, may be improved in the future thanks to a small piece of semiconductor, about the size of a button, coated with aluminum, gallium, and arsenic (AlGaAs). view more (2006-10-13)
NIST atomic fountain clock gets much better with time
The world's best clock, NIST-F1, has been improved over the past few years and now measures time and frequency more than twice as accurately as it did in 1999 when first used as a national standard, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report. view more (2005-09-26)
Empowering patients to lead fully mobile lives
High risk and chronically ill patients in Europe may soon find themselves able to lead independent and fully mobile lives thanks to the work of a project that has developed a Body Area Network of wireless sensors to remotely monitor vital signs. view more (2005-03-02)
Road testing technologies of the future
ESA is offering industry the opportunity to use a van fully equipped to demonstrate the next generation of advanced mobile multimedia equipment and applications. The van can be used as a standard test platform. It offers the user ample space, electrical and computing power as well as a comfortable working environment. Over the past few months,... view more... (2002-12-03)
Camcorder fueled with hydrogen
Peep! "Please switch off. Power supply almost exhausted." Every day millions of mobile phone, palmtop, notebook, portable CD player and camcorder users are driven to fury by this warning. Without a power source, this wonderful new wealth of modern electronics is of no use at all. Yet the mobile and wireless trend still surges on. Electronic... view more... (2001-04-19)
Last Chance For Big Fun And Big Prizes In The Great Big Science Competition
Due to popular demand the deadline for Education.com's http://uk.education.com The Great Big Science Competition has been extended to 12th April 2002. Launched in September 2001, The Great Big Science Competition http://www.thegreatbigsciencecompetition.co.uk is about making science fun and getting children interested in the possibilities that... view more... (2002-03-20)
Chalmers first with integrated receiver for high frequency applications
As the first research group in the world, researchers at Chalmers have succeeded in combining a receiver for high frequencies with an antenna on a small chip. view more (2007-11-29)
The positioning system makes it possible for patients under observation to move around
In future, the patient positioning system will allow also those patients who are under constant observation to move freely in the hospital. If a patient`s condition declines, an alarm system is activated and sends a signal to the control room. The same alarm system also sends information about the exact location of the patient in the hospital.... view more... (2002-04-05)
For the future hydrogen economy, a tiny, self-powered sensor
Hydrogen has been called "the fuel of the future." But the gas is invisible, odorless and explosive at high concentrations, posing a safety problem for hydrogen-powered cars, filling stations and other aspects of the so-called hydrogen economy. view more (2006-05-25)
Taking the pulse of Europe's e-health market
Are Europe's hospitals equipped to meet e-health opportunities? This type of issue was covered by the Health Information Network Europe (HINE) in the largest ever survey of hospitals in Europe, just one of a range of studies it offers members. view more (2005-03-18)
Center for Digital Business explores mobile Napster
Center for Digital Business, CDA, at Ume'å University, is presenting new research at a conference in Pisa, Italy. This research deals with the prototype system FolkMusic, which is a mobile platform for distributing music in wireless networks. The work is being presented at a conference titled Mobile HCI (Human Computer Interaction) 2002 by... view more... (2002-09-23)
MobileTV - A hit with all ages
A newly complete released study by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Tampere shows that the availability of mobile television services is hugely popular with media consumers. The main idea of mobile television is to enable people to use television wherever (TV-Anywhere) and whenever (TV-Anytime) it best suits them.... view more... (2003-06-02)
Telemedicine robots help improve health
University of Queensland telemedicine researchers are using a robot named Eliza to conquer the tyranny of distance and improve delivery of specialist medical care to the bush. view more (2006-10-12)
The second humanoid robot in France
The HOAP3 humanoid robot has just arrived at the Laboratory for Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics of Montpellier (LIRMM - CNRS - University of Montpellier 2). view more (2007-02-14)
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