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Gates hails age of digital senses
BBC News Jan. 7, 2008
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The way people interact with
computers is going to dramatically
change in the next five years, says
Microsoft chief Bill Gates. He
predicted that the keyboard and
mouse would gradually give way to
more intuitive and natural
technologies, including touch,
vision and speech...
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Comcast Talks 100 Mbit/s 'Net
Access for Consumers
PC Magazine Jan. 8, 2008
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Comcast is planning to offer
"wideband" cable Internet access,
also known as DOCSIS 3.0, with 100
megabits per second access. That
increased speed will likely be of
assistance when Comcast increases
its on-demand content. It plans to
offer over 1,000 HD selections by
the end of 2008, and over 6,000
movies on-demand each month by 2009....
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Mobile phone projectors 'will
launch this year'
PC Pro Jan. 9, 2008
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Mobile phones with built-in mini
projectors will be available in
products later this year, according
to 3M 3M's LED illuminated projector
is currently a prototype handheld
device that displays photos or films
stored on the unit's SD or Mini-SD
card. The projector has a brightness
of around 8-10 lumens, and is
capable of displaying an...
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Sony Teams Up With Skype For Free
PlayStation Calling
Forbes Jan. 7, 2008
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Sony is transforming its
PlayStation Portable into a handheld
videophone, enabling users of its
PSP-2000 to make low-cost telephone
calls and free calls around the
world via the...
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All eyes switch to 'smart' TVs
Financial Times Jan. 9, 2008
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The shift towards
internet-connected or "smart" TVs is
an important trend identified by CES
show in Las Vegas, driven by
consumer desire to view YouTube
videos and other digital content On
TV sets, directly from the Internet
or home...
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Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the
Works for Prosthetic Arms
IEEE Spectrum Online Jan. 4, 2008
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By combining carbon nanotubes with
a specially designed polymer,
researchers are making a material
that looks, feels, and functions
like human skin, able to send heat
and pressure signals. The project is
part of DARPA's Revolutionizing
Prosthetics program, which aims to
build by 2010 a strong, lightweight
mechanical arm that can touch and
feel...
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Resveratrol-like Drug Shows Proof
That It Combats Aging
Wired News Jan. 8, 2008
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A proprietary version of
resveratrol tested in a small,
short-term study significantly
reduced blood sugar in diabetic
patients as compared with a placebo
group. The results from the 28-day
trial intended to evaluate the
safety and efficacy of the drug were
announced by Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
Inc....
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Carbon nanosheets promise
super-fast chips
NewScientist.com News Service Jan. 8, 2008
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Atom-thick sheets of graphene
should smash the record for
room-temperature conductivity, as
graphene's properties would allow
electrons to travel more easily than
in any other material, including
gold, silicon, gallium arsenide, and
carbon nanotubes. The graphene
sheets could allow a new generation
of super-fast microelectronics,
according to...
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New nanostructured thin film shows
promise for efficient solar energy
conversion
PhysOrg.com Jan. 8, 2008
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A hybrid material that combines two
nanotechnology methods for
engineering solar cell
materials--thin metal oxide films
and quantum dots--has better
performance than either method has
alone, University of California,
Santa Cruz researchers have found.
The nanocomposite's "incident photon
to current conversion efficiency"
(IPCE) was as much as...
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Printable, Flexible Carbon-Nanotube
Transistors
PhysOrg.com Jan. 8, 2008
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Scientists have used carbon
nanotubes as the basis for
high-speed thin-film transistors
printed onto sheets of flexible
plastic, a method which may allow
large-area electronic circuits to be
printed onto almost any flexible
substrate at low cost and in mass
quantities. The University of
Massachusetts Lowell and Brewer
Science, Inc. scientists...
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