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Humanoids continue invading |
 ...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot.
On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves.
This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda... |
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Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery |
 ...a, from the University of Strathclyde, was impressed by the high stability of the material. The polymer-based production of the battery was also something Dr. Skabara mentioned, while describing this invention.
In his opinion this film battery will make all technologies based on organic devices will highly benefit from this film battery.
Among devices, which potentially could need a flexible battery Dr. Nishide mainly m... |
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Microsoft Comes up with New Visitor Attracting Strategies |
 ... users. Microsoft thought it would be better using some other concepts of searching. They said that they'd develop absolutely ground-breaking new ways of filtering and displaying search results. This invention even got a bit of back-up with a statement that the developers are those, who "didn't even pass calculus." "Algorithm. Meet Humanity." - this was the motto of that program.
However, those developers of that ingeni... |
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The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity |
 ...ing to that survey:
- the second most important discovery, following the Mendeleev's period table of elements, was the discovery of iron processing (Egypt 3500 B.C.);
- transistor discovery was the invention of (John Bardeen and colleagues in 1948);
- fourth invention was declared the glass processing (circa 2200 B.C in South-Western Iran);
- fifth discovery was named the invention of the optical microscope in the 17t... |
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
| ...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power.
Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ... |
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Google - Top Brand of the World |
| ...ompany - China Mobile - was valued at $41.2 billion and was ranked fifth in the world rating.
The owner of ThinkHard agency and marketing expert Mark Gorman said that the rise of Google showed the digitalization of the world - the media revolution has already taken place. He added that YouTube and MySpace, and other companies, acquired by Google, will also enjoy much success with Google ahead of them.
Mr. Gorman wa... |
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Digital Photos Testify Against Domestic Abusers |
 ...Digital cameras provided to the New York City police help the prosecution of domestic violence move forward. Queens became the first borough to introduce the technology. Five years ago the Queens police began taking digital photos of victims who suffered from domestic violence. As a result, prosecutors have noticed a considerable growth in conviction rates.
Digital cameras capture minor details often missed by Polaro... |
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Microsoft Reached 40 Million Licenses of Vista |
 ... into the market.
The chairman of the company, Bill Gates, mentioned that the fastest sales of the operating system in the history is due to an accelerating shift of the majority of population to digital lifestyles. He outlined that the premium editions had accounted for 78% of the OS sales.
It is worth mentioning that more than 95% computers worldwide run on Windows operating system, which all in all represents t... |
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School to be Guarded by a Robot |
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After the robot has alerted teachers, they have several opportunities: whether to warn the offender via loudspeaker or send school's security guards.
The firm's officials stated that their invention is the world's first robot that is used for the purpose of guarding an educational institution. The speed of OFRO is 5km/h. The robot is able to patrol pre-programmed routes or it can be controlled by a human, i. e.... |
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More Google Earth Users than People in Brazil |
| ...tallations than Microsoft's Windows XP.
Michael Jones, chief technology officer of the company's geography software, delivered a speech devoted to the issue at the Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth held on Tuesday. According to Jones, Google Earth has been praised by the leading government officials, including President Bush, Jacques Chirac, and even Bill Gates.
Google Earth also enjoys increasing popu... |
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A New Game to Make Your Face Look Happier |
 ...Now Nintendo DS fans will look happier as a new game that was designed by beauty expert will exercise facial muscles to have friendlier and livelier face expressions.
The Wii Fit game has digital camera that is fitted in dual screen showing a facer of the player on the one and the animated face that shows necessary face exercises on the second screen.
The innovative Nintendo game includes 16 types of face exercises... |
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Russian Fighters Will Show Wonders at MAKS-2007 Air Show |
 ...n the pilot was impressed by the possibilities of MiG-35.
This aircraft could be called one of the most modern existing jet fighters: its engines are smokeless, it has a glass cockpit and a modern digital remote control system.
Russian aviation will be represented by about 20 military airplanes and helicopters, such as Tu-160, Tu-95MS, Yak-130, Su-34, Mi-28, Ka-50. The US air forces is expected to bring to the air s... |
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The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think |
 ... 4. The Ig Nobel Prizes that are parodies of the real Nobel Prizes, are awarded annually to celebrate unusual, creative and improbable achievements in science, medicine and technology. Some of these inventions may seem weird and hilarious nevertheless they are truly breakthroughs in science.
Medicine
Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Meyer of Antioch, Tennessee, USA, was awarded for the in-depth report that a... |
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