Disadvantage of computer technology

	Robots to Become Our Closest Friends Soon
...er role in our everyday lives.  The toasters (robots) will follow you around, connect to the internet and even replace your cell phone.  Those without robot companions will be at a definite disadvantage. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
	read more »

	Nearly one third of Americans think Internet is useless
...About one third of U.S. households do not have any access to the Internet. But what is even more surprising they do not intend to get one. The reason is that households do not consider Internet to be useful for their every day lives. A technology market research firm located in Dallas, called Park Associates, outlined that 29% of households from the United States (which is about 31 million homes) do not even intend to g...
	read more »

	Robot to Help Neurosurgery
...Surgery can take a huge step towards the future due to a new surgical robot system, developed at University of Calgary. Surgeons' mistakes will no longer take place because the NeuroArm is going to upgrade the level of neurosurgery as well as other branches of operative medicine. It it the first MRI-compatible robot in the world and its creator is Dr. Garnette Sutherland. For six years he has worked together with a lea...
	read more »

	Additional Billion PC Users for Microsoft
...Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, is going to suggest governments the $3 Student Innovation Suite. Microsoft has developed the program in an attempt to reach more of the overall 5 billion people who do not presently belong to PC owners. By 2015 Microsoft hopes to reach the first billion. Governments will have an opportunity to purchase directly from Microsoft PCs for students to use in their school studies and at home. Gat...
	read more »

	Nano-nose to help identify illnesses
...Nanoparticles are used by U.S. researchers to 'smell' the scent of illnesses in fluids of the body. The researchers used nanoparticles of gold with different coatings to distinguish among different proteins and detect the illness, as reported by the New Scientist. According to Vince Rotello from the University of Massachusetts the human nose has a series of receptors, which react differently to different compounds. Thu...
	read more »

	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...
	read more »

	What words are most often frontpaged on digg?
... Word Category Nr. Pages Nr. stories (approx.) Stories frontpaged (pages) Nr. of stories frontpaged (approx.) Most popular story dugg, times Story title URL Game Hardware 2444 36660 155 2325 4862 Guy selling every NES game ever made on eBay!! With pics ...
	read more »

	Get Directions From Your Cell Phone
...gies initially developed for emergency workers to help them find those in danger. The relatively new mobile services that provide a cell phone navigation system have already attracted a great deal of attention as they make it easier for their customers to find bearings in an unfamiliar city, or get directions to a new shopping center or restaurant. One of the customers decided to use a cell phone navigation as it v...
	read more »

	More Google Earth Users than People in Brazil
...Over 200 million people worldwide have installed Google Earth application. There are more Google Earth users than residents in Brazil with population of 188 million people. Google Earth, the mapping software that allows everyone interested see one's house from space, was introduced two years ago. It has already drawn more installations than Microsoft's Windows XP. Michael Jones, chief technology officer of the compa...
	read more »

	New Indoor Climate-Control System to Adjust to Your Own Environmental Preferences Via the Web
...A new indoor climate control system is able to make 'smart decisions' according to changing conditions in an office or building. The technology is based upon interaction with people present in the office. The users will be able to regulate the system to match their own environment preferences through the web. The system has been developed by Syracuse, N.Y.-based company CollabWorx Inc. The users of the Open Web Service...
	read more »

	Next Generation Games to be Controlled by Your Emotions
...Moving the objects in a game with your thoughts only may not be a dream anymore. Emotiv Systems' technology takes a huge step to create a software that will use emotions and thoughts turning them into game moves. Computer interface experts are the first to change the way computer and people interact. The founders of Emotiv Systems claim they designed innovative interface that interprets human thoughts, expressions and ...
	read more »

	There Are Successful Bloggers in Africa Too
... in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to promote new ideas in the technology, design and entertainment fields. The 19-year-old high-school student was invited to the conference to share his personal experience of designing and building a windmill completely on his own. Kamkwamba left school when he was 14 as his family was not able to afford the school fees. The boy built his first windmill using a book on electricity, plastic ...
	read more »

	Smiley emoticon marks 25 anniversary
...Smiley emoticon appeared first in online bulletin board on September, 19 in 1982. Professor Scott E. Fahlman from Carnegie Mellon University first used the smiley in an online discussion. During a discussion professor Fahlman used a colon followed by hyphen and a parenthesis to suggest the emoticon that could denote a joke. Later, the smiley became so popular that it became the most used emoticon to express emotio...
	read more »

	Nanotubes Can be Produced from Bacteria
...Scientists discovered that living bacteria can produce semiconducting nanotubes that have a great potential for their application in electronics, nanotechnology and other fields of material science. Experts at the the University of California-Riverside and South Korea's Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology said that this scientific breakthrough might help in developing new nanoelectronic devices. Nosang M...
	read more »

	NASA to Strike the Moon with a Double Sledgehammer
... Two spacecrafts are going to be launched by NASA in hope of slamming into the South Pole of the moon and find out if the double explosion on the surface of the moon will be able to reveal the hidden water ice. Undoubtedly the Earth-on-moon violence may lead to serious discussions on the topic, but the history of NASA demonstrates that such missions may bring a lot of useful information. "I think that people are app...
	read more »