Category: Science & Technology News

Competing face recognition technologies have been under development for a number of years, but now two are starting to emerge as the leaders: local feature analysis, developed by Joseph Atick, who founded Jersey City, NJ-based Visionics; and eigenface, first demonstrated at Helsinki University of Technology, later developed at MIT, and currently marketed by Viisage Technology of Littleton, MA. It looks like the only way to defeat this technology is with a serious bar fight. More Here
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The IC-R3 by Icom is not your average handheld receiver. In addition to the new video capabilities that allow you to see the receiver’s operating status and spectrum scope, you can display broadcast visual information: TV program, picture from wireless cameras and more. The IC-R3 is great for sporting events, security, Amateur TV, and you can watch your favorite TV program at anytime, anywhere. This is a “must have” for the true gadget freaks. More Here
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Even though the greatest innovation in car technology over the past 20 years has been the introduction of the cup holder, the future is starting to look brighter. A strong emphasis will be placed on moving the decision-making process away from the human driver. If we get this idea perfected, we can once again allow drinking and driving. Hmmm!!

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Sometimes you can uncover great information, even it is being created by the true slumlords of the Internet. Plasma antennas are radiofrequency antennas that employ plasma as the guiding medium for electromagnetic radiation. Conventional antennas employ either metal or dielectric materials, such as teflon, to support antenna currents necessary for radiating electromagnetic fields. More Here
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Tiny little power plants, micro fuel cells, will soon be powering everything from cell phones to laptop computers to a host of other handheld devices. Even the best lithium-ion cell-phone batteries provide only about four hours of talk time while these micro fuel cells could provide up to 20 hours. No recharging batteries here, you just swap out methanol cartridges.
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Young consumers in Japan are opening their wallets to both prestigious brand-name imports and low-priced goods at the same time. Leading brand-name goods from overseas are enjoying booming sales.
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The Merlin Roadster is definitely a hot looking car. It comes equipped with a 88 cubic inch V-twin engine that pushes it past the 100 mph mark. It also get a cool 60 miles per gallon. This little sportscar will hit dealers this summer with a pricetag of $23,900.
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For those who think there’s a future in playing air guitar, two companies have prototyped invisible keyboard technologies. Samsung’s Scurry and the Senseboard are both a couple virtual keyboards that use sensors on the back of your hands to track the movements of your fingers. However, they’ll never be real useful for those of us that have to look at the keys.
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Most analysts agree that satellite radio will be a big winner over the long run. Some estimates say the music-from-the-sky format will have 25 million subscribers by the end of the decade. But XM and Sirius have a long way to go to see numbers like that. Sirius has yet to launch. XM boasts 30,000 subscribers, but will need 4 million before it breaks even.
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The idea of making your home an extension of Bill Gate’s computer network is alive and well. Thinking that Windows XP and the XBox were just stepping stones to total world domination, Microsoft unveiled new initiatives designed to further the company’s vision of turning homes into digital media networks linked to its software, video game machine and Internet services. More Here
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In a recent beakthrough, SoloTrek has achieved about 27 hours of tethered-hover flight testing. By design, the maximum altitude has been limited to about 12 inches, and the longest ‘flight’ had an endurance of about 15 seconds. They are being very careful to walk before they run. More Here
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This is a far cry from the old deep sea diving bells. Deep Flight I is an experimental, one-person sub that was built to prove the concept of underwater flight and has broken through to an entirely new class of submersible craft which operate on the principles of dynamic wing forces and flight control rather than the static system of ballast adjustment and vectored thrust of conventional submersibles. More Here
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