App Center
Facebook is launching a new App Center, The App Center will not just have Facebook apps but will be “a place to find social web, desktop, and mobile apps”, as well.
Smartphones indespensible in the US: Study
More Americans can’t live without their smartphones anymore.
People are using their mobile devices increasingly to settle a dispute, coordinate a meeting, find a restaurant or get emergency information, according to a new study released Monday.
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New spray gets you instantly drunk and only lasts a few seconds
WA |HH Quantum Sensations
A team of researchers claim to have come up with a spray that can make you instantly drunk – but wears off after a few seconds. The team, led by David Edwards and designer Philippe Starck, says it has created WA |HH Quantum Sensations, a spray canister that puffs a whiff of alcohol that mimics the effects of a martini for just a moment, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported.
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E-mail vacations can reduce stress at work: Study
E-mail causes stress at work.
Your email could be killing you!
The University of California, Irvine and United States Army researchers released a new study on Thursday which found that people who do not look at e-mail on a regular basis at work are less stressed and more productive.
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3D video glasses create maps for blind people
The goal is to help visually impaired people move around more efficiently without physical aids.
head-up display. Two cameras mounted to a pair of glasses generate a three-dimensional image of a person’s environment and their place in it, displaying the information on a handheld Braille device.
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Alcoa’s smog-eating architectural panels
Alcoa’s smog-eating panels.
The giant multinational of aluminum production Alcoa announced last week that its new “smog-eating” architectural panels can remove pollutants from the surrounding air. The aluminum panels, branded Reynobond with EcoClean technology, have a titanium dioxide coating which breaks down pollutants in direct sunlight.
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Panasonic testing shampoo robot in Japan
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Hair salon Super Hair Seo in Nishinomiya, Japan is playing lucky host to Panasonic’s Head Care Robot, which is undergoing its first tests alongside hairdressers. The shampoo robot ‘offers a degree of comfort that users cannot experience with human hands.’
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Wearable devices track people wirelessly
BioHarness sensors from Zephyr Technologies can be worn as a patch or as a strap.
Wireless carriers are fueling the boom of a new generation of mobile technology for remotely monitoring family members and others who need to be tracked.
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Turn signal neglect causes 2 million accidents annually: Study
Forty-eight percent of the time, drivers either neglect to use their signals when changing lanes or fail to turn the signals off.
A new study finds a more serious problem than distracted driving that’s responsible for as many as 2 million accidents annually.
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iPavement puts WiFi hotspots into the sidewalk
iPavement
A Spanish tech company has developed a new piece of “street technology” known as iPavement. iPavement are sidewalk paving stones that double as WiFi hotspots.
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Samsung overtakes Nokia to become world’s largest cellphone brand
Samsung Galaxy Note
In the first quarter of 2012, Samsung became the world’s largest cellphone brand for the first time, overtaking longtime market leader Nokia.
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The Volpe – world’s smallest car
The Volpe
Fed up of cramming into the elevator at work in the morning? Soon you’ll be able to drive into it instead – because the world’s smallest eco car is about to go on sale and it’s tiny enough to fit into office elevators. (Pics)