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Avatar-Based Virtual Co-Driver System Replaces Vehicle Owner's Manuals
Flashing signal lamps and
unfamiliar control elements
tend to worry car drivers.
Scientists in Germany in
cooperation with engineers
... > full story
A Mobile Guide for Buses and Trains
If people had access to a
fully-fledged system to help
them navigate public
transport, it could persuade
many drivers to switch to
their local trains, buses
and trams. Researchers in
... > full story
Mobile Virtual World With a Flexible Virtual Reality System
Product developers, vehicle
design engineers and trainee
pilots increasingly utilize
3-D worlds, operating in a
virtual space created by
realistic images in real
... > full story
Virtual Workout Partners Spur Better Results, Study Finds
Can't find anyone to
exercise with? Don't
despair: New research
reveals working out with a
virtual partner improves
motivation during exercise.
... > full story
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Social Networking's Good and Bad Impacts on Kids
August 6, 2011 — Social media present risks and benefits to children but parents who try to secretly monitor their kids' activities online are wasting their time, according to a new ... > full story -
Theft Protection Developed for Virtual Machines
August 5, 2011 — Scientists have found a way to promptly detect hacker attacks on virtual machines. Companies and government agencies that employ virtual machines can thus protect data stored on them against ... > full story -
Cell Phone Technology Helps Patients Manage Diabetes
August 1, 2011 — Researchers have found that mobile phone software is effective for the self-management of diabetes. The study is one of the first to examine the new field of mobile health. Researchers found that a ... > full story -
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Computer Program Could 'Revolutionise the World's Healthcare'
July 25, 2011 — A massive network of computer programs could revolutionize healthcare around the world, saving countless lives and billions of ... > full story -
Virtual Natural Environments and Benefits to Health
July 15, 2011 — Researchers have compared the benefits of interaction with actual and virtual natural environments and concluded that the development of accurate simulations are likely to be beneficial to those who ... > full story -
New Technology Allows Disabled Children to Explore Their Creative Side
July 14, 2011 — Doodling, coloring in and drawing are all important parts of a child’s development. But what if the child has a disability and does not have the use or control of their limbs? A team of ... > full story -
Careless Behaviour of Cloud Users Leads to Crucial Security Threats, Experts Find
June 20, 2011 — Scientists in Germany have discovered major security vulnerabilities in numerous virtual machines published by customers of Amazon's cloud. Among 1100 public Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), which are ... > full story -
Package Tracking System Takes Social Media to New Heights
June 13, 2011 — What has made the Internet such a success could help change the way high-dollar and hazardous packages are tracked, according to ... > full story -
Nature of Water
Resource Shortage
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Virtual Water Cannot Remedy Freshwater Shortage
June 7, 2011 — The implementation of virtual water into trading deals has been suggested as a realistic solution to solving the global inequality of renewable freshwater, but new research suggests that it may not ... > full story -
Weight Loss Success in a 3-D Virtual World
June 3, 2011 — Participants in two weight-loss programs -- one at a health club, the other delivered in a virtual world -- lost similar amounts of weight and body fat, but the online contingent reported ... > full story
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