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We’ve found that the education industry needs new models and fresh frameworks to avoid losing touch with the radically evolving needs of its many current and potential new constituencies. Via Minerva Bueno 
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University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past two weeks. More on BLINDNESS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=blindness
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It gives the term skeleton key a whole new meaning: a prototype system from AT&T Labs that beams a unique vibration through a user’s bones to be picked up by a receiver in a door handle, automatically unlocking the door at the touch of the handle. Using piezoelectric transducers, the system could someday be embedded in smartphones or wristwatches to create doors that automatically unlock when the right person touches them and stay firmly dead-bolted when anyone else tries to gain entry.
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Have you ever been tempted to order steak tartare but decided against it for fear of getting sick? This little cell phone scanner can take a look at it for you and let you know if it does in fact harbor any E. coli bacteria.
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Smartphones may act like pocket therapists in the future, intuiting when you are depressed and nudging you to call or see friends.
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(AP) -- Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
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We covered English Hedgerow, an interesting augmented reality app for the iPhone, earlier this month, and we've just found out that the engine behind it is being made available to iOS developers.... Via Cristian contini, Didier Preud'homme (Logicamp)
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Automakers want to integrate your smartphone into their latest models, making the car another device that will keep you connected to the Internet. Many advances the auto industry sought to pioneer, such as GPS and video display monitors, have already progressed further and faster through smartphone technology. But for every added feature, engineers must install a safety device to prevent you from smashing into things while you enjoy a phone call or YouTube video.
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Software developed by computer scientists could help to quickly and accurately locate missing people, rapidly identify those suffering from malnutrition and effectively point people towards safe zones simply by checking their phones.
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Half of American adults own a smartphone or tablet computer, and most of them use these devices to access news, a study released Monday showed.
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Transparent double-sided touchscreen display Android smartphone prototype http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0099-r-en.php DigInfo TV - http://diginfo.tv 30/5/2012 W...
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Using smartphones or tablets as digital 'wallets' will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a Pew Research survey released on Tuesday.
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Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Georgia Tech researchers have built a prototype app for touch-screen mobile devices that is vying to be a complete solution for texting without the need to look at a mobile gadget's screen.
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People with memory loss injuries may regain some independence by using smart phones.
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March 15, 2013 10:05 AM
In the 21st Century everyone thinks that smartphones turn your brain into "mush". A new study in the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation that it might not be true. They studied 10 people who had bad memory, each person was given a phone. This showed that smartphones help improve peoples day-to-day memory.
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These innovators made your phone smarter & more fun. So how'd they do it?
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According to a new report from comScore, the number of people in the US who access health information from their mobile devices is on the rise. During the months of September, October, and November last year, an average of 16.9 million people used mobile phones to access health information. That number marks a 125 percent growth rate over the same three month period in the previous year. The research firm found that about 3 in 5 or 60 percent of the mobile health information seekers were under the age of 35.
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Judging by an early prototype Samsung Galaxy S II developed by a wing of Samsung's huge R&D group, your smartphone might soon block you from posting tweets and status updates, depending on your emotional state. Via Dimitris Agorastos
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