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Tag: Sharon Reich

Tag Archives: Sharon Reich

07May/16

DroneWatcher

Crowdsourcing app could help national security

May 7, 2016SecurityAlbania, Avionics, BELGRADE, Computing, Delivery drone, DeTect Global, Edward Zakrajsek, Emerging technologies, MATTHEW FINN, Robotics, Science and technology, Serbia, Sharon Reich, Technology, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Wing, Wirelesssmbale

A new free smart phone app that tracks drone signals close to airports or crowded events could help prevent unmanned aerial vehicles being used for nefarious purposes such as terrorism. Sharon Reich reports.
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15Jan/16

Virtual reality app blends social network into experience

January 15, 2016InternetComputer peripherals, Digital media, GOOGLE INC., Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift S, PlayStation VR, Sharon Reich, social networking, Starship Commander, Virtual environment software, Virtual reality, Virtual reality games, Virtual reality headsets, Virtual world, VTime XR, Wearable devices, Windows gamessmbale

Software company hopes to bring social interaction to the growing virtual reality industry. Sharon Reich has more. Continue reading →

08Jan/16

Eight-year-old Dunia Sibomana, left, poses for a photo with Dr. Alexander Dagum

Congolese boy attacked by chimps getting rare face surgery in New York

January 8, 2016MedicineAfrica, Alexander Dagum, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dunia, head, Human anatomy, Leon Klempner, Lip, Lip reconstruction, Medical Subject Headings, New York, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Plastic surgery, Sharon Reich, Sibomana, United Statessmbale

Eight-year-old boy to get a rare, risky, reconstructive surgery in New York after being mauled by chimpanzees in Africa. Sharon Reich reports.
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25Oct/15

A smartphone that keeps getting smarter

October 25, 2015InnovationCloud clients, Companies, Consumer electronics, facial recognition, Industries, Information appliances, Japan, Kuniyuki Maruyama, Microsoft Kin, MIWAKO TANG, Mobile computers, mobile phones, RoBoHoN, RoBoHoN a robot smartphone, Robot, Science in popular culture, Sharon Reich, Sharp Corp, Sharp Corporation, smartphone, Smartphones, Tokyo, TWITTER INC.smbale

Sharp Corporation hopes that RoBoHoN changes the future of smartphones, by turning them into mobile robots. Sharon Reich reports.
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24May/15

Sensor suits help measure spring in dancers’ steps

May 24, 2015InnovationAnatomy, Ballet, Classical ballet, dancer, Exercise physiology, Joint, KOSZECIN, Lead and follow, Magdalena Wrazlowska, Muscle, Muscular system, Poland, ROBERT MICHNIK, Sharon Reich, Soft tissue, Tissuessmbale

Scientists measure the long-term effects of dancer’s movements on joints and muscle groups using inertial motion capture suits and movement-measuring floors. They hope to help determine how to reducee the stress on athletes’ bodies. Sharon Reich reports.
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24May/15

World’s first iris recognition smartphone on sale in Japan

May 24, 2015InnovationClasses of computers, Computers, Computing, Economy of Japan, Fujitsu, Iris recognition, Japan, KOHEI OKU, mobile carrier, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT, NTT DoCoMo, NTT DOCOMO INC., Sharon Reich, smartphone, Smartphones, Technology, Technology/Internetsmbale

Smartphone users in Japan can unlock their phones with the blink of an eye, as the country’s biggest mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo launches the world’s first iris recognition smartphone. Sharon Reich has more.

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