Posts Tagged ‘research’

Blogging for money

Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:28 By NARUTO

The largest study done by the blog indexer Technoratis, a survey “State of Blogosphere” with 2.9 thousand bloggers around the world, points out that they start to make money from something that once was just fun.
According to research, the bloggers who usually get revenue from blogs are those that arise as entrepreneurs and are able [...]

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Cell phones make people act like zombies

Friday, October 23, 2009 8:48 By NARUTO

We all have moments of distraction and we sometimes don’t see something that is well ahead. Researchers at the University of Washington, USA, did a test to determine exactly how much of human perception is impaired when talking on a cell phone.
They did an experiment documenting examples of real people who were so distracted while [...]

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Harvard developed a new kind of robots

Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:12 By NARUTO

Researchers from Harvard University, USA, are developing an autonomous colony of flying micro robots, called Robobees. Scientists say the project, which received an investment of $ 10 million from the National Science American Foundation, will stimulate the innovation of intelligent electronic sensors and ultra low power computers, and refine algorithms for coordination and independent control [...]

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Intelligent robotic hand prosthesis is developed

Friday, October 16, 2009 8:09 By NARUTO

European scientists presented the prototype of an intelligent robotic prosthesis. The presented mechanical hand reproduces all of the movements of a natural hand, besides bringing the environmental sensations and the sense of the touch. The project, that it gathers researchers of universities and companies, plans to assist the amputated people’s expectations, that want to receive [...]

If you tweet at your work place, you’re a bad bad boy (or girl)!

Friday, October 9, 2009 2:31 By NARUTO

A research accomplished by Robert Half Technology reveals that 54% of the North American companies forbidden employees of using social networkss like Twitter and Facebook during the work.
Published yesterday, the report of the specialized company in human resources also discovered that 19% of the companies allow the use of such services just for subjects related [...]

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Listen to Music 12 Minutes a Day and Keep the Doctor Away

Thursday, September 10, 2009 20:14 By Robert

The cliché that goes,” An apple a day keeps a doctor away” may soon be replaced with a new saying, “A few songs a day keep the doctor away.” According a research conducted by Predrag Mitrovic at the University of Belgrade at Serbia says that listening to music everyday is beneficial for the heart. Mitrovic [...]

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Addicted to cell phones

Friday, September 4, 2009 21:16 By NARUTO

Your phone is like a part of your body? A global survey shows that most people cannot live without their mobile phone. They never leave home without it and, given a choice, would prefer to lose the handset portfolio.
Calling cell phones in “remote control” for life, a study bythe research firm Synovate Market says the [...]

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Optoacoustics Surgical Communication System: A Better Way to Communicate between the Surgeons and the Technicians for Working in an MRI

Friday, September 4, 2009 20:18 By Robert

Communication between the doctors and technicians is often limited while performing an MRI scan on a patient. It is vital for the surgeons (who are at the gantry) and the technicians (who are in the control room) to effectively communicate between them in order to perform their work well. It’s difficult to use conventional headsets [...]

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Play Video Games to Improve your Brain Functions

Thursday, September 3, 2009 18:03 By Robert

Here is good news for those video game lovers! According to a research conducted on the effects of video game playing on brain reveals that the brain functions more efficiently after playing video games for three months. This research was conducted earlier in the year 1992 by Richard Haier, a neurologist at the University of [...]

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Stereotypes reflect the truth about the nerds

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:45 By NARUTO

A team of researchers of the Center of Control and Prevention of Diseases (CDC) of the United States accomplished a study with five hundred adult people, with ages between 19 and 90 years. The study confirmed the nerd player’s old stereotype: most is above the weight, they have problems to relate with other people and [...]

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