Petition seeks technology to prevent hot car deaths
The organization wants the U.S. Department of Transportation to fund research for new technology that will detect when a child is left alone in a car. According to KidsAndCars.org, an average of 38 kids die in hot cars every year. More than 670 have …
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Google contact lenses: Tech giant licenses smart contact lens technology to …
The company hopes that by combining Google's expertise in miniaturized technology with its manufacturing resources it can create contact lenses that can “help restore the eye's natural autofocus on near objects”. Novartis says that it wants to develop …
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Has modern technology killed the spy thriller?
It is no exaggeration to say that technology has transformed the spy novel as comprehensively as the discovery of fingerprinting changed the detective story. Once upon a time, spies like Alec Leamas could move across borders with ease. Passports were …
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10 things you need to know about translation technology
It has added Bing Translate – a feature powered by Microsoft's technology – to translate tweets from different languages. Users who have the feature on the iPhone Twitter app can tap on tweets to see a translation – for example from Spanish to English.
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