Items by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Novelties: Audio Devices Give New Options to Those Hard of Hearing
Posted: May 6th, 2012, 1:40am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Technological advances are helping refine tools for hearing in less-than-ideal circumstances.
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Novelties: Audio Devices Give New Options to Those Hard of Hearing
Posted: May 6th, 2012, 1:40am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Technological advances are helping refine tools for hearing in less-than-ideal circumstances.
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Novelties: Mining Our Own Personal Data, for Self-Discovery
Posted: April 8th, 2012, 1:10am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Researchers using themselves as guinea pigs have analyzed huge amounts of their personal data, seeking meaningful and useful patterns.
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Novelties: Words by the Millions, Sorted by Software
Posted: March 24th, 2012, 11:40pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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To cope with the information explosion, computer-based tools are combing through the words of myriad written works to find common themes.
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Novelties: Texting Without Looking, on a New Touch Screen
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 11:13pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A new touch screen lets you write short, stealth text messages by tracing letters over the phone that’s concealed in your pocket.
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Novelties: A Wireless Way Around Data Center Traffic Jams
Posted: January 14th, 2012, 10:47pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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To battle information overload at data centers, researchers are testing a new option: high-frequency wireless links that can help move the data along during crunch times.
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Novelties: Wordnik’s Online Dictionary: No Arbiters, Please
Posted: January 1st, 2012, 3:34am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Wordnik, the online dictionary, brings some of the Web’s vox populi to the definition of words. It shows “what’s out there right now,” one of its founders says.
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Novelties: Lie-Detection Software Is a Research Quest
Posted: December 4th, 2011, 8:03am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Researchers are teaching computers how to spot deception in people’s speech — using cues like loudness, changes in pitch, nervous laughs and ums and ahs.
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Novelties: Lie-Detection Software Is a Research Quest
Posted: December 4th, 2011, 8:03am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Researchers are teaching computers how to spot deception in people’s speech — using cues like loudness, changes in pitch, nervous laughs and ums and ahs.
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Novelties: Digital Badges May Highlight Job Seekers’ Skills
Posted: November 20th, 2011, 2:28am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is hoping a new badge system will help job seekers highlight skills not normally on a résumé.
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Novelties: PlayLater Offers an Online Answer to the DVR
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 1:23am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A $5-a-month service lets you record streaming video for offline playback.
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Novelties: Their Mission: To Build a Better Toilet
Posted: August 14th, 2011, 12:53am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A competition sponsored by the Gates Foundation asks researchers to create inexpensive new toilets that could eventually serve much of the world’s population.
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Novelties: Their Mission: To Build a Better Toilet
Posted: August 14th, 2011, 12:53am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A competition sponsored by the Gates Foundation asks researchers to create inexpensive new toilets that could eventually serve much of the world’s population.
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Novelties: Beyond the Breathalyzer: Seeking Telltale Signs of Disease
Posted: July 3rd, 2011, 12:30am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Scientists are building electronic and chemical sniffers that analyze breath to detect problems ranging from kidney disease to cancer.
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Novelties: Bend Me, Shape Me: The Heavy-Metal Version
Posted: June 5th, 2011, 1:48am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Researchers have found a way to solidify metal alloys into a range of shapes, as if they were plastic, and possibly cut manufacturing costs.
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Novelties: If You Can’t Name That Star, Try Asking Your Telescope
Posted: April 9th, 2011, 1:31pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New stargazing equipment and smartphone apps make it easier to peer at the heavens — and to know what you’re seeing.
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Novelties: Moonlighting Within Microsoft, in Pursuit of New Apps
Posted: February 26th, 2011, 1:17pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Seeking more customers for its Windows phones, Microsoft is allowing employees to work on app development in their spare time.
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Novelties: Messages From the Wilderness, via Satellite
Posted: January 30th, 2011, 2:00am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Hikers, adventurers and others in remote places now have alternatives when cellphone towers are scarce and the signal vanishes.
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Novelties: A C.T. Scan for Hairline Fractures (in Industrial Parts, That Is)
Posted: January 1st, 2011, 10:40pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Micro C.T. scanners work so precisely that they can detect microscopic cracks measuring one-fiftieth the diameter of a human hair.
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Novelties: Notepads That Keep You on the Same Page
Posted: November 20th, 2010, 12:41pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New applications gather and coordinate notepads across desktops, phones and tablets, keeping entries up to date.
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Novelties: When a Camcorder Becomes a Life Partner
Posted: November 6th, 2010, 10:45pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Tiny, wearable cameras, which can be tucked over an ear or worn in a headband, are entering the mainstream.
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Novelties: Bicycles, Unchained and Grease-Free
Posted: October 23rd, 2010, 10:40pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Companies are developing new designs and materials to replace bicycle chains with grease-free alternatives like polymer cables or carbon-toughened belts.
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Novelties: These Digital Trainers Know How to Motivate
Posted: September 26th, 2010, 1:04am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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People who have trouble sticking to weight-loss regimens can find an array of devices that help track their progress — and offer encouragement, too.
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Novelties: These Digital Trainers Know How to Motivate
Posted: September 26th, 2010, 1:04am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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People who have trouble sticking to weight-loss regimens can find an array of devices that help track their progress — and offer encouragement, too.
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Novelties: Reading E-Books in All the Colors of the Rainbow
Posted: September 11th, 2010, 11:10pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New, full-color e-readers are about to hit the market — with dueling technologies.
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Novelties: Warning to Birds: All-Glass Buildings Ahead
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 11:00pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A new kind of glass has a patterned coating that’s visible to approaching birds. But the pattern is faint or imperceptible to people.
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Novelties: Bye-Bye, Batteries: Radio Waves as a Low-Power Source
Posted: July 17th, 2010, 4:28pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Researchers are developing electronic systems that consume so little energy that it can be drawn from ambient radio waves.
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Novelties: Soluto Offers a Program to Fix Those Irritating PC Delays
Posted: June 20th, 2010, 2:50am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Soluto, based in Tel Aviv, is taking aim at computer slowdowns with a new kind of software program.
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Novelties: Shock Absorbers That Generate Power for Cars
Posted: June 6th, 2010, 12:00am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Shock absorbers now under development can improve a car’s fuel efficiency by turning bumps and jolts into extra energy.
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Novelties: Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 3:15pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Now being tested, tissue-engineered bones may one day be common in operating rooms — and have various commercial applications.
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Novelties: Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 3:15pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Now being tested, tissue-engineered bones may one day be common in operating rooms — and have various commercial applications.
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Novelties: From Camera to Computer, With Fiber Optic Links
Posted: March 13th, 2010, 6:01pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Fiber optic links may soon help consumer gadgets and computers communicate with each other at ultrahigh speeds.
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Novelties: Hospital-Clean Hands, Without All the Scrubbing
Posted: February 13th, 2010, 6:13pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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In the battle against harmful germs, researchers are studying room-temperature plasma gases as the next great disinfectants.
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Novelties: Hospital-Clean Hands, Without All the Scrubbing
Posted: February 13th, 2010, 6:13pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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In the battle against harmful germs, researchers are studying room-temperature plasma gases as the next great disinfectants.
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Novelties: Bearings That Pack a Punch (and Their Own Controls)
Posted: January 2nd, 2010, 5:45pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Despite their advantages, magnetic bearings have been slow to catch on widely in industry. A Virginia company that makes them is using technology to overcome one of the obstacles.
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Novelties: Fitting Prosthetic Limbs, via a Computer
Posted: December 20th, 2009, 12:10am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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By tracking a patient’s gait, a new system helps clinicians find the best alignment for a prosthetic leg.
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Novelties: Fitting Prosthetic Limbs, via a Computer
Posted: December 20th, 2009, 12:10am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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By tracking a patient’s gait, a new system helps clinicians find the best alignment for a prosthetic leg.
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Novelties: Devices to Take Textbooks Beyond Text
Posted: December 5th, 2009, 10:26pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New e-book readers, in addition to displaying standard text, offer liquid-crystal displays to better show graphics and other items found in color in textbooks.
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Novelties: From the Lab, a New Weapon Against Cholesterol
Posted: November 21st, 2009, 11:19pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Tiny particles containing gold and other metals may someday help keep cholesterol from building up in blood vessels.
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Novelties: Solar Power, Without All Those Panels
Posted: September 26th, 2009, 10:52pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Now shingles, siding and tiles can contain the photovoltaic cells that homes need to harness the sun’s power.
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Novelties: Mimicking Human Cartilage to Repair a Knee
Posted: August 16th, 2009, 12:07am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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An off-the-shelf plug inserted into the damaged area can guide formation of new bone and cartilage before dissolving in about six months.
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Novelties: Mimicking Human Cartilage to Repair a Knee
Posted: August 15th, 2009, 3:16pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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An off-the-shelf plug inserted into the damaged area can guide formation of new bone and cartilage before dissolving in about six months.
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Novelties: A Smart Shower May Even Know Your Song
Posted: August 1st, 2009, 5:38pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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In the bath, new touch screens regulate water temperature and flow — and may even retrieve your MP3 playlist.
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Novelties: Better Vision, With a Telescope Inside the Eye
Posted: July 19th, 2009, 3:08am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A tiny implanted device can improve the eyesight of people with an advanced form of macular degeneration.
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Novelties: New Puzzles That Tell Humans From Machines
Posted: May 24th, 2009, 12:01am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Researchers are looking at new ways to stop online fraudsters and their automated programs from entering sites.
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Novelties: Inside These Lenses, a Digital Dimension
Posted: April 25th, 2009, 4:32pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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They may look like stylish eyeglasses, but someday they help you find your destination, or remember the name of the person you’re looking at.
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Novelties: On the Lookout, With a Digital Security Camera
Posted: April 11th, 2009, 11:21pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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The Digital Window D7, to be released this year, covers a 180-degree view by synchronizing images and stitching them simultaneously into one panoramic stream.
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Novelties: Thinking of Going Blond? Consult the Kiosk First
Posted: March 28th, 2009, 4:18pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Sales kiosks may soon bring a plethora of personalized shopping information similar to that found on the Web.
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Novelties: A Sound Machine That Stays Alert While You’re Asleep
Posted: March 14th, 2009, 3:41pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A new tabletop machine from Adaptive Sound Technologies uses its algorithms to create soothing bedside sounds.
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Novelties: ‘Fantastic Voyage,’ Revisited: The Pill That Navigates
Posted: January 31st, 2009, 4:31pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Philips Research has developed a prototype for a pill that can navigate toward a specific spot in the body and deposit its medicine there, radioing dispatches to the doctor as it travels.
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Novelties: ‘Fantastic Voyage,’ Revisited: The Pill That Navigates
Posted: January 31st, 2009, 4:31pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Philips Research has developed a prototype for a pill that can navigate toward a specific spot in the body and deposit its medicine there, radioing dispatches to the doctor as it travels.
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Novelties: Digital Storage Options for Workers on the Go
Posted: January 17th, 2009, 7:08pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New services like Syncplicity and Dropbox automatically synchronize digital files and folders across multiple computers.
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Novelties: Bright New Phone Displays That Don’t Guzzle Power
Posted: January 4th, 2009, 1:05am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Several companies are developing power-saving technologies for bright color displays on phones and other handhelds.
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Novelties: Need a Ride? Check Your iPhone
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 1:16am EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Two services are matching up people who have cars with people who need rides, via their iPhones.
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Novelties: The Online Search Party: A Way to Share the Load
Posted: November 22nd, 2008, 4:21pm EST by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New tools are being developed that let people at different computers search as a team in a shared Web space.
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Novelties: Keeping Your Own Health Chart, Online
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 3:42am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New tools are being developed that may help harried patients monitor their medications, home tests and other details.
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Novelties: Keeping Your Own Health Chart, Online
Posted: October 11th, 2008, 2:40pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New tools are being developed that may help harried patients monitor their medications, home tests and other details.
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Novelties: Do I Hear 4%? On This Site, Banks Bid for Your Cash
Posted: September 27th, 2008, 2:06pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A new Web site hopes to bring competitive selling — and possible good deals for shoppers — to those looking to invest a nest egg in an account at an attractive rate.
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Novelties: Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:47am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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An experimental Web site allows users to upload the data they want to visualize, then try sophisticated tools to generate interactive displays.
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Novelties: Sweeping Panoramas, Courtesy of a Robot
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 8:12pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Robots already cut the grass and vacuum rugs. Now they are helping with a more artistic job: creating vast photographic panoramas with ordinary cameras.
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Novelties: In Search of Perfect Harmony, Through Software
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 2:59am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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New software promises to correct harmonic mistakes in music as easily as other software now fixes the red eyes in digital photographs.
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Novelties: Moving Mountains With the Brain, Not a Joystick
Posted: June 7th, 2008, 10:52pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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A new headset system picks up electrical activity from the brain and face to control the action in a video game.
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Novelties: The Magnifying Glass Gets an Electronic Twist
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 5:47pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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For people who lose part of their sight to diseases, several portable video devices that enlarge print may help them make the most of their remaining vision.
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Novelties: The Magnifying Glass Gets an Electronic Twist
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 5:47pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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For people who lose part of their sight to diseases, several portable video devices that enlarge print may help them make the most of their remaining vision.
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Novelties: Lawyers Open Their File Cabinets for a Web Resource
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 11:27pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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Services are appearing on the Web that may make it easier for consumers to do their own preliminary homework on legal issues before seeking professional help.