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Robotic arm controlled by thought
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 03:45
Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.
It allowed one to drink unaided for the first time in nearly 15 years.
The technique, described in the journal Nature, links a sensor implanted in the brain to a computer, which translates electrical signals into commands.
In years to com...
Is social media changing how we complain?
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 03:45
Is social media the new battleground on which individuals air their grievances about big companies?
A sense of lonely rage, after being mistreated by a big company, is a feeling many can relate to.
Rudeness, poor service or inexplicable disruptions announced by unswervingly unapologetic staff - sometimes minor injustices are the ones that rankle the most.
And, when fac...
Google makes search 'more human'
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 03:45
Google has revamped its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions.
A new function, the Knowledge Graph, will make the site's algorithms act "more human", the site said in a blog post.
The feature will at first be available to US-based users, but will be rolled out globally in due course.
It follows similar efforts by rival Bi...
Privacy watchdog to meet Google
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 03:45
France's data protection watchdog has set up a meeting with Google to closely examine its controversial privacy policy.
The search giant consolidated 60 privacy policies into one single agreement in March.
The EU expressed concern over the legality and impact of the change.
France's information commission, the CNIL, said it was not yet "totally satisfied&q...
Government to miss cookie cut-off
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 03:44
Ahead of a nationwide deadline over regulating the use of cookies, the BBC has learned that the "majority" of the UK government's own websites will fail to comply in time.
All UK sites have been given until 26 May to make sure visitors are able to give "informed consent" over cookies.
Cookies are pieces of personal data stored when users browse the web. ...
Sorkin to write Steve Jobs biopic
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is to write the script for Sony Pictures' upcoming biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
The film is based on Walter Isaacson's authorised biography and is unconnected to another proposed screen biopic, to which Ashton Kutcher has been linked.
West Wing creator Sorkin won an Oscar in 2011 for writing The Social Network.
Sony Pictures ...
Nvidia aims for fastest computer
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
Chip maker Nvidia has revealed details of a new graphics processing unit (GPU) which it says will create the world's most powerful computer.
Thousands of the firm's Tesla K20 modules will be fitted to an existing supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, US.
Nvidia says the machine will run nearly eight times faster than at present, carrying out up to...
Flipboard integrates audio in app
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, has started integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.
The move makes it the first mobile reader of its kind to do so.
Flipboard's partners in the deal are SoundCloud, National Public Radio and Public Radio International (PRI).
Readers will now be able to "flip" through content while li...
Milestone for wi-fi with 'T-rays'
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
Researchers in Japan have smashed the record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
The data rate is 20 times higher than the best commonly used wi-fi standard.
As consumers become ever more hungry for high data rates, standard lower-frequency bands have become crowded.
The research, published in Electron...
Virgin Atlantic allows air calls
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
Passengers flying with Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using their personal mobile devices.
Only six people will be allowed to talk at once, and phones will still have to be turned off at take-off and landing.
By the end of 2012, the service could be available on at least 20 planes, the company has said.
Analysts sa...
Google patents Project Glass design
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
Search giant Google has patented the design of its augmented-reality glasses, known as Project Glass.
Three patents for a "wearable display device" with characteristics of the much-talked about futuristic glasses were submitted last autumn.
The patents reference such functions as displaying data in front of the wearer's eyes and playing audio.
In April, Go...
Jury out in Google Oracle dispute
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
A California jury has retired to consider claims that Google has violated patents belonging to software developer Oracle.
Google is accused of using the Java programming language in its Android mobile operating system unlawfully.
The internet search giant maintains Android was built "from scratch".
Last week the jury ruled that Google had infringed Oracle'...
Sexting threat comes from peers
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
Teenage girls are coming under increasing pressure to text and email sexually explicit pictures of themselves, a report suggests.
The report, commissioned by the NSPCC, suggests the demands come from peers rather than from adults or strangers.
So-called sexting, the sending or receiving of sexual images by text or email, is thought to affect more than a third of under-18s.
...
The Pirate Bay hit by hack attack
Written by Dailynews.vn Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:43
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) has been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
The site has been largely inaccessible for the last 24 hours, and the service is intermittent in the UK.
The Pirate Bay has confirmed the attack on its Facebook page, saying that it did not know who was behind it, although it "had its suspicions".
A provider...
Light-powered bionic eye invented
Written by Dailynews.vn Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:43
A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.
Implants currently used in patients need to be powered by a battery.
The new device, described in the journal Nature Photonics, uses a special pair of glasses to beam near infrared light into the eye.
This powers the implant and sends the in...
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