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Technological developments in the field of software, communication and medicine have prompted and encouraged growth in the field of bionics. Prosthetic devices can now be controlled by thoughts and so can the wheelchairs and limbs. From manufacturing...
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A major shift in the way companies obtain software and computing capacity is under way as more companies tap into Web-based applications
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The common mantra that there is nothing special about our place in the universe is questioned today by a simulation of the birth of our Solar System.
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Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as...
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Excavating tunnels need invasive procedures that are expensive and also difficult to design and conceptualize. However, the official excavation for the LCLS has begun...
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The anthrax killer spurred a whole new branch of science that could give the nation a head start in the next emergency _ whether it’s investigating more...
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One will agree that if you love a game then you are hell bound to be an addict of the music used in that game. These days even the music used during games is of highest...
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Japanese automaker Nissan recently demonstrated a safety system for it’s cars that will not just alert drivers of the obstacles in blind spots but would be...
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Phone companies have been feeling the heat from cable companies for years, as those traditional TV providers have expanded their own phone services and fought hard for...
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Sony Ericsson has unveiled a new mobile phone under their T series. T700i features a 3.2 MP camera, 2-inch 256k color TFT display, integrated MP3 player, stereo...
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Could the AIDS virus be stopped with gift cards?
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Andy Kurovets has an ingenious concept for mobile phone makers in a quandary over managing the size of their device. The nano-sized smartphones although easy to carry...
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Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs...
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A glance at this design and you wish you had held on to your bizarre music system concept a wee bit longer before dumping it, don’t you? Well, looks can be deceptive...
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The automotive industry has by far been the toughest bet for electronics manufacturers. However, with improved efficiency and control with ECUs and other related chip...
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Miners in Romania have unearthed the skeleton of a 2.5 million-year-old mastodon, believed to be one of the best preserved in Europe, a local official said Friday.
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Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. have set a Sunday night deadline for contract talks, saying a strike is possible next week.
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Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. are setting a Sunday night deadline for contract talks. They say a strike is possible next week.
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If you thought building a boat was difficult enough, an English duo have built their own replica nuclear submarine. The couple took two years to construct the craft and...
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Pandemic flu, not terrorism, is the most serious risk to the U.K. public, says Britain’s first ever national threat assessment, published on Friday.
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Wow! One more tablet PC lined up for release, the world is surely getting more ‘Touchy’ with each passing day. Quadpad E48 though is a UMPC with touchscreen, it has...
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A southwest Ohio teen has pleaded guilty to seven felonies in the torture beating of a mentally disabled woman.
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The Italian government was ordered to pay $160,000 to a gay man who received a driver’s license for the disabled after he volunteered information on his sexual...
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The state institutions for people with disabilities are failing to find community-based homes for many patients who want them, and have hired 10 state school employees...
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They say passion, love and craze to do something is enough to push things to the limit, that’s what Salman Pathan and others has done. They could have been just lived...
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As the roads are flooded with run-of-the-mill electric mopeds, industrial designer Nina Augustsson dared to conceive a model that focuses on the needs of the disabled...
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Looks like the disabled would find it easier to use computers and control the environment around them. The ACCS device has been selected to be used by the ‘Intel...
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One has to appreciate the ingenuity, as well the engineering of this vehicle. While a three-wheeled motorcycle is nothing new, this one pioneers the concept of a...
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Much as we find the idea of using a wheelchair disagreeable, there are thousands of people who may at some point of their lives are required to use them. Much of the...
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Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for...
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A U.N. convention to protect the rights of the world’s disabled people has been ratified by enough countries to take effect, the U.N. rights chief said...
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I had a job working in IT telephone tech support for a couple of months last year for a local Canberra non-profit charitable organisation, Tadaust. The organisation...
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Though there are numerous software and hardware products to allow computing to the disabled, the Siafu PC for the visually challenged can be said as a true boon to...
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Mr. Amlan Dutta, a physically challenged accountant often cannot go to the restaurants on Brigade road with his family as they do not provide the...
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Two teenagers hid overnight in a house and spent more than six hours torturing a disabled woman after her mother left in the morning, authorities said.Butler County...
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A human rights group called for an investigation into the death Thursday of a mentally disabled Palestinian man who had been wounded by the Israelis during a West Bank...
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Now this makes perfect sense. A special overhead projector desk design for disabled lecturers was long overdue. Thanks to Reinier Halbertsma and Sarah Hay, disabled...
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A disabled freighter that had been drifting with 24 people aboard in the Bering Sea was repaired and under way again, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.The freighter was...
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A freighter with 24 people aboard was disabled and drifting Tuesday in the Bering Sea, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.The Coast Guard in Juneau received a call from the...
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AP, Greensburg
A man accused of threatening to punch and strangle a judge says the charges should be dismissed because, given that he has no legs and limited use of his arms, there...
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Iraq War veteran Christopher R. Bain is seen in the American Legion offices in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Bain filed for about 10 disabilities after his tour in 2004. Bain, now 36, came under mortar fire outside Baghdad and was hit several...
