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  Living wallpaper that devices can relate to - tech - 28 October 2009 - New Scientist

  Who says wallflowers don't grab people's attention? A new type of electronically enhanced wallpaper promises not only eye-pleasing designs, but also the ability to activate lamps and heaters – and even control music systems. Interactive walls are nothing new, but most rely on expensive ...

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  uwnews.org | Cell phones become handheld tools for global development | University of Washington News and Information

  Carl Hartung, University of Washington Science Technology Health and Medicine Environment Cell phones become handheld tools for global development Mobile phones are on the verge of becoming powerful tools to collect data on many issues, ranging from global health to the environment. ...

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  ICT Results - SPECIAL: Listen, watch, read – computers search for meaning

  European researchers have created the first integrated semantic search platform that integrates text, video and audio. The system can ‘watch’ films, ‘listen’ to audio and ‘read’ text to find relevant responses to semantic search terms. At last, computers are able to look for meaning in our ...

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  To protect your privacy, hand over your data - tech - 22 October 2009 - New Scientist

  Verifying your identity generally comes down to entering one "key" that only you can provide – be it a password, credit card number or RFID tag. That's not good enough, according to a new proposal, which suggests that our digital identities will be more secure if they rest on reams of data on ...

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  Thanks to all of you who signed up for this twine. This twine is a medium term attractor for information, it will not be tremendously active, unless you all have material you can contribute, as I will contribute here when I see interesting items (hence my stimulus response machine status). I ...

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