| | Wednesday November 10, 2010 | | |  | | News and Blog Headlines
Chip-in-a-pill may be approved in 2012
Quantum computers a step closer to reality thanks to new finding
Mob-sourcing: the prejudice of crowds
Home security robots hit the market
Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf Net
Motus lets users 'film' within any 3D environment
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Chip-in-a-pill may be approved in 2012
 | | Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG is developing a pill containing an embedded microchip, which it hopes to submit for regulatory approval in Europe within 18 months.
The chip is activated by stomach acid and transmits information to a patch attached to the patient's skin, which then sends it on to a doctor via the… |
Quantum computers a step closer to reality thanks to new finding
Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published Nov. 9 in Physical Review Letters.
Dr. Sean Barrett, the lead author of the study, who is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in… |
Mob-sourcing: the prejudice of crowds
| November 10, 2010 | | Source Link: ZDNet |
As more web content is crowd sourced and crowd moderated, are we seeing only the wisdom of crowds? No, we're also seeing their prejudice. The Internet reflects both the good and ugly in human nature. |
Home security robots hit the market
 | | Rovio, a Wi-Fi enabled mobile webcam robot with webcam, microphone, and speaker, can be modified to allow for remote monitoring of a home. |
Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf Net
| November 10, 2010 | | Source Link: MSNBC |
A new browser called RockMelt is built on the premise that most online activity today revolves around socializing on Facebook, searching on Google, tweeting on Twitter and monitoring a handful of favorite websites.
Rockmelt tries to minimize the need to roam from one website to the next by corralling all vital information and favorite… |
Motus lets users 'film' within any 3D environment
| November 10, 2010 | | Source Link: Gizmag |
In the creation of the film Avatar, director James Cameron invented a system called Simul-cam. It allowed him to see the video output of the cameras, in real time, but with the human actors digitally altered to look like the alien creatures whom they were playing.
Motus, a commercial version of the system, will be… |
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