1   | Nokia planning to add radar sensor to mobile phones |
Nokia has announced a cool new feature on its mobile phones – Mobile Radar for your handset.
This basically means that you can measure and object’s distance and speed, offering the chance to tell how fast cars are travelling.
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1 | Immer mehr deutsche Jugendliche sind zu dick |
Jugendliche in Deutschland neigen immer häufiger zu Fettleibigkeit. Davon betroffen sind vor allem Mädchen. Das hat eine Studie der OECD ergebnen. In Ihrer Studie „Gesundheit auf einen Blick 2009” fanden die Wissenschaftler heraus, dass sich der Anteil fettleibiger Mädchen in Deutschland in den vergangen Jahren verdoppelt hat. Diesen Anstieg erklären die Forscher damit, dass die Jugend...
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2 | Cool: Nokia phone runs on On Coca-Cola |
We know a can of cola can give us a much needed shot of caffeine, now it seems it could power our mobile phones as well.
Chinese designer, Daizi Zheng, has created a concept Nokia mobile phone that is powered by sugary soft drinks.
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1 | Power Your Nokia Phone Batteries With Coca Cola |
Believe it or not, a new concept mobile phone has been created that uses soft drinks as a power source. The Nokia mobile has been created by Chinese developer Daizi Zheng as part of an eco project.
He found that conventional batteries are expensive and hurt the environment when it comes to disposal. His answer is to use soft drinks, namely Coca Cola to power the mobile phone.
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1 | A Future iPhone will Control Your Desktop Remotely |
Today, The US Patent and Trademark Office published a unique granted patent of Apple’s which has yet to surface that could prove to be a very powerful tool for consumers and professionals on the go. The concept involves using an iPhone to control a home computer remotely while on the road, at the office or elsewhere.
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1 | Americans consume 3.6 zettabytes of data, most of it pixels |
An estimate of US consumers’ data consumption places the figure at 3.6 zettabytes per year. But most of that comprises pixels temporarily thrown onto the screen, not bytes permanently written to media.
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1 | National Literacy Trust: Children who use technology are 'better writers' |
Children who blog, text or use social networking websites have better writing skills than those who do not, according to the National Literacy Trust.
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2 | NASA launches Web resource for 2012 predictions |
Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard more and more about 2012 when, according to some, the world will end. Responding to all that talk with a healthy dose of skepticism, scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have launched a Web page to dispel the myths surrounding the momentous occasion.
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2 | Smartphone users to move away from touchscreens? |
Touchscreen interfaces on smartphones are less popular than they seem, according to new research.
A survey by Canalys has shown that, of the finger-based touchscreen users questioned across the UK, Germany and France more than 50 per cent would go back to buttons or a stylus on their next phone, rather than sticking with their current touchscreen user interface (UI).
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0 | Sony and Netflix partner up to stream movies on PS3 |
All you movie addicts who own the PlayStation 3 no longer have to envy Xbox 360 users. Sony and Netflix are teaming up to bring movie streaming to the Ps3. The bonus for those on the PlayStation Network is, since your PSN accounts are free, all you need is a Netflix account to watch movies whereas Xbox 360 users need a $50-per-year Xbox Live Gold membership. The service will launch in November an&...
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