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Medicine goes mobile with smartphone apps, devices
Thanks to smartphones, email, video games and photo sharing are available at the touch of a finger.
19 February 2014
US military funds 'Mission: Impossible' vanishing devices
The US military is spending millions to build "vanishing" technology that self-destructs on the battlefield, like the tape recorder that goes up in smoke in the "Mission: Impossible" television show.
08 February 2014
US driver acquitted over Google Glass ticket
A US woman thought to be the first person to get a traffic ticket for wearing Google Glass was found not guilty Thursday.
17 January 2014
3D/4D ultrasonography made in Shymkent
3D/4D ultrasonography devices are now being produced in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan.
16 January 2014
Tech worn in your socks... and the rest of the body
There's a sensor in a bra, in your socks, on your wrist, attached to your chest, in the ears: wearable tech is spreading all over the body.
09 January 2014
Tech tie-up says to launch phone system rival to iOS, Android
A new smartphone operating system developed by a global collaboration of tech firms to rival Google's Android and Apple's iOS will be launched in the next few months.
09 January 2014
CES stage set for new wave of gadgets
As spending on gadgets flattens in a world obsessed with smartphones and tablets, the Consumer Electronics Show here hopes to be a launch pad for a new must-have device.
07 January 2014
Internet-connected toothbrush makes CES debut
Brush smarter. That's the message from the makers of what is billed as the world's first Internet-connected toothbrush.
06 January 2014
Philippines allows phone use on planes
The Philippines' civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would allow passengers to use mobile phones and laptops to make calls and access the Internet during flights.
31 December 2013
Music lovers seek to pump up digital audio quality
When he sees people listening to music on portable digital devices, David Chesky cringes.
11 December 2013
Mexico recovers radioactive waste that was on stolen truck
Mexican authorities Thursday recovered dangerous radioactive material from a cancer-treating medical device that was on a stolen truck and abandoned in a field, the interior ministry said.
06 December 2013
Dolphins inspire rescue radar device: study
British engineers said Wednesday they had taken inspiration from dolphins for a new type of radar device that could easily track miners trapped underground or skiers buried in an avalanche.
24 October 2013
Japan team develops micro-thin electric circuit
A flexible electrical circuit one-fifth the thickness of food wrap and weighing less than a feather could improve the movement of artificial limbs by tapping into signals from the brain.
26 July 2013
Apple seeks iWatch trademark in Japan
Apple has filed a trademark application for an "iWatch" in Japan, fuelling speculation the US tech giant is preparing to introduce a wearable computing device.
02 July 2013
Kazakhstan President on pros and cons of gadgets
Kazakhstan President spoke about pros and cons of modern mobile devices at the meeting with outstanding women of Kazakhstan.
11 March 2013
The eyes have it for disabled gamers
Engineers said Friday they had built a device using mass-produced video gaming equipment that lets disabled people control a computer with just their eyes -- with a price tag of under $30 (25 euros).
14 July 2012