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Written by Jeff Stieler, Movement is a free Mac app that allows you to rapidly and efficiently manage your iPhone / iPod touch applications on your Mac, eliminating the “drag” that is organizing your springboard on the iPhone. The only catch is that, for one reason or another, Movement requires a jailbro... |
25 August 2009
04:54 GMT |
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How snakes can move across sandy or flat terrain, where there is nothing to push against for forward motion, has been a long-standing question for biologists, who have thus far believed that the animals move by propelling themselves against small rocks or branches. But a new mathematical model seems to show that they... |
9 June 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Jackdaws, “cousins” of crows and ravens, have been recently proven to be able to understand human-generated cues, such as pointing gestures and eye contact. The find is very important, because it basically puts the relatively-unknown bird on the same level with rhesus monkeys and chimpanzees, in terms of ... |
3 April 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Low battery? This will never be a problem with a new machine that "sucks" power from the movement of the knees while walking. In the new research published in the journal "Science," 6 subjects wearing the devices on their legs while strolling on a treadmill delivered about 5 watts of electrical power each, enough fo... |
8 February 2008
04:03 GMT |
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1.The speech skill is a wonder. To produce a phrase, about 100 muscles of the chest, neck, jaw, tongue and lips must collaborate. Each muscle is a bundle made of hundreds or thousands of fibers. For the coordination of these muscles much more neurons than necessary are required for contracting the muscles from an ath... |
9 November 2007
14:56 GMT |
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There's quite a long way to go till we will have robotic wives and husbands around the house; so, for the moment, it seems that our dogs in the near future might just be … made of metal (or plastic). If not around the house, at least in the conflict areas. The four-legged dog robots are now the size of a Chihuah... |
27 September 2007
06:36 GMT |
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Practicing sports periodically, even if this means going up the stairs instead of using the elevator or leaving the car for the bike means more than fighting diseases. Sports also improves memory and learning. Researches found more neurons in the hypothalamus nucleus (involved in memory) of the sports-practicing indi... |
22 August 2007
13:36 GMT |
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Now, scientists have found the cause of Sylvester's failure in catching Tweety. A new research has determined just low long cats can remember a certain type of information: for 10 minutes. The study compared cats' working memory of their recent movements correlated to their visual memories, and discovered t... |
21 August 2007
04:44 GMT |
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In the hope of appealing to a less targeted segment of the market, the adults, a Japanese company presented the first humanoid robot designed to play and dance with its owners. This new entertainment tool is addressing the aging developed world and retired elders.When it comes to humanoid robots, so far, Japan rules... |
21 July 2007
06:22 GMT |
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Besides having "four hands", monkeys are also known for their imitation ability, which we, humans, the two-handed monkeys, too, have it, even if we display it a bit more discreetly. Besides executing the slightest muscular contraction when accomplishing a task, our brains fire up the same pathways needed to perform a... |
19 July 2007
07:33 GMT |
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We sometimes lose control, that is our mind goes wild and we do not recognize ourselves. But in the case of the alien hand syndrome (AHS), you're really cannot control your own body movements. This rare neurological disorder induces hand movement without the person being aware of what is taking place or having c... |
18 July 2007
14:36 GMT |
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Today's robots need to be pre-programmed in order to handle themselves around the house, but this kind of software has its limitations, combined with the physical limitations of the robots themselves. Unfortunately the technology is not so advanced, yet, to allow them to go by themselves and really perform all ... |
11 July 2007
02:47 GMT |
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Your jittery eyeballs enable you to notice the nasty pimples on the face of an attractive girl from a distance. The minute, involuntary movements of our eyes enable the brain to detect the smallest details of your looks, as found by a team at Boston University led by neuroscientist Michele Rucci. Animals with sharp t... |
14 June 2007
05:34 GMT |
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Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the largest land predators ever (only a few relatives are even larger) and it's the symbol of ferocious carnivorous beasts. But the image we have about it could be false: it seems that it could not hunt on fast, agile prey. A US team has made up detailed computer models to find the pr... |
5 June 2007
06:33 GMT |
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Have you ever imagined a plane flapping its wings in the bat style?The flexible flight of the bats, so different from the rigid wing beat of the birds, could be a model for new versatile aircrafts.A Swedish research resembles a previous American one, in trying to set up the details of the sophisticated bat flight in ... |
11 May 2007
02:51 GMT |
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