Archive for Januar, 2006
Aus der Abteilung „Das kenn ich doch von irgendwo…“
(The Reporter – University of Leeds Newsletter) Many of us have experienced déjà vu – the unsettling sensation of knowing that a situation could not have been experienced, combined with the feeling that it has. It is usually so fleeting that psychologists have until recently thought it [...]
Nachdem die Computer demnächst unsere Stimmung „erfühlen“ können sollen, erstaunt mich die Meldung bei Futurezone nicht mehr allzu sehr, dass Disney das Konzept eines portablen Media Players, der die Stimmung seiner Trägerin erkennen und die Playlist entsprechend gestalten können soll, zum Patent angemeldet hat. Aus dem Antrag:
5. The system of claim 4 wherein said profile [...]
(Fraunhofer) Many computers are already able to see and hear. However, they have no way of telling whether their users are happy or angry. At CeBIT 2006, researchers will be presenting techniques that could one day enable the digital servant to respond to the mood of its human master. Several recent studies have found that [...]
(Fraunhofer) Engineers at ICT spin-off TECNARO in Eisenach, Thuringia, extract the lignin and mix it with natural fibers such as sisal, hemp or linen, along with certain additives and dyes, according to the customer’s requirements. The mixture is extruded to produce a granulate, in a plant with a monthly output capacity of between five and [...]
Die schwarze Bevölkerung von New Orelans litt nicht nur stärker an den Folgen von Katrina, sie trifft auch der Entscheid härter, überflutete Gebiete nicht wieder aufzubauen.
(Brown University) The images were accurate: The Gulf Coast’s poor, black residents were hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina, according to findings by a Brown University sociologist. Professor John Logan’s new [...]
(University of Calgary) It’s rare to use the words ‘hip hop’ and ‘serious academic research’ in the same sentence, but a University of Calgary linguistics professor has relied on rap music as source material for a study of African American vernacular English. Dr. Darin Howe (right) recently contributed a book chapter that focuses on how [...]
… fanden alle innerhalb der letzten 8 statt,“ sagt James Hanson von NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Laut NASA war global gesehen 2005 das wärmste seit rund 200 Jahren.
Bereits sind über 70 Seen bekannt unter der Eisdecke der Antarktis. Jetzt sind zwei weitere hinzugekommen. Ihre Entdecker nenne Sie „90ºE“ und „Sovetskaya“. Die beiden sind von einer über drei Kilometer dicken Eisschicht bedeckt. Vielleicht ist in diesen Seen ein während 10 bis 35 Millionen Jahren ungestörtes, extrem spezialisiertes Oekosystem erhalten geblieben? Wie, wann und [...]
(eurekalert) University of Pittsburgh researchers announced they have genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine from the critical components of the deadly H5N1 virus that completely protected mice and chickens from infection. Avian flu has devastated bird populations in Southeast Asia and Europe and so far has killed more than 80 people. Because this vaccine contains [...]
(Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Wind turbines have caused the deaths of huge birds of prey on isolated islands off the Norwegian coast. The discovery of four dead white-tailed eagles, and the failure of almost 30 others to return to nesting sites within the wind farm area, has increased fears that wind farms [...]
