Posts Tagged ‘Start Ups’

Gizmodo, Engadget Founder Launches New Gadget Site

Technology.am (July 2, 2009) — Gizmodo and Engadget, the two of the most popular gadget sites founder launched GDGT.com, for technology freaks. Its creator is Peter Rojas.
GDGT is a new kind of technology site a social gadget platform that enables you to connect with the community through your gadgets, and connect with your gadgets [...]

Electronic Monitors Provide Care without Doctor

Technology.am (June 29, 2009) — The 37,000-square-foot Kaiser’s Sidney R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center, has associated with the technology research and testing lab for the nation’s largest nonprofit health maintenance organization, which covers about one-third of insured Californians.
The center has a full-size mockup of a hospital floor, complete with nursing stations and patient rooms, [...]

New Malware Attack Infecting Web Sites

Technology.am (June 02, 2009) — Security firm Websense has warned Web site owners about malicious code that redirects surfers to seemingly safe sites.
According to a Websense researcher, there are about 40,000 Web sites appear to have been compromised with rogue JavaScript code that redirects Web surfers to a fake Google Analytics site, after which they [...]

New Contraceptive Device is Designed to Prevent Sexual Transmission of HIV

Technology.am (may 30, 2009) — Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a new contraceptive device that may be effective in blocking the transmission of HIV virus.
The new device is a vaginal ring that releases multiple types of non-hormonal agents and microbicides, which would prevent conception as well as sexually transmitted HIV infection.
that prevent [...]

QSOUND Solar Powered Bluetooth Headphones

Technology.am (May 30, 2009) — A Romania-based engineering student Stephen Shepeleff at the Transylvania University of Brasov, has designed the solar-powered Bluetooth headphones known as the Q-SOUND headphones.
The solar-powered bluetooth-connected Q-Sound (quantum sound) headphones are surrounded by flexible solar cells. The cells will be powering two rechargeable lithium ion batteries above each earphone. A single [...]

NAU Researcher Discovery Could Help Feed About 380 Million People a Year

Technology.am (May 28, 2009) — Researcher identified a nontoxic chemical technology that when applied to rodents, caused infertility in rats, which feast on crops intended for human consumption.
Northern Arizona University’s researcher Loretta Mayer said rodents consume or damage up to 50 percent of pre-harvest rice crops. We can easily increase rice production by 10 percent [...]

CDOT Using Google Maps to Display Live Traffic Conditions for Denver, Ottawa

Technology.am (May 27, 2009) — The Colorado Department of Transport is using Google Maps to display live traffic conditions for Denver.

First Commercial 4G Base Station

Technology.am (May 27, 2009) — The Swedish mobile operator Telia has announced that the world’s first radio base station in a commercial 4G network has been deployed in Stockholm.
Telia is one of the worldwide company building next-generation networks for mobile broadband with 4G or Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.
According to Telia, the [...]

LIDAR System Offers Peerless Precision in Remote Measurements

Technology.am (May 25, 2009) — Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system that can pinpoint multiple objects with nanometer precision over distances up to 100 kilometers.
NIST’s new LIDAR has a unique combination of capabilities, including precision, rapid updates from multiple reference [...]

Dell Launches ‘Della’ Web Site for Women

Technology.am (May 15, 2009) — Dell Launches ‘Della’ Web Site for Women Dell last week launched a cutesy site for women called “Della,” and ‘cute’ netbooks.
Netbooks and laptops are presented as fashion statements, and the site’s “tech tips” includes a feature, “Seven Unexpected Ways a Netbook Can Change Your Life,” which starts out by saying, [...]