Robot squirrels used to lure rattle snakes
Robot squirrels from UC Davis are going into rattlesnake country near San Jose, continuing a research project on the interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes. In the lab, robot squirrels have shown how squirrels signal to snakes with heat and tail flagging. Through field experiments, researchers from San Diego State University…
Marines seek guidance on social media after anti-Obama posts
WASHINGTONThe Marine Corps is recommending an update to the Defense Department directive that landed an anti-Obama Marine in hot water. Maj. Gen. Vaughn Ary, staff judge advocate to the commandant, is asking the Pentagon to incorporate social-media guidelines into its policy covering political activity in uniform. Ary’s call for review…
Home use of WiFi expanding globally
BOSTON, April 6 (UPI) — The use of WiFi networks in homes will double by 2016 with emerging digitally connected life and work styles, a U.S. research company says. Already used in around 25 percent of all households, WiFi home network penetration will expand to 42 percent or nearly 800 million Ongoing broadband network…
Robotics team aiming for state award this weekend
Patrick Sullivan/Times-NewsMembers of the Henderson County Public Schools Robotics Team 1225 recently participated in a regional competition in Charleston, S.C. Published: Friday, April 6, 2012 at 10:31 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 6, 2012 at 10:31 p.m. People are used to cheering for humans playing basketball, but several Henderson County students are hoping…
James Webb Space Telescope to TiVo Universe’s Birth
This week, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) got its brain. Or at least the bit responsible for its memory. The first solid-state electronics unit that will store the telescope’s data was delivered by contractor SEAKR Engineering to the telescope’s manufacturer, Northrop Grumman. It’s a major milestone leading up the…
How to get the most from your 3D HDTV
April 07, 2012, 7:08 AM Gamers, tech enthusiasts, and early adopters were the first to benefit from the shift to HDTV, and now they’re reaping the rewards of jumping on the 3D train before everyone else. Good 3D TV programming and Blu-ray movies are still in short supply, but the We’re here to…
Why BlackBerry Mobile Fusion is the future of RIM
April 07, 2012, 7:40 AM RIM is most known for its iconic BlackBerry smartphones, but one of the driving forces behind the success of RIMand one of the reasons it’s still as pervasive as it is todayis the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) infrastructure. Now, RIM has introduced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, RIM has been…
Report: Chinese teenager sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad
Is this, plus an iPhone, worth a kidney? According to a Chinese news agency report, a teenager sold one of his kidneys for money used, in part, to buy an iPad and iPhone. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press) By David Colker April 7, 2012, 8:34 a.m. It sounds like the stuff of urban…
Smartphone maker HTC posts 70 percent profit drop
Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. has reported a 70 percent drop in first quarter profit as it faces keener competition from Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. HTC said Friday that profit amounted to 4.5 billion New Taiwan dollars ($152 million) from revenue of NT$68 billion in the three months ending Revenue was…
UK ad authority moves closer to ‘4G’ iPad investigation
By AppleInsider Staff Published: 10:49 PM EST (07:49 PM PST) The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority is inching closer to launching a full investigation into Apple’s previously broad marketing claim that the third-generation iPad is able to connect to high-speed 4G LTE networks. Since it was announced last week that the…
