Posts Tagged ‘cell phones’
We text and walk and veer off course
STONY BROOK (US) — Talking or texting on a phone while walking can make it difficult to stay on course and may interfere with memory recall, research shows. Continue…
Friday, January 20, 2012 13:11 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Oct 10, 2011 11:25 - 0 Comments
Petri dish takes pics with cell phone camera
CALTECH (US) — The imaging sensor chips that form the heart of built-in cell phone cameras are helping engineers transform the way cell cultures are imaged by serving as the platform for a “smart” petri dish. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 27, 2011 17:43 - 0 Comments
Videos via phone reach developing nations
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Short animated videos that can be viewed on cell phones are delivering important messages about issues such as farming and infectious disease to people in developing countries. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 16, 2010 11:58 - 2 Comments
Cell phone designers should think trash
U. ILLINOIS (US)—Out of the millions of cell phones retired each year only a small fraction—less than 5 percent—are recovered, which means that most end up in a landfill. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 21, 2009 11:39 - 0 Comments
Phone records predict malaria’s next move
U. FLORIDA (US)—Researchers at work on a malaria elimination study in Africa have become the first to predict the spread of the disease using cell phone records. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 10, 2009 18:41 - 2 Comments
Can you see me now?
CORNELL (US)—New technology is allowing the deaf and hard of hearing to use cell phones the same way hearing people do—by talking. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 4, 2009 17:22 - 2 Comments
Pedestrians: Ditch the phone, keep the iPod
U. ILLINOIS (US)—How apropos that a research team led by two native New Yorkers would take a fresh look at the dangers of trying to cross a busy street while talking on a cell phone or listening to music on an iPod. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 3, 2009 0:01 - 0 Comments
Cell phones as tools for global development
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Computer scientists have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 26, 2009 16:59 - 1 Comment
Ringing up subjects to collect real-time data
U. BUFFALO (US)—An automated voice system is helping researchers collect data via cell phone from participants enrolled in studies on alcohol, marijuana, and the situational factors that surround their use. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 6, 2009 13:49 - 0 Comments
When we meet, can my phone come, too?
New findings suggest that what influences the use of mobile devices during meetings is the perceived opinions of peers and supervisors, and observation of others using their devices.
Society & Culture - Jun 26, 2009 10:01 - 0 Comments
Distracting cell phones have familiar ring
“Many of us consider a cell phone ringing in a public place to be an annoying disruption, but this study confirms that these nuisance noises also have real-life impacts,” says Jill Shelton, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Society & Culture - May 11, 2009 11:22 - 0 Comments
Texting teens: The 411 on drinking, drugs
UC IRVINE (US)—By using text messaging to follow kids in real time, researchers at the University of California, Irvine hope to get a rare glimpse into preteen decision-making about drugs and alcohol. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 19, 2009 20:18 - 1 Comment
Cell phones at center of global music-making
The Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra
