"Nexi" has the legs of R2D2, the face of C-3PO and the emotional I.Q. of HAL 9000, and she is preparing for her debut at the Boston Museum of Science for the summer of 2009. You can catch a sneak peak of her at the MIT Personal Robots Group home page. Nexi represents the current generation of ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 13th 2008 11:01AM

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Wallet-phones featuring "contactless" transactions are inevitable. It is not a question of "if" but "when": when you are able to make all your transactions via cell-phone. In Japan, 50 million people currently use cell phones to make purchases, borrow library books and ride the subway. They simply ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 11th 2008 3:21PM

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If you are a Facebook user ,then you are familiar with the status update feature in the profile section. It allows you to share with your friends things like what you're doing right now, what you're wearing and your relationship status, married, single, dating or divorced. Recent divorcee Emma ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 1st 2008 11:10PM

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Valleywag has run a stock screener using the Yahoo Finance screening tool to determine the most cash rich tech companies of today. A vital question for the Investor and the spectator of these high-tech firms is how are the Microsofts, Intels and Apples managing their balance sheets during these ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 1st 2008 4:25PM

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There has been a movement spearheaded by the FCC and a few Silicon Valley start-ups to provide free wireless Internet service nationwide. The service would operate on a spectrum of bandwith that the US Government currently owns and operates. Companies like T-Mobile and AT&T charge for wireless ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 1st 2008 3:37PM

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Popular Mechanics put on a great show Wednesday for their 2008 Breakthrough Awards featuring products and inventions from synthesized diesel to powerful solar panels to small packets that make dirty water drinkable. The Awards honor the innovators, visionaries and product designers whose ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 1st 2008 1:16PM

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A 15-year-old Newark, Ohio girl was arrested last Friday for allegedly sending nude cell phone photos of herself to classmates. The Licking Valley High School student spent the weekend in jail and on Monday pleaded deny, the juvenile equivalent of not guilty, to two charges: the illegal use of a ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 1st 2008 12:38PM

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Ringo Starr, in a video posted on his website, has told his fans to stop sending him fan mail. The former Beatles drummer in a post titled "Sorry, No More Signing Stuff" told his fans to stop sending him fan mail because he is too busy to sign or read it and it will be thrown out. "I'm warning ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Nov 1st 2008 10:15AM

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Dr. Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at M.I.T., a pioneer in computational social science, has developed a system that will help you understand the tone and turn-taking behavior of your conversations. Dr. Pentland's system, called "Reality Mining," monitors ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Oct 30th 2008 8:31AM

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digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/10/29/muxlim-aims-to-be-a-facebook-for-muslims/'; Muxlim.com, a Finnish-based social network site for Muslim communities, has announced the arrival of "Muxlim Pal," a virtual world that adheres to the Muslim code. Muxlim Pal, essentially, is a Second ...

by Andrew McKinnon on Oct 29th 2008 9:12AM

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