Microsoft’s ‘Telescope’
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT), Microsoft’s response to Google Sky is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe. The service, which opened to the public on May 13, lets people explore the cosmos through any computer with an Internet connection. It combines about 12 terabytes of data, including 50 surveys and 1,000 high-resolution studies, with links to astronomy research on sites around the Web. Google Sky leverages Google Maps. In addition to a 3D looks at stars and galaxies, Google Sky offers infrared, microwave, and historical views of the sky.
Telehealth Interventions Can Benefit Patient With Chronic Illness
Telecommunication technology is being used to delivery health care services to patients. Using telehealth means that patients are selected to receive follow-up by telephone or videophone after hospitalization. Healthcare worker can interact with the patients regularly and can provide a sense of security. Patients can discuss their concerns on a frequent basis.
Researcher from University of Missouri found that patients who received a telehealth intervention delayed hospital re-admission rates compared to patients who received traditional care.
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The World Health May Benefit From A Computer Game
Researchers at the University of Washington are trying to make medical discoveries, even finding a cure for HIV by a new game called Foldit. This game may be the key for biological mysteries ranging from vaccine to Alzheimer. The free program is available at http://fold.it/.
Foldit is the first protein-folding project which capitalizes on people’s natural 3-D problem-solving skills. Researchers are trying to use the brain power of people all around the world to advance biomedical research and asking volunteers to participate in this study. Researchers are unsure about the result.
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Disruptive Technologies
Top 10 Disruptive Inventions that have changed our lifestyle as follows:
- Internet: Everything is documented on the internet
- Flight: Getting to one continent to another in few hours rather than weeks or months
- Nuclear Fission: Teeny tiny atom of uranium produces energy of unimaginable magnitude.
- Electricity: Power that is instant and easy to access
- The Microprocessor: Keep getting smaller and more powerful
- X-rays: Illuminating the diseases and disorders that lie beneath a person’s skin.
- Rubber: 70% of world’s rubber supply is used by the automotive industries.
- Iron Smelting: Made settlements more independent.
- Gun Powder: Mixture that’s been used into a weapon; changed world’s peace.
- The Magnetic Stripe Card: One of the most universal technologies on earth.
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Stanford University Teaches Facebook Psychology
A group of students at Stanford University have turned their attention towards a unique course that blends popular culture with the more time-worn principles of psychology. The Psychology of Facebook is the brainchild of Professor B J Fogg, a pioneering persuasion psychologist. He stresses that, Facebook’s unbridled success lies in getting users to to do the work for them with friends persuading friends to post pictures, comments, or upload applications.
Google tackles child porn
Google engineers have adapted a software program to help track child sex predators. The program uses pattern recognition to enable analysts to sort and identify files containing child sex abuse. It was originally developed to block copyrighted videos on the company’s YouTube division.The program will be used by National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to search their systems more quickly and easily as they try to sort and identify files that contain images of child sex abuse victims..
No more Hotmail Access via Outlook Express
Microsoft announced last week that it will turn off access to its Web-based hotmail service from the desktop e-mail software Outlook Express at the end of June. Users will still be able to use Outlook, to read their Hotmail messages offline. Outlook Express users who want to continue to access their Hotmail accounts offline after June 30 can download Microsoft’s free Windows Live Mail software.
Computer viruses reached one million
Internet security firm Symantec, reported in the latest edition of its bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report, that number of malicious programs has passed the 1 million mark for the first time. Almost two thirds of all malicious code threats currently detected were created during 2007 and the vast majority of them are aimed at PCs running Microsoft Windows.
Tracking Teens using GPS
In an effort to better understand the connection between specific locations and bad behaviour, Researchers at Indiana University’s school of medicine plan to use cellphones to track the movements of teen girls.The study, which will take place in Indianapolis, is scheduled to be finished in 2010. It will compare the girls’ geographic location with their reported activities, Once a pattern is established, the phones will be used to contact the girls when they are approaching a place where they tend to misbehave.
Braille Cellphone for the blind
This Cellphone uses six of the phone’s buttons to represent the six-point Japanese Braille system. Anyone who knows Braille, can keys in symbols which will be sent to other phones and will cause a connected keypad to vibrate, spelling out the words. Right now it may be impractical, in future it will be more helpful gadget for the blind. The device was created by an ex-teacher at a school for the blind and a professor from Tsukuba University of Technology,Japan.
‘World’s first’ digital noise cancellation HeadPhones
Sony claims to have released the world’s first pair of digital noise-canceling headphones. The innovative MDR-NC500D headphones
Windows 7,next year
Windows 7, Microsoft’s New version of Windows operating system will be released next year, according to Bill Gates. He said new versions of Windows would help revolutionize mobile phones and run the desk of the future.
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