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Experiencing Virtual Products Prior To Product Development

16:49 18-04-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

From cars and mobile phones to computers and furniture, most of today's products are created virtually on a computer before they are actually produced. Researchers are adding new functionalities to digital product development.

3-D Images -- Cordless And Any Time

16:49 18-04-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

Securing evidence at the scene of a crime, measuring faces for medical applications, taking samples during production -- 3-D images are in demand everywhere. A handy cordless device now enables such images to be prepared rapidly anywhere.

Airport Security From Chaos

16:49 18-04-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

There's safety in numbers -- especially when those numbers are random. That's the lesson learned from new research that is already helping to beef up security at LAX airport in Los Angeles. Soon it may be used across the country to both predict and minimize risk.

New Robots Can Provide Elder Care For Aging Baby Boomers

16:49 18-04-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

Over 77 million baby boomers will retire in the next 30 years, and robots are ready to assist with elder care. Engineers have created a robotic assistant that can recognize medical emergencies and call 911, remind clients to take their medication, help with grocery shopping and cleaning and allow retirees to communicate with loved ones.

Location Spoofing Possible With WiFi Devices: Positioning System Used By IPhone/iPod Breached

16:49 18-04-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

Apple iPhone and iPod (touch) support a new self-localization feature that uses known locations of wireless access points as well as the device's own ability to detect access points. Now researchers have demonstrated that positions displayed by the devices using this system can be falsified, making the use of this self-localization system unsuitable in a number of security- and safety-critical applications.

New Artificial Material Paves Way To Improved Electronics

16:49 18-04-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

A new artificial material may mark the beginning of a revolution in the development of materials for electronic applications. The new material, a superlattice, which has a multilayer structure composed of alternating atomically thin layers of two different oxides, possesses properties radically different to either of the two materials by themselves. These new properties are a direct consequence of the artificially layered structure and are driven by interactions at the atomic scale at the interfaces between the layers.