The Pleasures of Being Lost
...es (what pretty thumbnails!) that may once have shared a folder with the file I want, or knew its father during the first Gulf War.
Anyone who's ever used satellite navigation in a car, only to find that road works and detours invisible to the satellite have changed the whole picture, knows that eve......more...Machines Not Lost in Translation
... translation problems in war and disaster zones around the world, the U.S. military is refining a handheld voice-translation device that will soon be used by police and emergency-room doctors back home.
The palm sized PDA-like Phraselator lets users speak or select from a screen of English phrases a......more... Battlefield Tech for Aid Workers
...s gathered on a lava flow near Kona, Hawaii, to demonstrate the e-TAP translator and other communication and collaboration technologies that could be used in chaotic conditions.
The event, known as Strong Angel II, was intended to provide a platform for testing a broad collection of communications, ......more... Building a Better Mozilla
...nly problem is that The New York Times may wonder what happened to all those 86-year-old Albanian grandmothers who head up huge technology firms that used to sign up to read the NYT website.
There's also Cookie Culler for those who really want to take control of their cookies, and half a dozen other......more... Navy Floats High-Tech Arsenal
...But in recent tests, it's been shown to stop large-caliber bullets and protect a dummy driver when a Humvee gets bombed.
Similar substances have been used to harden truck beds. But ONR isn't really sure why the spray-on armor protects as well as it does.
We have a panel trying to understand how it w......more... Microsoft Plugs PC as Media Hub
...s, however, on the thorny problem of making it easy for consumers to set up Wi-Fi wireless networks. In one demonstration, a Microsoft representative used a wizard that will ship this summer with the long-awaited Windows XP Service Pack to instantly configure laptops, printer and other peripherals, ......more... 13 Languages Speak With One Voice
... to the translator, who then sends the translated text out through the interface to audiences, who listen on headsets.
This is the first time we have used such an innovative free-share on such a large scale, said Sophie Gosselin, a member of Nomad, the organization
that created the translation softw......more... Fighting to Preserve Old Programs
...that the whole thing is a little bit of a gray area, said Simon Carless, a member of the Internet Archive team. I don't think people have really been used to the idea that institutions might want to archive software.... It's difficult for the Copyright Office. I think they might be concerned that if......more... Device: Arabic In, English Out
...s portions we have to develop ourselves, and that last 10 percent can be tough and very involved.
Palmquist declined to identify the tools SpeechGear used to develop Interact, not only for proprietary reasons, but also because it's always changing. If we find a better component on the market, we'll ......more... |