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Machines that understand us on the riseNew York (UPI) Jun 25, 2010 Devices that can understand people, using a technology known as speech recognition, are becoming a common feature of everyday life, researchers say. From people telling their cellphones to dial a number to doctors using speech recognition software to record and transcribe patient visits, speech recognition is making inroads into all areas of human activity, The New York Times reported Friday. Call centers use voice software technology, often to the point where an entire session is automa ... read more |
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Geneva (AFP) June 8, 2010The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday defended the agency's handling of the swine flu pandemic, rejecting a top medical journal claims that it was marred by commercial interests. "At no time, not for one second, did commercial interests enter my decision-making," said Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, in a letter sent to the British Medical Journal, following the publicatio ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 08, 2010It's harsh, demanding, isolated and even hostile, but a unique place: Concordia research station in Antarctica. ESA is now looking for someone with medical training to join the next crew to overwinter in Concordia. Right now, 13 people are living in Concordia down in Antarctica. While we enjoy summer here in the north, the southern hemisphere is cooling and most of the great continent arou ... more  
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2010Google.org has donated 3,000 solar chargers to International Medical Corps, as a gift-in-kind valued at $216,000. International Medical Corps' medical and community health teams operating in areas of the developing world that have cell phone coverage but little or no electricity will be able to use the devices to charge their phones. "Mobile phones are ubiquitous in the developing world to ... more |
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18-Month Mars500 Mission Has BegunMoscow, Russia (ESA) Jun 04, 2010 Hatch closed: 18-month Mars500 mission has begun. Mars500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started today in Moscow at 13:49 local time (11:49 CET), when the six-man crew entered their 'spacecraft' and the hatch was closed. The experiment will run until November next year. The mood was serious and very determined in the Mars500 facility at the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow this afternoon, as the crew talked to the press and then walked into the modules that will be the ... read more |
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