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Cars before self – Most Americans service their cars more than they visit the dentist: Survey

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You just cannot believe your eyes as you read this but two thirds of Americans love their cars more than themselves. According to a survey by Cars.com, the survey uncovered that nearly two-thirds of respondents (63 percent) confess to servicing their vehicle more often than they go to the dentist. Americans’ preventive health care comes second, too, as more than half of respondents (57 percent) say they service their vehicle more than they see a doctor. “Our survey supports what we already know: for many people, our cars are an extension of ourselves, and sometimes that means they get the … Continue reading Cars before self – Most Americans service their cars more than they visit the dentist: Survey

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Here’s how Wall Street secrets can reduce the cost of cloud infrastructure

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  Stock market investors often rely on financial risk theories that help them maximize returns while minimizing financial loss due to market fluctuations. These theories help investors maintain a balanced portfolio to ensure they’ll never lose more money than they’re willing to part with at any given time. Inspired by those theories, MIT researchers in collaboration with Microsoft have developed a “risk-aware” mathematical model that could improve the performance of cloud-computing networks across the globe. Notably, cloud infrastructure is extremely expensive and consumes a lot of the world’s energy. Their model takes into account failure probabilities of links between data … Continue reading Here’s how Wall Street secrets can reduce the cost of cloud infrastructure

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Wearable technology: Skin-hugging wireless sensors that stick to the skin to track our health

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Stanford engineers have developed a way to detect physiological signals emanating from the skin with sensors that stick like band-aids and beam wireless readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing. To demonstrate this wearable technology, the researchers stuck sensors to the wrist and abdomen of one test subject to monitor the person’s pulse and respiration by detecting how their skin stretched and contracted with each heartbeat or breath. Likewise, stickers on the person’s elbows and knees tracked arm and leg motions by gauging the minute tightening or relaxation of the skin each time the corresponding muscle flexed. Zhenan Bao, an … Continue reading Wearable technology: Skin-hugging wireless sensors that stick to the skin to track our health

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Breakthrough in quantum computing – from Virginia Tech

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Quantum computers are expected to be able to carry out certain kinds of calculations far more efficiently than the “classical” computers in use today. They are similar to classical computers, however, in that they run algorithms by applying sequences of logic gates — in this case, “quantum gates,” which together form quantum circuits — to bits of information. For today’s noisy quantum computers, the problem has been that so much noise would accumulate within a circuit that the computation would degrade and render any subsequent calculations inaccurate. Scientists have had difficulty designing circuits that are both shorter and more accurate. … Continue reading Breakthrough in quantum computing – from Virginia Tech

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Executive Tech: BlackBerry Rolls Out OS 10.2.1 Updates

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BlackBerry announced a new software update for BlackBerry 10 smartphones that promises to increase productivity and connectivity. The new enhancements and refinements include: — Customize Pinch Gesture to Filter BlackBerry(R) Hub – BlackBerry Hub lets you access all your messages and notifications in one place. A new feature lets you instantly filter the message list in the Hub. You can customize the Hub to show only Unread Messages, Flagged Messages, Draft Messages, Meeting Invites, Sent Messages or Level 1 Alerts. Once the filter criterion is set, you can simply activate it with a pinch gesture on the Hub’s message list. … Continue reading Executive Tech: BlackBerry Rolls Out OS 10.2.1 Updates

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Executive Gadgets: Panasonic introduces Toughpad

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Panasonic, an industry leader in reliable and innovative mobile computers since 1996, today, at the 2014 International CES, introduced the latest member of its Toughpad™ family of rugged, enterprise-grade tablets. The Toughpad FZ-M1 is the thinnest* and lightest* rugged 7-inch fanless tablet with a 4th generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor available today. Running Windows 8.1 Pro, the Toughpad FZ-M1 can be easily incorporated into enterprise and government environments. With a broad range of configuration options available, it can be customized to meet the unique needs of highly mobile professionals in various markets such as field services and sales, retail, supply … Continue reading Executive Gadgets: Panasonic introduces Toughpad