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China Lacks Earthquake Early-Warning System: By David Talbot | 05/14/2008 | 6 Comments; Earthquake alerts are still in their infancy.

Returning to the Moon: By Brittany Sauser | 05/13/2008 | 4 Comments; New technologies on NASA's next lunar spacecraft will collect information to make human exploration safer.

Low-Energy Water Filtration: By Lee Bruno | 05/12/2008 | 15 Comments; A new membrane-free water-purification system uses small amounts of energy.

Social Networking Meets Personal Finance: By Kate Greene | 05/09/2008 | 1 Comments; Web-based startups offer social features that help people make better financial decisions.

Stopping Ship-Whale Collisions: By Anna Davison | 05/07/2008 | 0 Comments; A detection system picks up the calls of right whales and warns ships.

Flocking Together on the Web: By Tim Barribeau | 05/07/2008 | 1 Comments; A new Web browser unifies access to multiple social networks.

Better Reading on the Small Screen: By Kate Greene | 05/06/2008 | 0 Comments; A research project could help people transfer paper documents to their phones and read them more easily.

Whole-Body Gaming: By Erica Naone | 05/05/2008 | 2 Comments; New software makes it easier to build games controlled by a user's body position.

Open-Source, Multitouch Display: By Kate Greene | 05/01/2008 | 4 Comments; Engineers are building inexpensive, tabletop, touch-screen displays and sharing the instructions online.

A Compact Chemical Sensor: By Prachi Patel-Predd | 04/30/2008 | 1 Comments; A portable array of lasers could be used to monitor pollution and detect toxins.

Firefox Goes Mobile: By Kate Greene | 04/28/2008 | 5 Comments; Mozilla's chairman explains why mobile devices need an open-source browser.

Computerized Combat Glove: By Brittany Sauser | 04/28/2008 | 13 Comments; A new glove lets soldiers operate wearable computers while still holding their weapons.

Laptops as Earthquake Sensors: By Anna Davison | 04/22/2008 | 4 Comments; Researchers are testing a distributed network to detect early signs of damaging quakes.

Crossover Camera: By John Borland | 04/22/2008 | 8 Comments; Will a new low-price, high-def video camera make traditional still cameras obsolete?

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Your Medical Data Online
July/August 2008
John Halamka, CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, talks about managing your health data online.
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