Technology & Science
04-Dec-07
PayMate’s Coming To America. Get Your Phones Ready. (by Kristen Nicole at Mashable)
India-based PayMate, a mobile payments company, is making its way to America… What stands out about PayMate is its integrated solutions for extending payment options that bridge retailers and banks. PayMate has teamed up with merchants, banks and mobile carriers to bring this offering to consumers so that there’s an extensive breadth to the manner in which mobile payments can be made. This lets users make payments online, over the phone, and over the counter, using their handhelds.
Gibson shows new self-tuning guitar
TOKYO - Musicians of the world are getting a new kind of artistic freedom with technology that eliminates the challenging chore of tuning.
Shoe on The Other Foot: eBay to Partner with Yahoo Japan (by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins at Mashable)
Details of the deal have yet to emerge fully, but online auction site eBay and Yahoo’s Japanese division have agreed to team up to offer Japanese internet users the ability to sell and buy useless junk just like Americans.
Niche sites spread science on the Web
Fans of the niche science websites say they help the lay public and students understand the scientific process, allow researchers to duplicate one another’s results and may help discourage fraud.
In the Future, Smart People Will Let Cars Take Control
Smart cars will never be infallible, but they just have to be better than the drivers who now cause more than 90 percent of traffic accidents.
Want to Raise a Fruit-and-Veggie Lover? Be Persistent
Offering your baby healthy foods early and often works, research suggests
Fever May Improve Behavior of Children With Autism Disorders
Finding could lead to new avenues of treatment for the disorder, study suggests
Nerve Disorganization May Spur Form of Dyslexia
Brain scans show real differences, researchers say
Honey Works Better Than Cough Medicine
Honey is a better and safer treatment for children than over-the-counter cough syrup, a new study finds.
3 Common Drugs Trigger Most ER Visits by Seniors
Warfarin, insulin and digoxin account for a third of drug-related ER trips, study says.
Almost 1 in 5 Americans Going Without Health Care
Money, availability of care and lack of transportation combine to limit access, CDC report finds
Young chimps top adult humans in numerical memory
Young chimpanzees have an “extraordinary” ability to remember numerals that is superior to that of human adults, researchers report.
New Map of Antarctica Brings Frozen Landscape Into Focus
A new Web site from NASA provides a brilliant new view of the coldest continent.
Ancient Maya marketplace discovered
Chemical residues found in soil from Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula indicate that the ancient Maya traded food in marketplaces, a practice long considered unlikely by archaeologists.
First stars were huge and dark
The first stars to form in the universe may not have shone like those today, but instead may have been invisible “dark stars” powered by the annihilation of dark matter, a new study finds.
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