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Articles posted in September 2007

Bandwidth : World’s New Currency

One replyYessi Pratiwi on September 28th, 2007

Bandwidth is a key concept in many applications. There is no single universal precise definition of bandwidth, as it is vaguely understood to be a measure of how wide a function is in the frequency domain.
Bandwidth is also used in the sense of commodity, referring to something limited or something costing money. In website […]

Technology in Colon Hidrotherapy

2 repliesYessi Pratiwi on September 28th, 2007

Colon hydrotherapy, also known as colonic irrigation, is a procedure of removal of waste from the large intestine. This is achieved by introduction of filtered and temperature regulated water in the colon. Many people have pre-conceived ideas about Colonic Hydrotherapy and Colonic Irrigation and imagine the worst, whereas it is in fact a colonic treatment […]

Tom Rider on Your Bike

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 22nd, 2007

TomTom—a Global Positioning System’s provider company—launched The Second Edition of TomTom Rider. Of course then, this becomes a good choice in the world of motorcycling.
TomTom Rider now use a far more sensitive than earlier chipsets. As some of you may know, every other TomTom product uses TeleAtlas Map data. With 9 centimeters touch screen, […]

Lung Cancer Test by Screening Smokers

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 22nd, 2007

Ruth Katz, a cancer specialist at the University of Texas in Houston, says, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the world since physicians lack the tools to spot lung cancer in its earliest stages. Well, unlike cancers of the breast, colon and prostate, the early diagnosis is much more difficult.
Lung […]

The Contactless Payment

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 16th, 2007

See that guy on the cashier table. Rather than hands over cash, he just work with that chip and PIN things to pay. What is that things, actually?
Yeah, you should know this : The latest trend in retail payment applications is contactless payment. Contactless payment systems are used successfully in Asia, Europe and North America […]

Brain Implant, a New Hope For Mind Over Matter

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 13th, 2007

Here is a new hope to solve the matter over mind. Implants could one day help people who are paralyzed or unable to communicate because of spinal injury or conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Electrodes implanted in the brain could, in principle, pick up neural signals and convey them to a […]

Viliv P2 PMP, The Complete Navigation System

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 13th, 2007

The complete navigation device Viliv P2 PMP has been launched. This is one of Yukyung’s product, China’s navigation device maker. Viliv P2 PMP comes as a complete Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Not only GPS, but this device is also provide a 11 centimeters TV.
We can choose the capacity we want : 30 or 60 GB. […]

Security Warning : Mobile Games Consoles

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 4th, 2007

Mobile games are played using the technologies present on the device itself. For networked games, there are various technologies in common use. More common, however, are non networked applications, that simply use the device platform to run the game software. The games may be installed over the air, they may be side loaded onto the […]

Battlefield Stethoscope Can Work In Intensely Noisy Environments

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 4th, 2007

Life Science reported, U.S. Army acoustical engineers have developed a new stethoscope that can outperform its electronic predecessors by detecting a human heartbeat in intensely noisy environments, such as inside a military helicopter.
This stethoscope designed to work in noise levels of 95 decibels and above - comparable to those that inside a helicopter, an […]

Automatic Lens Flare Reduction

Start discussionYessi Pratiwi on September 1st, 2007

Most photographer’s problem on taking picture is flare, where the photographs seem washed-out with excess light. Usually, by using a clean, high quality lens , this problem can be minimized.

But the US chipmaker Micron has simpler, and cheaper, a solution - remove it from images after they’ve been taken. The idea is : Since […]

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