Many people around the world (and in the United States) do not have reliable access to medical care. This may be due to geographical factors, financial factors, cultural factors, or a combination thereof. However, mobile phone adoption continues to grow rapidly in both developed and underdeveloped countries. With fast rates of adoption and increasing levels [...]
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MIT develops software to decipher ancient text
Archaeologists have uncovered many examples of ancient written languages yet to be deciphered. In most cases, the trick to deciphering extinct writing systems is to trace the evolution of that system backward – for instance, the Cyrillic alphabet evolved from the Greek alphabet, itself an evolution of the Phoenician alphabet. In order to assist with [...]
Toshiba chooses Kurzweil’s Blio for its e-book store
Of all the technologies that enable us to read books on electronic devices – including Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iBooks – I’ve been most impressed with Blio, the e-reader software developed by noted singularitarian Ray Kurzweil. Word comes in from Engadget that Toshiba will be using Blio to power its forthcoming e-book store, which will [...]