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Karel Smrcka - Hi-Tech
Smrcka is an information resources consultant and translator - ksmrcka@volny.cz
 
Hitech Briefs - Karel Smrcka

Nanoparticles to eliminate use of animals in medical research?

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Countless mice, rats and rabbits die every year in the name of science – and the situation is getting worse. While German laboratories used some 2.41-million animals for scientific research in 2005, this number had grown to 2.79-million by 2009.
By: Karel Smrcka
03 Feb 12
 
 
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Siemens teams up with machine learning initiative

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Few research fields are as complex as machine learning, and one of the toughest problems facing researchers in this area is vision. To move things forward, Siemens is developing video systems that are not only capable of learning, but caqn also...
By: Karel Smrcka
27 Jan 12
 
 
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New luminescent material for warm LED light

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Researchers from Osram and Siemens Corporate Technology have discovered a new dark-red luminescent material for light-emittingf diodes (LEDs).
By: Karel Smrcka
20 Jan 12
 
 
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Cell cultures from a machine

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Medical engineering is becoming a new science discipline and its growth in our century is astonishing. German researchers have achieved great success in the field of cell cultures from a machine project. Cell cultures form the basis of day-to-day...
By: Karel Smrcka
16 Dec 11
 
 
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High-tech spider for hazardous missions

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Spiders are very agile, and some even jump.They owe this capability to their hydraulically operated limbs. German researchers have now designed a mobile robot modelled on the same principle that moves spider legs. Created using a three-dimensional...
By: Karel Smrcka
09 Dec 11
 
 
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Window contacts that need no wiring or batteries

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Window contacts tell us which of a house's windows are open or closed. German researchers have now developed a fail-safe system that is particularly easy to use and needs no wiring or batteries. The sensors harvest the energy they need to run from...
By: Karel Smrcka
02 Dec 11
 
 
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Finland combining the latest technology with nature

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The LuontoPortti (NatureGate) Web service provides a unique way to chart and find out about naturally occurring species using a globally patented method. The site has been visited by people from nearly 200 countries and there have been more than...
By: Karel Smrcka
25 Nov 11
 
 
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When Internet comes to television

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Your dream car cruises over your TV screen in an advertisement and one click transforms your TV into a virtual car dealership. You see price lists, contact data and a model of the car that customers can vary as they like. German researchers at the...
By: Karel Smrcka
18 Nov 11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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