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    Samsung takes licence for touch-sensor technology

    Peratech has licensed its pressure-sensitive touch sensor technology to Samsung for use in a new series of navigation keypads for mobile phones.

  • Dodgy-looking young woman behaving suspiciously.

    Keeping a learned eye on human behaviour

    A cognitive computational system designed to spot patterns of public behaviour in a variety of environments such as surveillance and accident prevent has been developed at Barcelona’s Universitat Autònoma in collaboration with a consortium of European academic research bodies.

  • Professor Andy Hopper, Cambridge Compter Laboratory.

    Cambridge Computer Lab nabs only UK Google Focused Research Award

    The University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, headed up by Professor Andy Hopper (pictured), is the only University body outside of the US to be given one of the first Google Focused Research Awards.

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Technology of the Vancouver Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics are upon us and organisers are hoping that heavy investment in technology will pave the way to gold - and green. E&T reports from Canada.

Olympic Velodrome, artist's impression. My impression: very nice

2012 Olympics watch

Engineering behind the arena, the track and the building of the Olympic Velodrome

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