Word: via
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Integrating mobile phones with TV is the next step. Once Bluetooth -a short-range radio technology that allows electronic devices to communicate with each other automatically -is widely deployed, viewers who order tickets to a pop star's concert via their TVs could arrange to have the electronic tickets sent directly to their mobile phones. That's what they would present at the door...
...modem or better, an Internet connection and a free, downloadable player for streaming audio - I use RealPlayer because it's compatible with my iMac and most radio sites - and you can wander the world as you wander the Web. I have a DSL connection, but sometimes I log on via AOL through my telephone line, a route I especially recommend during the dinner hour. You can eat along with, say, the moody jazz and classical music of The Blue of the Night, which airs from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dublin time on Ireland's Lyric FM, and thwart pesky...
...doorbell buzzes. Her telephone has a receiver with a powerful amplifier. Though theaters are required to lend listening systems to hard-of-hearing customers, Bernstein has purchased her own infrared unit. She's also bought a personal fm unit for lectures: the speaker wears a small microphone, which transmits via radio waves to a receiver connected to a loop Bernstein wears around her neck, which sends the signal to the telecoils in her hearing aids. She uses a caption decoder on her television, attends captioned theater performances and asks people to e-mail her messages rather than leave them...
...first spacecraft to fly powered by direct solar radiation [SCIENCE, March 5], noted that the idea goes back many years but failed to mention the contribution of science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Back in 1964, he published a short story about an international race to the moon via "sun yacht." In The Wind from the Sun, Clarke detailed the competitors' various sail designs and their resultant difficulties in tacking to keep the sails facing the sun while making one orbit around the earth to gain escape velocity for breaking away and heading out to the moon. WILLIAM M. STEIN...
...fear--a device that finds a lost child. Wherify's Personal Location System packs a global positioning receiver, pager and wristwatch into a plastic bracelet. It will be available this summer for about $300, plus a $10-$25 monthly fee. Parents can page kids directly or pinpoint their location via phone or the Web. A version of the device for seniors is in the works...