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Scientists develop ‘tricorder’ Star Trek technology
Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves - the technology used behind full-body security scanners, at a more efficient and continuous wavelength. Also known as T-waves, the new waves could be used to create medical scanning gadgets and possibly lead to innovations similar to the fictional ‘tricorder’ used in the TV series Star Trek.
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Securing the world's supply chains
The SMART-CM (Smart Container Chain Management) project is a research project that is co-funded in the context of the seventh research framework programe of the EU by DG RTD, and by partners from freight-related industries. It deals primarily with the possibility of using state-of-the-art technologies for enhancing security and the efficiency of global supply chains, as well as attaining agreement among all relevant actors as to how this should be achieved
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Technology transfer – A contact sport that gets results
Dr Koen Verhoef, a scientist with a biology background, is manager of the technology transfer office at the Netherlands Cancer Institute as well as a vice-president at the Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP). Here he talks to William Davis about the growing importance of technology transfer and the need for planning
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Machines that read emotion
A new system created by Spanish researchers has enabled machines to adapt their response to suit users’ emotions. Focusing on the negative emotions usually experienced when interacting with an automatic system – namely anger, boredom and doubt - scientists have designed the model to adapt to the tone of the conversation and make dialogue faster and more effective.