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DNA Sequencing Technology from Oxford Nanopore

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2008-08-22 20:06:37 by Michael in Medgadget
Oxford Nanopore , formerly UK's Oxford NanoLabs, has licensed nanopore technology from Harvard to help advance the company's sequencing methods for DNAs and other molecules. This is not the first time we are reporting about the efforts to commercialize nanopore channels as DNA sequencing sites, since scientists have known for a while now about...
 
Tags: oxford nanopore, nanopore, oxford nanopore technologies, dna, individual dna bases, dna bases, method, nanopore method, technology
 
 
 
 
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Mobile Systems' MSDict Oxford English dictionary can speak!

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2008-04-08 16:25:14 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...Oxford University Press to release the "most comprehensive English audio pronunciation database ever available for mobiles." The Concise Oxford English Audio Module for S60 is based on the Concise Oxford English Dictionary and features 50,000 high-quality pre-recorded words. The sound module allows MSDict users to listen to and learn genuine...
 
Tags: oxford, university, oxford university press, mobile systems, msdict oxford dictionaries, symbian s60 smartphones, s60, smartphones, i560 smartphones
 
 
 
 
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Epocware scores pre-install agreement with Samsung; Symbian S60 based i450, i550 and i560 smartphones to come with pre-installed Oxford Russian Dictio

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2008-02-10 12:44:59 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...Oxford Russian Dictionary on the handset maker's i450, i550 and i560 smartphones. Under the agreement, buyers of the mentioned Symbian Symbian S60 based devices in Russia, will be able to use Epocware's SlovoEd-powered dictionary, which contains more than 290,000 translations including modern idioms, British, American English and regional...
 
Tags: smartphones, i550, epocware, samsung, i560 smartphones, symbian smartphones, dictionary, epocware releases, samsung devices
 
 
 
 
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Oxford Professor Uses Carbon Nanotubes to Measure Red Hot Chillies [Chillis]

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2008-06-12 09:05:00 by AddyDugdale in Gizmodo
...Oxford University has come up with a novel way to measure the hotness of chilli peppers objectively. Using carbon nanotubes and adsortive stripping voltammetry, Professor Richard Compton's idea could end up replacing the Scoville test, a subjective taste test created almost a century ago, that uses volunteers, and works on a "which is hotter...
 
Tags: chillis, chilli, raw chilli stuff, test, scoville test, carbon nanotubes, nanotubes, subjective taste test, chilli peppers objectively
 
 
 
 
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My Sister Has Attempted Poisoning with Visine & Makes the News

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2008-03-12 13:17:12 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...Oxford Academy of Hair Design in Oxford, Connecticut where she is an instructor teaching and certifying beauticians. It's one of the best hairdressing schools in Connecticut I might add, but I'm biased - she is family after all Anyway, she informed me late last night that someone nearly poisoned her with Visine, which could have made my...
 
Tags: visine, visine discussion, drops, visine eye drops, sister, hair design business, hair design, oxford, oxford academy
 
 
 
 
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Sharp PW-E250 Electronic Dictionary

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2008-05-11 12:02:40 by aditi in Ideal Gadget
...Oxford Dictionary, Sharp PW-E250 Electronic Dictionary is a lightweight pocket reference. Get an instant access to over 150,000 entries like synonyms, senses and phrases in the Oxford Pocket American Dictionary and Thesaurus of Sharp PW-E250 Electronic Dictionary Features Filter Search Super Jump Oxford Essential Geographical Dictionary Quick...
 
Tags: dictionary, crossword solver, oxford dictionary, oxford essential guide, crossword, puzzle, puzzle solvers, lightweight pocket reference, super jump
 
 
 
 
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Fanboy Is Now a Real English Word, Says Merriam-Webster [Dictionary]

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2008-07-08 08:12:00 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...Oxford English Dictionary in Apple's Mac OS X Leopard running on my Apple iMac 24" shows it, and so does the dictionary on my Apple PowerBook 17"running Apple's Mac OS X Tigerand also the automatic orthography corrector in my Apple iPhone. The Merriam-Webster added other geek terms which are not in the Oxford, though Netroots: the grassroots...
 
Tags: dictionary, apple, apple iphone, oxford, oxford english dictionary, apple imac, merriam-webster, apple powerbook, word
 
 
 
 
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Handmark unveils Pocket Express for the UK market

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2008-02-15 19:59:34 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...Oxford Dictionary of English and companion Oxford Thesaurus. Pocket Express combines these services with the world's first mobile live personal assistant, MobileCierge. With one tap, customers can speak to a live assistant who can help solve almost any personal, travel, medical, or emergency-related request anywhere in the world And in case...
 
Tags: pocket express, pocket express sounds, express, pocket express combines, pocket express news, handmark, nokia, nokia e62, american express
 
 
 
 
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Is Autism Really on The Rise?

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2008-04-08 20:11:39 by Michael in Medgadget
...Oxford, has published a paper in the journal Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology that essentially says that the rise in autism is likely related to changes in diagnosis that were made in the 1980's, and not to the increase in incidence of the disease. As the press statement issue