Virus Hitches Ride on Space Station Hurricane Gustav Approaches Haiti Cows Know Which Way Is North Sign Language Over Cell Phones Newark: The Future of Crime Fighting Research To Put Tongues in Control Perhaps you've seen this movie: A virus infects a spacecraft, and within days the mission is compromised and Earth is lost to the alien attackers. The first part of the story may have come true. Hurricane Gustav grew rapidly as it closed in on impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, and sent global oil prices soaring on fears it could become "extremely dangerous" in the Gulf of Mexico. Cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows, noting that most tended to stand in a north-south direction. University of Washington engineers have developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone with video communication. Major cities around the world have rolled out sophisticated video-surveillance networks to help fight crime. But experts say Newark, New Jersey is the first to combine an array of technologies on a large scale. The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY
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Enterprise Hardware Spotlight
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Mobile Enterprise Spotlight
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