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RFID isn't new technology--its lineage can be traced back to World War II, when the Allies used a similar principle to tell friendly aircraft from foes. But RFID got a boost in the late 1990s, when two MIT professors hit on RFID tags as a way to help robots "see" the physical objects around them. That's the genius of RFID: it's a way to make the ordinary physical world of people and objects visible to the virtual world that computers inhabit. It maps real space onto virtual space, so the two worlds can talk to each...
...hard evidence of its impact. In June, for example, a group of Norwegian researchers released a study showing that firstborns are generally smarter than any siblings who come along later, enjoying on average a three-point IQ advantage over the next eldest-probably a result of the intellectual boost that comes from mentoring younger siblings and helping them in day-to-day tasks. The second child, in turn, is a point ahead of the third. While three points might not seem like much, the effect can be enormous. Just 2.3 IQ points can correlate to a 15-point difference...
...absent. Kevin Richardson declined to join the good old boys in their comeback video, perhaps because he’s nearing the age of 40. “Inconsolable” neither hurts nor helps the Boys’ image in any significant way, though it gives an unexpected boost to Howie Dorough. Almost universally regarded as the least likely to make hearts throb during the boy band years, Dorough looks surprisingly good these days and comes across in “Inconsolable” as the least desperate and most believable of the four. The video isn?...
...work was funded in part by another such firm, are thinking about using transfusions of NO-fortified donor blood to treat such ills as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. "We want to open up blood vessels, and blood knows how to do that," he says. Perhaps a nitric oxide boost would help it do its job even better...
...will also enter the game after recording two key wins—the first over Princeton, 2-1—to start off their Ivy League season with a much-needed victory. Brown’s second triumph occurred this past Wednesday, when the squad registered a confidence-boosting overtime defeat of the No. 5 Eagles of Boston College. “We know it’s going to be a tough game,” co-captain Matt Hoff said. “Brown is doing very well this year. It’s going...