Speaking in bar code: personal scanners link products directly to consumers

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Computer peripherals manufacturers are producing scanning devices that allow consumers to gather information on products and comparison shop online by using bar codes. Companies are betting on expanded use of bar codes by consumers and that the codes will become the key link between consumers and products in the forecasted mobile-shopping future.

Keypunch Devices, Hardware product development, Computer hardware, Image scanners, Bar codes

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Shopping in palm of the hand is making its holiday debut

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We are all used to making purchases online, particularly during the holiday season. But, this year, the new thing is wireless or mobile shopping. More people are making purchases over the Internet this year using their wireless personal digital assistants or their cellular telephones.

Electronic computers, Sales & consumption, Radio & TV communications equipment, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Cellular Mobile Tel Equip, Computer industry, Economic aspects, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Statistics, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Cellular telephone equipment industry, Personal digital assistants, Personal digital assistant, Holidays, Christmas

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Controls rely on the twitch of a muscle, not the twitch of a mouse

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Scientists at the Ames Research Center have used an armband transmitting muscular impulses to land a plane in a flight simulator. Dry electrodes pick up electric signals from arm muscles and send them to a computer. The signals were converted by pattern recognition software into digital signals that the flight simulator responds to. Long term, scientists see this technology replacing cockpit and other aerospace control interfaces. In the next two years, these devices could replace computer game joysticks and keyboards. For example, a person wearing the wrist band could operate a computer by moving their fingers on a piece of paper with a photocopy of a keyboard on it.

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing, Electromedical equipment, Card-Related Equip NEC, Nerve & Muscle Testers, Statistical Data Included, Research, Product information, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry, Human-machine systems, Input device, Input devices (Computers), Neuromuscular transmission, Neurological equipment

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