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Care-O-bot 3: Always at your service Who doesn`t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household robots, the “Care-O-bot(R) 3”. Personal information in E-mail marketing can backfire, study indicates Businesses risk chasing away prospective customers when they send chummy e-mails that bandy around people's names, hobbies and other personal information to pitch sales, according to a new study of the popular marketing tool. Shrinking carbon footprints Would shrinking your carbon footprint, recycling more, and going green be easier if you could monitor your household's environmental impact? That's the question a team of Canadian industry consultants set out to answer. They report their findings in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management from Inderscience Publishers. Tongue-controlled System Assists Individuals with Disabilities A new assistive technology developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives. AP Interview: Ex-Intel head pushes electric cars (AP) -- Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry - and how to respond. Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears (AP) -- On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present. MySpace releases tools, info for data sharing (AP) -- The online hangout MySpace has launched its program for letting users quickly share personal profile data on outside sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others. Romanian girl can have abortion, panel rules An inter-ministerial panel in Romania ruled Friday that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle can have an abortion. Doctors must step up to the challenge of climate change Doctors must lead by example on climate change, according to experts in this week's BMJ. Health professionals were powerful catalysts in changing society's view of smoking from a normal lifestyle choice to that of a harmful addiction, and they must do the same for climate change, writes Professor Mike Gill from the University of Surrey. Researchers demonstrate effectiveness of contrast agent Cytate in detectcing prostate cancer Prostate cancer accounts for approximately 29 percent of cancer occurrences among men. According to "CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians," in 2007 it was responsible for 27,000 deaths in the United States. Early detection is important to reducing the death count. ... |