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 * Interesting articles ||
 * ** [|Flaws in Chip-and-PIN system] **


 * [|Flaws in Chip-and-PIN system2] ** || The two links above are articles explaining that new flaws have been found in the "CHIP-AND-PIN" system from a study run by university students. The system that is used by most card holders today may be the lethal weapon to hackers and robbers in future. Read the articles to find out... ||
 * ** [|Man in Germany Fined for lack of security over network] ** || A man in Germany was recently taken to court by a musician, claiming his network was being used used to illegally download and file-share music. Despite the owner's claims that they were on holiday at the time, they were still fined. "German citizens are responsible for the security of their own private wireless connections" a court has ruled. Read the article to find out more... ||
 * ** [|New technology in clothes help aid emotions] ** || A new system called "Wearable Absence" may be available in stores soon. It provides wearers with emotional aid by detecting their mood using sensors and a database. When someone may be sad or angry, it uses the built-in speakers that can be programmed to provide music or sound clips to improve the person's mood. Read the article to find out more... ||
 * ==**[|Technology used in the World Cup]**== || This is a link for the digital planet podcast that talks about the technology that surrounds the World Cup in South Africa. Click on the title to have a look. ||
 * =[|Should you store data on disks anymore?]= || The French National Centre for Scientific Research has found out after testing the longevity of the portable media, that CD's deteriorate with age. It is recommended to use other types of devices for long-term storage, as they may only last up to 5 years. Some compact discs that were tested didn't even last a full year. Read the article to find out more.... ||
 * **[|Hospital introduces robot workers]** || A hospital in Scotland is to become the first in the UK to use a fleet of robots to carry out day-to-day tasks. The robots will carry clinical waste, deliver food, clean the operating theatre and dispense drugs. Click on the title to read the article, and there is an interesting video showing what the robots look like and do. ||
 * =[|Health e-records 'struggling to fulfil potential']= || A study at University College London is starting to reveal the limited benefits that hospitals have with the use of electronic health records instead of hard-copies of their databases. Although this is only early evidence of the study, researchers are confident that there are more disadvantages than benefits. This puts heavy pressure on Britian's NHS (National Healthcare Service) who recently spent £12bn upgrading of their IT systems. Read the article to find out more... ||
 * =[|Fighting back against web attacks]= || Research studies have shown that a lot of high-tech criminals have less secure systems than others may have thought. Security experts have found that many of the kits used by cyber criminals are riddled with bugs and vulnerabilities. Read more of the article to find out why... ||
 * =[|Getty Gives a boost to Flickr photograaphers]= || Flickr's 40 million registered users are being given the chance to make money out of their snaps. For two years, Getty Images has tapped into more than 100,000 photos taken by professional and semi-pro photographers who post on the site. Now the doors are being opened to all Flickr users as Getty takes advantage of a library of four billion pictures. ||
 * === [|Is email coming to an end?] === || Sheryl Sandberg claims that email is dying. To find out what we will be doign in the future we should look to what teens of the present do now. Only 11% of teens use e-mail, preferring text messaging and social networks.Even though 90% of e-mail may be spam or other useless twaddle, it is hard to believe it is nearing its sell-by date. A report by "the Radicati Group" says that e-mail is still on the rise and projects that e-mail accounts will increase from 2.9 billion today to over 3.8 billion by 2014. ||
 * =[|Fading data could improve privacy]= || Dutch researcher Dr Harold van Heerde is looking into ways to gradually "degrade" the information that sites gather about visitors, to improve privacy. ||
 * =[|Apple launches social network]= || Apple has recently launched "Ping", a social network with similar capabilities as the likes of Facebook and Twitter, yet everything revolves around music. People can do things like notify others of the concerts they are attending, post songs that they like, follow people and look at what they are listening to, and many more. All people need to get access to "Ping" is an Apple account and to download iTunes 10. Read the article to find out more... ||
 * =[|Sony rolls out rival to iTunes]= || Sony has launched a new music and video download service as it gears up to challenge Apple's iTunes. The announcement, made at the IFA technology fair in Berlin, was timed to coincide with an Apple media event in the US. ||
 * ==[|Royal Mail releases "intelligent" stamp]== || Royal Mail have released a stamp that, when observed by a smartphone using a particular application, will take it to a webpage related to the stamp. ||
 * =[|New cash box could give robbers sticky fingers]= || A bank has created a way of foiling break-ins to cash boxes. They have created a cash box that will immediately release a glue that will make the money in the cash box unusable if it is broken into. Hopefully this will discourage break ins or at least stop robbers getting away with anything. ||
 * ==Vietnam tightens control over internet users with "cyber cops"== || The communist country of Vietnam are employing what they call "cyber cops" to patrol the internet to put a stop to cyber crime, and of course to keep their people within their tight rules of the internet. ||

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 * Interesting video Our "sixth sense"? Pranav mistry explains his new project that may change the world of technology as we know it. look at the video below: ||
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 * The future of technology in hospitals? take a look at what the future may be for patients and doctors in the video below: ||


 * An advert from Sony showing its new 3D broadcast technology ||

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 * < Health presentation: Telemedicine ||
 * < **Introduction to telemedicine**

Telemedicine is the //__transfer of medical__// //__information via telecommunication technologies for the purpose of consulting or for remote medical procedures or examinations__//

—Elderly patients —Disabled —Patients that need constant monitoring —Places that need secondary medical opinions —Patients who can’t get to the doctor – physically/geographically
 * Cases where telemedicine is used**

—Store‐and‐forward —Remote monitoring —Interactive services
 * Telemedicine processes**

—This process involves retrieving medical data and sending it to a doctor to be looked at. —This is where there is no real‐time interaction between patients and doctors
 * Store and forward**

—Mostly for either elderly patients or patients with chronic diseases —Involves devices that use control technology to alert emergency services ---[|Remote monitoring (telemedicine watch) - Youtube Video] —This equipment can involve phone and video conversations —Doctors/specialists can then perform particular examinations needed. ‐‐‐Doctors can use this to contact other doctors for second medical opinions. It is also used for people in rural areas where qualified doctors are hard to come by and hospitals are long distances apart. ---[|Use of interactive services - Youtube Video]
 * Remote monitoring**
 * Interactive services**

—[|List of available devices on the market]
 * Devices**

—Less travel - This helps the environment and Saves time and money —Benefits patients that need constant monitoring don’t have to leave house —Cost is less overall by having appointments with doctors using telemedicine ---Helps countries and rural areas where there are less doctors
 * Advantages of telemedicine**

-Cost - Equipment - Contacting health services - Development of equiptment still at minimum level and equipment may still be unreliable -Equality of access - [|Telemedicine Project in tanzania - Youtube Video] - People and Machines -Reliability – (can also link to cost and policies and standards) ||
 * Issues with telemedicine**
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