9:05 PM
The U.S. Navy is expanding their use of dolphins and sea lions to protect our coast from enemy swimmers, detect explosives, and other tasks such as guiding sailors through mine-filled waters or attaching rescue lines to lost equipment. The Navy's increasing reliance on mammals has resulting in them providing the best health care possible to the dolphins and sea lions:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120510-u-s-navy-s-animal-warriors-enjoy-the-best-of-health-care
Researchers found that prosthetic legs and robots' legs could be made more efficient if they were less human-like and more like walking with high heels:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Life-Science-Robotics-High-heels-could-help-improve-prosthetic-limbs-and-robots/
Wireless carriers feel that content providers such as Netflix and Google should pay wireless carriers so that mobile customers can visit their sites for free (that data wouldn't count towards their data plan caps). The use the analogy about how businesses pay for 1-800 phone lines so that their customers can call them without having to pay for the call. Verizon's CTO actually said that there is a 51-49 chance that content providers will pay carriers so that mobile users can visit their sites without having it count towards their data allowance:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/ctialive/story/youtube-pay-your-mobile-data-charges-carriers-betting-it/2012-05-10
79% of wireless service providers plan to deploy WiFi to provide service to their customers in public places, with 2/3 of mobile providers already deploying 20,000 to 150,000 WiFi APs in public spaces:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/infonetics-70-operators-will-deploy-wi-fi-street-coverage-2013/2012-05-10
Oracle asked the judge to rule on the issue of fair use in their trial vs. Google, but the Judge surprised the courtroom with an early decision, denying Oracle's request. In fact, the judge scolded Oracle's lawyer when Oracle's lawyer was presenting his case, pointing out that Oracle had insisted on a jury trial and were only asking the judge for a ruling because the jury verdict went against what they wanted:
http://www.theverge.com/android/2012/5/9/3010404/judge-denies-oracles-motion-for-ruling-on-fair-use-says-new-trial
T-Mobile reported net customer additions of 187,000 in the 1Q of 2012, much better than the 99,000 customers they lost in the 1Q of 2011 and the 526,000 customers they lost last quarter. However, those customer additions were in the prepaid (lower cost) category and machine-to-machine category--T-Mobile actually lost 510,000 branded contract customers in the 1Q of 2012 (better than previous quarters at least):
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/prepaid-drives-187000-net-customer-additions-q1-t-mobile/2012-05-10
8-year-old twin orangutans love their iPad, drawing, playing games, and expanding their vocabulary. Just like humans, the older generation of orangutans have no interest in new technology, but the young orangutans love it and understand it quickly:
http://news.yahoo.com/orangutans-miami-zoo-ipads-communicate-083121341.html
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120510-u-s-navy-s-animal-warriors-enjoy-the-best-of-health-care
Researchers found that prosthetic legs and robots' legs could be made more efficient if they were less human-like and more like walking with high heels:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Life-Science-Robotics-High-heels-could-help-improve-prosthetic-limbs-and-robots/
Wireless carriers feel that content providers such as Netflix and Google should pay wireless carriers so that mobile customers can visit their sites for free (that data wouldn't count towards their data plan caps). The use the analogy about how businesses pay for 1-800 phone lines so that their customers can call them without having to pay for the call. Verizon's CTO actually said that there is a 51-49 chance that content providers will pay carriers so that mobile users can visit their sites without having it count towards their data allowance:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/ctialive/story/youtube-pay-your-mobile-data-charges-carriers-betting-it/2012-05-10
79% of wireless service providers plan to deploy WiFi to provide service to their customers in public places, with 2/3 of mobile providers already deploying 20,000 to 150,000 WiFi APs in public spaces:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/infonetics-70-operators-will-deploy-wi-fi-street-coverage-2013/2012-05-10
Oracle asked the judge to rule on the issue of fair use in their trial vs. Google, but the Judge surprised the courtroom with an early decision, denying Oracle's request. In fact, the judge scolded Oracle's lawyer when Oracle's lawyer was presenting his case, pointing out that Oracle had insisted on a jury trial and were only asking the judge for a ruling because the jury verdict went against what they wanted:
http://www.theverge.com/android/2012/5/9/3010404/judge-denies-oracles-motion-for-ruling-on-fair-use-says-new-trial
T-Mobile reported net customer additions of 187,000 in the 1Q of 2012, much better than the 99,000 customers they lost in the 1Q of 2011 and the 526,000 customers they lost last quarter. However, those customer additions were in the prepaid (lower cost) category and machine-to-machine category--T-Mobile actually lost 510,000 branded contract customers in the 1Q of 2012 (better than previous quarters at least):
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/prepaid-drives-187000-net-customer-additions-q1-t-mobile/2012-05-10
8-year-old twin orangutans love their iPad, drawing, playing games, and expanding their vocabulary. Just like humans, the older generation of orangutans have no interest in new technology, but the young orangutans love it and understand it quickly:
http://news.yahoo.com/orangutans-miami-zoo-ipads-communicate-083121341.html