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Rockin’ around the Wii: Video games fun but pose social, health risks

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Move over Tickle Me Elmo. The recently released Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 video game systems are rivaling the giggling red monster as the gifts children beg their parents for most this holiday season.

Filed under Family, Health, Research, Technology on Thursday, December 7, 2006.

UF, Honeywell engineers building first space supercomputer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — HAL may soon be getting some company.

Filed under Engineering, Research, Sciences, Technology on Thursday, October 26, 2006.

New study ranks UF top public university in tech transfer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is the top-performing public institution at transferring its research to the marketplace, according to a major new study by the prestigious Milken Institute.

Filed under Business, Research, Technology on Wednesday, September 20, 2006.

For the future hydrogen economy, a tiny, self-powered sensor

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hydrogen has been called “the fuel of the future.” But the gas is invisible, odorless and explosive at high concentrations, posing a safety problem for hydrogen-powered cars, filling stations and other aspects of the so-called hydrogen economy.

Filed under Engineering, Research, Sciences, Technology on Wednesday, May 24, 2006.

UF study: ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you’ class tool may aid math students

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s a feeling nearly everyone remembers experiencing at least once: sitting in class unprepared, silently praying the teacher won’t call your name.

Filed under Education, Research, Sciences, Technology on Wednesday, May 17, 2006.

Don’t ask, might not think to tell: Communication key to preventing risky drug interactions

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Older women who regularly mix prescription, over-the-counter and herbal medications are risking their health, University of Florida nursing researchers warn. Many also don’t think to tell their health-care providers about the nonprescription medicines they are taking — and too often practitioners fail to ask.

Filed under Aging, Gender, Health, Research, Technology on Tuesday, May 16, 2006.

Protected agriculture project boosts crop yields by 10 times over field-grown production

CITRA, Fla. — With a few taps on a computer keyboard, University of Florida researchers can control just about every aspect of growing vegetables and other high-value crops in greenhouses that protect plants from pests and diseases – boosting yields by 10 times over field-grown production.

Filed under Agriculture, Environment, Research, Technology on Thursday, April 20, 2006.

UF engineer develops tiny, easily mass-produced motion sensor

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida engineer is the latest researcher to design a tiny, easy-to-manufacture motion sensor, a development that could help popularize the sensors as standard equipment in personal electronics, medical devices and other applications.

Filed under Environment, Research, Technology on Thursday, February 9, 2006.

“Aesthetic computing” turns algebra into art; teachers intrigued

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — High school algebra teacher Bunny McHenry has her share of students who would rather be doing something else.

Filed under Education, Engineering, Florida, Research, Technology on Wednesday, September 28, 2005.

UF receives $2.5 million grant to further worldwide research efforts

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has been awarded $2.5 million for its role in the Data Intensive Science University Network, a multi-university computer grid that will provide support for advanced research activities worldwide.

Filed under Education, Research, Sciences, Technology on Tuesday, July 26, 2005.