Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Tech-Perfect Strike Zone - Major league baseball is developing technology that can judge a "true" strike zone. It'll be used to train umps, not evaluate them. Not yet, anyway. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]   Techno Bra Calls the Cops - A security bra monitors the wearer's heart rate to sense danger. When activated, it relays her location to the cops and helps them make a bust. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Technology Goes to the Track - Horse racing fans have plenty of handicapping technology to "help" them, but can software really improve on luck? Kristen Philipkoski reports from Saratoga Springs, New York. [Wired News]   Teen Builds Wearable Web Cam - A Michigan high school senior impresses his teacher with his vision for a wearable PC that works as a Web cam. MIT profs are equally amazed by his practical design. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Teen Devises New Crypto Cipher - An Irish schoolgirl creates a data-scrambling scheme that may one day challenge the gold standard. Sarah Flannery wins a prestigious prize and becomes a media darling. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Teenager Finds Web-Server Hole - A teenager in Pennsylvania gains access to the Web servers of several ISPs, thanks to a flawed security setup. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Telco Dealmaking - AT T wires hotel rooms. Also: Qwest joins forces with RoadRunner for broadband services. [Wired News]   Test Results Don't Add Up - California's standardized school testing results, a qualitative measurement of the state's educational system, are delayed when the data-collecting computers screw up the math. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Texas Fingers Welfare Fraud - Don't even think about using a fake ID to get welfare benefits in Texas. The Lone Star State is fingerprinting applicants, to the dismay of privacy advocates. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   The (New) Picture of Health - A new diagnostic database delivers a world of information with the click of a mouse. Content-Based Image Retrieval could also put your local radiologist out of business. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   The Belly of a PlayStation - Sony's new PlayStation, due in March 2000, ups the ante for home videogame consoles. Wait 'til you see what's inside. [Wired News]   The Best and the Brightest - Who's the smartest kid in a class full of America's smartest kids? That's the question the Intel Science Talent Search tries to answer. Deborah Scoblionkov reports from Washington. [Wired News]   The Bioengineered Animal Farm - Thanks to Genzyme's new Japanese patent, goats could be on their way to becoming the next big drug manufacturers. But what will it take to convince a public opposed to cloning? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   The Blues That Make You Swing - It's no secret that athletes and actors rely on anabolic steroids to enhance their performance. But they pay a steep price for their professional muscles. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]   The Cold War Yields a Superchip - They built supercomputers to guard Soviet airspace. Now, Russian engineers have a processor that would reportedly blow the doors off Merced. There's only one problem. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   The Coolest Internet Appliance - A Net-connected refrigerator promises to make grocery ordering as simple as swiping a bar code. It will also allow midnight snackers to check email, trade stocks, or watch cooking shows on TV. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   The Coolest Internet Appliance - A Net-connected refrigerator promises to make grocery ordering as simple as swiping a bar code. It will also allow midnight snackers to check email, trade stocks, or watch cooking shows on TV. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   The Cult of Java - Forget Apple ardor, Linux loyalty, or Windows ambivalence. When it comes to geek brand loyalty, Java takes the cup in getting techies to open their wallets. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]   The Dawn of a New Mesozoic Era - Plant scientists from around the world gather to assess the state of global biodiversity. The news is not good. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   The Future of Football - Super Bowl LIII may see 7-foot, 400-pound linebackers able to retrieve information from devices surgically implanted in their skulls. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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