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The latter has received something of a modern make-over at the hands of UrbanHello, a new startup founded in Paris, France by Hervé Artus and Catherine Seys. The appropriately-named Home Phone has simultaneously launched at CES 2013 and on Kickstarter.  <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/urbanhello-home-phone/25660/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="25599"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/lifebot-5-telemedicine-unit/25599/">LifeBot 5 combines telemedicine essentials in one device</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">December 31, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/lifebot-5-telemedicine-unit/25599/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/lifebot-5-telemedicine-unit/25599/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/lifebot-5-telemedicine-unit/25599/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/lifebot5.jpg" title="The military model of the LifeBot 5" alt="The military model of the LifeBot 5"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> While people such as emergency medical technicians and army medics are true lifesavers, there are times when they could benefit from the resources or expertise of a hospital-based physician. That’s where all-in-one portable telemedicine units like the LifeBot 5 come into play.  <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/lifebot-5-telemedicine-unit/25599/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="25249"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/wifox-faster-wi-fi-hotspot/25249/">Software works like a traffic cop to boost Wi-Fi performance</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/author/antonio-pasolini/">Antonio Pasolini</a></div> <div class="date">December 3, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/wifox-faster-wi-fi-hotspot/25249/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/wifi-cafe.jpg" title="NC State researchers say WiFox software can improve data throughput by up to 700 percent (..." alt="NC State researchers say WiFox software can improve data throughput by up to 700 percent (..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Researchers at North Caroline State University have come up with a new tool to speed up public Wi-Fi hotspots. The researchers say that WiFox software can improve data throughput by up to 700 percent and could be packaged as an update to existing networks.  <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/wifox-faster-wi-fi-hotspot/25249/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="25081"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/full-duplex-wireless-spectrum/25081/">Researchers promise doubled wireless spectrum efficiency</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/author/will-shanklin/">Will Shanklin</a></div> <div class="date">November 19, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/full-duplex-wireless-spectrum/25081/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/full-duplex-wireless-spectrum/25081/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/full-duplex-wireless-spectrum/25081/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/full-duplex-radios.jpg" title="Researchers believe they have cracked the code of spectrum efficiency (tower: Shutterstock..." alt="Researchers believe they have cracked the code of spectrum efficiency (tower: Shutterstock..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Wireless carriers love to talk about a Spectrum Crunch. Like oil, wireless spectrum is a finite resource. Companies like AT&T; warn that smartphone proliferation is eventually going to leave those "wells" dry. Carriers' answers to the problem usually involve government (less regulations, and more federally-owned spectrum released). However, researchers at U.C. Riverside have another solution: make those networks more efficient.  <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/full-duplex-wireless-spectrum/25081/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24913"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/ftc-robocall-blocking-challenge/24913/">US Federal Trade Commission offers US$50K prize for blocking robocalls</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">November 7, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/ftc-robocall-blocking-challenge/24913/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/ftc-robocall-blocking-challenge/24913/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/telemarketing.jpg" title="The U.S. FTC is offering a US$50K prize for a solution to the problem of blocking robocall..." alt="The U.S. FTC is offering a US$50K prize for a solution to the problem of blocking robocall..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> In the United States, about 30 billion robocalls (pre-recorded automatically dialed solicitations) are placed each year, and similar conditions hold across much of the world. In the U.S. and many other countries, most commercial robocalls are illegal. As part of an ongoing campaign against these illegal robocalls, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is launching its Robocall Challenge, seeking a solution that blocks illegal robocalls on cell phones and on landlines. It is offering a US$50,000 cash prize for the best practical solution.  <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/ftc-robocall-blocking-challenge/24913/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24875"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/power-amplifier-double-battery/24875/">New power amplifier design could double smartphone battery life</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dave-leclair/">Dave LeClair</a></div> <div class="date">November 5, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/power-amplifier-double-battery/24875/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/power-amplifier-double-battery/24875/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/power_amplifier.jpg" title="The red dots show the iPhone 5’s power amplifiers, which account for 60 percent of total p..." alt="The red dots show the iPhone 5’s power amplifiers, which account for 60 percent of total p..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Cell phones have come a long way in terms of battery life, but lets be honest, there's still plenty of room for improvement. The very fact that we talk about using a phone for eight hours as being good is, well, bad. While next-gen <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/batteries/" target="_blank">battery technologies</a> present one solution to the dilemma, a new breakthrough from MIT spinoff Eta Devices takes a different tack – by improving power amplifier efficiency the company hopes to double the battery life of smartphones.  <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/power-amplifier-double-battery/24875/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24834"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/human-rat-beaming-interaction/24834/">"Beaming" technology allows for remote human/rat communications</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">November 1, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/human-rat-beaming-interaction/24834/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/human-rat-beaming-interaction/24834/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/human-rat-beaming-interaction/24834/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ratbeaming.jpg" title="A rat interacts with a small robot, which represents a remotely-located human " alt="A rat interacts with a small robot, which represents a remotely-located human "/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Earlier this week, we reported on the “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/cordis-beaming/24769/" target="_blank">beaming</a>” telepresence system being developed by the EU Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS). Once developed, the system should allow users to virtually experience being in a remote location by seeing, hearing and even feeling that location through the sensory inputs of a robot located there. That robot, in turn, would relay the user’s speech and movements to the people at that location. Now, two of the CORDIS partners have put an interesting slant on the technology – they’ve used it to let people interact with rats.  <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/human-rat-beaming-interaction/24834/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24769"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/cordis-beaming/24769/">CORDIS plans to "beam" people to meetings</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">October 30, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/cordis-beaming/24769/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/cordis-beaming/24769/pictures">13 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130116010907/http://www.gizmag.com/cordis-beaming/24769/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116010907im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/beaming-11.jpg" title="Robothespian, used as a beaming avatar (Photo: Tim Weyrich, UCL)" alt="Robothespian, used as a beaming avatar (Photo: Tim Weyrich, UCL)"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> In recent years, telepresence systems have become more common. Unfortunately, most of them are little more than a videophone on top of a motorized stick. 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