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View from space: Satellite farming for greener pastures

Making the most of natural resources of farms is critical in today’s environment, where rainfalls are becoming ever so scarce.

By Kathryn Edwards | 29 April, 2009 14:22

Tags: farming, NASA, satellite, agriculture

Anthropology's technology-driven renaissance

Anthropology is an age-old, at times complex discipline, and like many others, it suffers from its fair share of in-fighting and disagreement. It's also a discipline shrouded in mystery. Few people seem to know what anthropology really is or what anthropologists really do, and a general unwillingness to ask simply fuels the mystery further. Few people ever question, for example, what a discipline better known for poking around with dinosaur bones is doing playing with mobile phones or other high-tech gadgets. In today's high-tech world, anthropologists are as visible as anyone. In some projects, they're all that's visible.

Battlefield handhelds improve patient care

US military doctors and medics say the expanding deployment of laptops and handheld computers in battle zones and military hospitals to capture electronic medical records is having a profound impact on patient care.