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Phys.org Newsletter Friday, May 2



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58 HELD IN PHILIPPINES OVER GLOBAL 'SEXTORTION' RING
Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet "sextortion" network, local police and Interpol announced on Friday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-held-philippines-global-sextortion.html#nwlt

ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS
Can engineering help people live better lives? Can it help to preserve our most deeply held values? University of Kentucky researcher Samson Cheung thinks so. He researches how technology can be used to help people in very realistic and immediate ways. 
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-solutions-society-problems.html#nwlt

THE TOUCHY-FEELY ROBOT COMING SOON
Think of a world where a robot can not only carry a cup of tea to an elderly person, but can also sense whether it's too hot to handle.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-touchy-feely-robot.html#nwlt

UNIVERSITY EXPERTS HELP CREATE FIRST MOBILE-CONNECTED SMART CITY RANKING
A global initiative to encourage the world's leading cities to become 'smart' has received a significant boost from information specialists at the University of Sheffield, who have helped develop the first global smart city ranking.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-university-experts-mobile-connected-smart-city.html#nwlt

INTERPOL, PHILIPPINES BUST CYBER EXTORTION NETWORK
Philippine police, backed by Interpol, have arrested dozens of suspected members of an online extortion syndicate who duped hundreds of victims worldwide into exposing themselves in front of webcams or engaging in lewd chats, including a Scottish teenager who committed suicide after being blackmailed, officials said Friday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-interpol-philippines-cyber-extortion-network.html#nwlt

MICROSOFT PICKS MIAMI FOR FIRST US INNOVATION CENTER
Microsoft is opening a state-of-the-art training facility in Miami, its first within the United States, the company announced Friday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-microsoft-miami-center.html#nwlt

POLICE USE NEW TOOL TO SOURCE CROWDS FOR EVIDENCE (UPDATE)
An annual spring party in a Southern California beach town devolved into a riot last month when revelers turned violent, rocking cars, smashing windows and throwing rocks. Dozens were injured and about 50 people ended up in the hospital, including several police officers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-police-tool-source-crowds-evidence.html#nwlt

DIMENCO NO-GLASSES 3D TV OFFER GOES LIVE ON KICKSTARTER
Eindhoven, Netherlands-based Dimenco has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their glasses-free 3D TV, selling for under $1,250 via a Kickstarter campaign. The company has a manufacturing site in The Netherlands, but is ramping up manufacturing at new facilities in the Far East, targeted for this month. After test runs of their new production facility, they are to start manufacturing in August to deliver their first products in September, and the bulk in November. "Having to use 3D glasses hampers social interaction and is simply uncomfortable," they said, and they have worked to develop a TV that can improve on the viewing experience. They are a small team, with years of experience in 3D technology. Maarten Tobias, Jan van der Horst, Pieter de Jong and Bas Böggemann are the four founders of Dimenco. They worked together at a former venture of Philips that focused on 3D technology. Dimenco was founded in 2010. The Kickstarter campaign offer is a 39" glasses-free 3D TV with!
Full HD
quality in 3D and 2D.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-dimenco-no-glasses-3d-tv-kickstarter.html#nwlt

COMPUTER SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY SOLVES WORD PROBLEMS
Researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, working with colleagues at the University of Washington, have developed a new computer system that can automatically solve the type of word problems common in introductory algebra classes.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-automatically-word-problems.html#nwlt

HUMAN MEDIA LAB INTRODUCES SHAPE-CHANGING SMARTPHONE (W/ VIDEO)
(Phys.org) —After hearing about the work at a premier media lab in Canada, suddenly"smartphone" becomes a very limiting word, incomplete in describing the instrument that has been created as a handheld map, book, menu or whatever else rendering of information you may need that just happens to have a phone function too. The Human Media Lab at Canada's Queen's University have come up with PaperFold, as a multi-display shape changing smartphone. The PaperFold uses up to three detachable display tiles. Each tile has a flexible E-ink display and flexible 3D-printed substrate with embedded sensors.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-human-media-lab-shape-changing-smartphone.html#nwlt