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DETROIT, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul is partnering with local Detroit business Brophy Marketing Services and Aurasma to bring the U-Haul Moving and Self-Storage of Midtown location to life with a new technology called augmented reality (AR) that can be used with any iOS or Android device. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130301/LA69091) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090622/LA34860LOGO-b) The new AR technology takes what's real and what's computer...

LONDON, February 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerging publisher Frontiers is joining Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in a strategic alliance to advance the global open science movement. NPG, publisher of Nature, today announces a majority investment in the Swiss-based open access (OA) publisher Frontiers. NPG and Frontiers will work together to empower researchers to change the way science is communicated, through open access publication and open science tools. Frontiers,...

Plymouth University Researchers at Plymouth University, UK, believe that findings from fieldwork along the North Yorkshire coast reveal strong parallels between the Early Jurassic era of 180 million years ago and current climate predictions over the next century. Through geology and palaeontology, they've shown how higher temperatures and lower oxygen levels caused drastic changes to marine communities, and that while the Jurassic seas eventually recovered from the effects of global...

The Ohio State University Though scientists have long believed that complex organic molecules couldn’t survive fossilization, some 350-million-year-old remains of aquatic sea creatures uncovered in Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa have challenged that assumption. The spindly animals with feathery arms—called crinoids, but better known today by the plant-like name “sea lily”—appear to have been buried alive in storms during the Carboniferous Period, when North America was covered with...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As reports continue to stream in through various media outlets on injuries, damages, and the science behind such events, it seems this morning’s (February 15) meteor strike in Russia’s Ural Mountains region has left a pretty big impression far and wide. At last count more than 1,200 people (at least 200 children) are believed to have been injured by the meteor, most from broken glass produced by the exploding object's...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A meteor streaked across Russia’s early morning skies on Friday before violently exploding, sending a rain of debris onto the Earth below. The flash and boom shattered windows and meteor particles left damage in its wake, injuring more than 900 people in the Ural Mountains region. Marina Mokvicheva, regional health minister in Chelyabinsk, the Russian city that had felt the brunt of the impact, told the Washington Post that 985...

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In an announcement today, American augmented reality and visual search company, Gravity Jack, has completed round one of submissions in its competitive developer program and is expected to notify winners in the coming days. The company began accepting submissions in late December, allowing developers from all walks and industries to submit creative ideas for the company's powerful augmented reality and visual search...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton have discovered the location of an underwater volcanic vent in the Southern Ocean. In a study published this week in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers describe how this vent, marked by a low-lying plume of shimmering water, differs from "classic" hydrothermal vents. The research group used the NOC’s high-resolution deep-towed camera platform SHRIMP to image the...

FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Augmented reality enhances consumer experience by enabling computer-generated content to be superimposed over a live view of the real world, presenting real world environments overlaid with virtual information. Giants such Apple, Google, HP and Microsoft see augmented reality (AR) as both a way to boost their traditional businesses and as a gateway into new markets. At the same time innovative AR start-ups are attracting funding...

LONDON, January 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors to this year's TFM&A (Technology for Marketing & Advertising) event will have the opportunity to experience 3D printing technology first hand and get involved in an exclusive surprise augmented reality attraction. The show takes place on the 26th and 27th of February at Earls Court, London. The 3D Experience will provide attendees from businesses across the UK with a chance to step inside a working 3D printer for...