Industry data shows that the Web takes up between 20 and 25 percent of consumers overall media time, but attracts about 8 percent of advertising dollars. While advertisers have been steadily moving to the Web in recent years, this research indicates the shift should be on a much faster pace.
mdash; Pam Horan
President, Online Publishing Association
[Source: , June 6, 2006]
Submitted by on November 13, 2006 - 6:41pm.
Canberra, Australia - Researchers in Australia have developed a T-shirt with built-in motion sensors that can translate air guitar playing into actual notes played back by a computer, the Associated Press reported.A team from the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization that included researchers in computing, chemistry, electronics, music composition and textile manufacture developed the wearable instrument shirt.
It s an easy-to-use, virtual instrument that allows real-time music making even by players without significant musical or computing skills, Richard Helmer, the engineer who leads the research team, told AP.
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