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3-D Cooling Could Improve Heat Dissipation in High-Powered Chips
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3-D Cooling Could Improve Heat Dissipation in High-Powered Chips

Researchers at Georgia Tech have won a three-year, $2.9 million DARPA contract to develop three-dimensional chip-cooling technology able to handle heat loads...

Computers Choose National Basketball Champion
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Computers Choose National Basketball Champion

Expect third-seeded Florida to win the 2013 Final Four national championchip, according to Georgia Tech's LRMC college basketball ranking system, a computerized...

Terradynamics Predicts Robot Motion on Granular Surfaces
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Terradynamics Predicts Robot Motion on Granular Surfaces

Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots — and potentially...

Robots to Spur ­.s. Economy, Improve Quality of Life, Report Says
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Robots to Spur ­.s. Economy, Improve Quality of Life, Report Says

A group of more than 160 experts from universities, industry, and government came together to evaluate the use of robotics across various applications. They will...

Researchers Work to Counter Spear Phishing Attacks
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Researchers Work to Counter Spear Phishing Attacks

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute are working to counter threats from spear phishing. The attacks use knowledge of computer users to gain their...

Device Helps Children with Disabilities Access Tablets
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Device Helps Children with Disabilities Access Tablets

Researchers at Georgia Tech have created Access4Kids, a wireless input device that attempts to open the world of tablet computers to children whose limited mobility...

Mobile Browsers Fail Safety Test
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Mobile Browsers Fail Safety Test

How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous...

­.s. Bolsters National Push to Expand Computing Education
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­.s. Bolsters National Push to Expand Computing Education

Through a five-year, $6.24 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Massachusetts Amherst will...

Georgia Tech Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2013
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Georgia Tech Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2013

The year ahead will feature new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, escalating battles over the control of online information...

Robots in the Home: Will Older Adults Roll Out the Welcome Mat?
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Robots in the Home: Will Older Adults Roll Out the Welcome Mat?

Robots have the potential to help older adults with daily activities that can become more challenging with age. But are people willing to use and accept the new...

Robots ­sing Tools: Researchers Aim to Create 'macgyver' Robot
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Robots ­sing Tools: Researchers Aim to Create 'macgyver' Robot

A Georgia Tech research team has received a grant from the Office of Naval Research to work on a project that intends to teach robots how to use objects in their...

Intuitive Visual Control Provides Faster Robot Operation
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Intuitive Visual Control Provides Faster Robot Operation

Using a novel method of integrating video technology and familiar control devices, a research team from Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute is...

Who's the Most Influential in a Social Graph?
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Who's the Most Influential in a Social Graph?

Georgia Tech has developed a new algorithm that quickly determines betweenness centrality for streaming graphs. The algorithm can identify influencers as information...

Artificial Intelligence Allows Automated Worm Sorting
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Artificial Intelligence Allows Automated Worm Sorting

Scientists have demonstrated an automated system that uses artificial intelligence and cutting-edge image processing to rapidly examine large numbers of individual...

Micro-Swimmer Robots Could Deliver Cargo & Drugs
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Micro-Swimmer Robots Could Deliver Cargo & Drugs

Researchers have used complex computational models to design micro-robots that could overcome the challenges of swimming at the micron scale. The autonomous robots...

Visualization Tool Analyzes Large-Scale Data Sets
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Visualization Tool Analyzes Large-Scale Data Sets

A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute has developed a software tool that enables users to perform in-depth analysis of modeling and simulation...

Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience
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Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience

Wedding DJs everywhere should be worried about job security now that Shimi, a musical companion robot developed by Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology, is...

Have You Heard? Nearly 15 Percent of Work Email Is Gossip
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Have You Heard? Nearly 15 Percent of Work Email Is Gossip

A new study by Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Eric Gilbert estimates that one out of every seven corporate email messages qualifies as gossip.

Safety in Numbers: Threat Intelligence System Pools Malware Data
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Safety in Numbers: Threat Intelligence System Pools Malware Data

As malware threats expand and increasingly focus on industrial espionage, Georgia Tech researchers are launching a malware intelligence system that will help security...

Nanomaterials Could Help Thwart Nuclear Terrorism
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Nanomaterials Could Help Thwart Nuclear Terrorism

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a prototype radiation-detection system that uses nanoscale rare-earth elements and other materials. The system could be...
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