Collegiate Faculty Position in Computer Science - Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA, United States
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When Butler fell a precious few inches short of winning a national championship in 2010, its players took the court during that season believing they were the most...
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With Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus, a Virtual Battleground May Finally Be Here
Virtual reality has never quite materialized for most consumers.
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Jonathan Ive Designs Tomorrow
We use Jonathan Ive's products to help us to eat, drink and sleep, to work, travel, relax, read, listen and watch, to shop, chat, date and have sex.
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Ticket Pricing Puts 'lion King' Atop Broadway's Circle of Life
How did "The Lion King" turn around its once-shaky fortunes and become the top-grossing show on Broadway in 2013, an unprecedented feat for long-running musicals...
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Why Google Doesn't Have a Research Lab
Research vice presidents at some computing giants, such as Microsoft and IBM, rule over divisions housed in dedicated facilities carefully insulated from the rat...
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Easy As Pi: Pie Pan Embodies Familiar Mathematical Constant
Marking Pi Day, a Texas Tech University alumnus has created a baking pan in the shape of the pi symbol.
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Why You Should Embrace Surveillance, Not Fight It
I once worked with Steven Spielberg on the development of Minority Report, derived from the short story by Philip K. Dick featuring a future society that uses surveillance...
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Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Mastermind Behind Gravity, Talks Physics Lessons, Nasa Imagery, and Defining the Art of Cg 'weightlessness' in Space
Tim Webber is a visual effects supervisor who has worked on an array of critically acclaimed blockbusters.
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The Infinite Lives of BitTorrent
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One-Hit Wonders
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Virtual Reality Startups Look Back to the Future
It's been almost 30 years since the computer scientist Jaron Lanier formed VPL Research, the first company to sell the high-tech goggles and gloves that once defined...
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Computer Science Students Help Singers Learn Their Vowels
Voice students who want to perfect how they sing their vowels can get help from a new free application called Vowel Shapes developed by a group of University of...
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Robotic Prosthesis Turns Drummer Into a Three-Armed Cyborg
Professor Gil Weinberg of Georgia Tech has created a robotic drumming prosthesis that can be attached to an amputee to allow for more control and creativity with...
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Dream Job: Digital Instrument Creator
Sometimes playing a guitar with a plectrum isn't enough.
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Futurist Says We'll se Lasers to Beam Our Minds Into Space Someday Soon
The idea of erasing and implanting memories is a common feature of science fiction films such as Total Recall and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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The Special Effects Firms Transforming the Film Industry
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Comcast's Deal with Netflix Makes Network Neutrality Obsolete
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