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Hackers Take the Kinect to New Levels
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Hackers Take the Kinect to New Levels

But achieving the Holy Grail—controlling a computer without touching it—proves more difficult.

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$1 Million Gift Boosts Prep Program For Future Math, Science Teachers

The University of Houston's teachHouston program, which works to combat the shortage of qualified science and math teachers in middle and high schools, has received...

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New Psychology Theory Enables Computers To Mimic Human Creativity

A mathematical model based on the Explicit-Implicit Interaction psychology theory allows computers to mimic human creative problem-solving, and provides a new roadmap...

Jaguar Helps Develop Virtual Nuclear Power Reactor
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Jaguar Helps Develop Virtual Nuclear Power Reactor

The Jaguar supercomputer at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is paving the way toward the development of a new generation of nuclear...

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Japan Promises High-Tech 2022 World Cup

Japan promises to dazzle fans with technology if it hosts the 2022 World Cup, allowing them to experience matches as though they are in the actual stadium, even...

China Breaks Ground on Futuristic Supercomputer Complex
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China Breaks Ground on Futuristic Supercomputer Complex

China recently held a ground-breaking ceremony and released the designs for its new supercomputing center, which will be located in Changsha. The rendering consists...

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American ­niversities See Decline in Foreigners Earning Science Doctorates

The number of doctorates in science and engineering granted by U.S. universities rose 1.9 percent last year, but the number of foreigners earning advanced degrees...

Spaf on Security Education in 2011
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Spaf on Security Education in 2011

Purdue University professor Eugene Spafford says that both industry and government are focusing more on the need for students to receive training in information...

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IBM Claims Breakthrough in Laser-Based Chips

IBM recently announced a breakthrough in the development of silicon-based chips that send data using pulses of laser light. IBM says the research sets the stage...

A Brain Boost For Information Overload
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A Brain Boost For Information Overload

Columbia University professors Paul Sajda and Shih-Fu Chang have developed a computer vision system that they say could revolutionize how huge amounts of visual...

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FCC Chairman to Propose Plan For Net Neutrality

U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski will announce a plan Wednesday (Dec. 1) that prevents Internet service providers from favoring...

Computer-Generated Robots
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Computer-Generated Robots

Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation has developed a moving robot that is created automatically using a genetic software...

Assange on Secrecy, China, and Wikileaks' Growth
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Assange on Secrecy, China, and Wikileaks' Growth

"Secrecy is important for many things," said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an interview with Time over Skype on Monday. Managing editor Richard Stengel...

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FCC to Vote on Net Neutrality at December 21 Meeting

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to adopt rules to preserve net neutrality at its December 21st open meeting, according to a tentative...

Ibm Chips: Let There Be Light Signals
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Ibm Chips: Let There Be Light Signals

IBM has achieved a major milestone in making the dream of silicon photonics, in which computer chips send signals of light rather than electricity, into reality...

Silicon-Germanium Devices Developed For Use in Space
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Silicon-Germanium Devices Developed For Use in Space

A five-year project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology is using silicon germanium technology to develop space electronics, which could change how space...

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Your Next Wallet Is Calling

"Contactless" hardware lets phones and gadgets pay with a tap, but the coming plethora of apps that use it may confuse users.

Race Is On to 'fingerprint' Phones, Pcs
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Race Is On to 'fingerprint' Phones, Pcs

David Norris wants to collect the digital equivalent of fingerprints from every computer, cellphone and TV set-top box in the world.

Leveraging Linux For Supercomputing
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Leveraging Linux For Supercomputing

The Beowulf project pioneered the use of off-the-shelf, commodity computers running open source operating systems for high-performance computing. Beowulf clusters...

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Nasa Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery

NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial...
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