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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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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