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Innovation Mandate: Has America Lost Its Innovation Edge?
There are worries that U.S. high-tech global competitiveness is eroding because, among other things, intellectual property devised by U.S. companies is leaking...
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Aircraft Software Puts Greener, Quieter Flights on the Horizon
University of Manchester researcher Antonio Filippone has developed software that accurately predicts the amount of carbon dioxide emissions airlines release into...
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Multifunctional Smart Sensors and High-Power Devices on a Computer Chip
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a process for integrating gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon to create a hybrid computer chip. This...
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Blind Inventors Revolutionize Computer Access
A visually impaired team at Queensland University of Technology has developed NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA), an open source screen reader program. NVDA has a...
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Keeping a Watch on the World
Led by University of Nottingham researchers, the Earth Observation Technology Cluster will monitor the Earth's landscape and the elemental forces that mold it by...
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Linkedin Mines Twitter Streams
The LinkedIn social network has launched in limited beta a service that lets users glean relevant information from the massive volume of Twitter streams. Called...
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Computer Model Helps Pakistan's Flood Disaster Efforts
New computer model software is being used to simulate Pakistan's flooding, estimate the drawdown of the floodwaters, and predict how long it will take the waters...
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Body Organs Can Send Status pdates to Your Cellphone
For cardiac patients such as myself, too much excitement can be a shocking experience. If my heart rate gets too high the implanted defibrillator in my chest can...
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Ornl Has Key Role in Doe Cybersecurity For Energy Effort
With the transition to a smart grid comes new opportunities for hackers, but researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working...
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Ban Naughty Countries From the Net: Former Intelligence Chief
Countries in Eastern Europe and Africa that harbor cyber criminals should be locked out of the global Internet until their governments do something to reduce...
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Sick PCs Should Be Banned From the Net Says Microsoft
Microsoft researcher Scott Charney recently presented an Internet security proposal that requires users to present a "health certificate" to prove that their PCs...
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Llnl Expertise Supports Establishment of Energy Efficiency Hub in Philadelphia
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is collaborating with Pennsylvania State University and several other public and private partners to launch the Greater Philadelphia...
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Android Invasion
How a tiny piece of software created by a few Google engineers is ushering in the mobile revolution and reshaping the fortunes of the world's biggest tech companies...
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Dedication at Stanford Engineering Building Good For a Few Laughs
A nerd walks into an engineering building dedication...
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You Too Can Have a Dream Body
If you dislike the way you look on video, a new kind of image-manipulation software could make you feel better about yourself.
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Now Your App Knows Where You Are
Geolocation analytics could help companies to improve their apps—and make more money from them.
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Common Misconceptions About Software Engineering
Many undergraduates have misconceptions about software engineering that lead to an "impoverished" view of industry that and hinder their transition to the workplace...
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Georgia Tech Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2011
The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) has released the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2011, outlining the top three areas of security risk...
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China Poised to Lead World in Patent Filings
Having passed Germany (exports), Japan (gross domestic product) and the United States (auto sales) over the past year, China is now poised to lead the world in...
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