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A Tracking Device That Fits on the Head of a Pin
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed nano-sized optical gyroscopes that can fit on standard-sized computer chips without compromising their sensitivity...
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Infer Project Seeks Smart Software Solution
Bournemouth University is leading INFER, an EU-funded project involving researchers and organizations in three countries. INFER will develop automated systems...
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Intel Labs Creating Robots of the Future
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and scientists from the Intel Labs site on the CMU campus recently held an open house to show off their projects, including...
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Researchers Argue For Smarter Traffic Lights
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich's Dirk Helbing and Dresden University of Technology's Stefan Lammer have proposed using a combination of sensing technology...
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Researchers Honored For Influential Contributions to Software Engineering Field
"Bandera: Extracting Finite-State Models From Java Source Code," published in 2000, received the Most Influential Paper Award at the recent International Conference...
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Therapeutic Computer Games Target Stroke Sufferers
A therapeutic computer game developed in Ireland uses 3-D goggles to improve the brain's sense of perspective and balance in stroke sufferers. A motion-controlled...
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Iran Denies Malware Connection to Nuclear Delay
Iranian officials announced Monday that a "small leak" was the cause of the latest setback to starting up its first nuclear power plant, and said the delay had...
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Cell Phones Make a Touch Surface Smarter
A new system identifies users by their mobile phones.
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Blade Software Eliminates 'drive-By Downloads' from Malicious Websites
Researchers have developed a new tool that eliminates so-called 'drive-by download' threats. BLADE is browser-independent and when tested, it blocked all drive-by...
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Japan Recycles Minerals From Used Electronics
Two decades after global competition drove the mines in this corner of Japan to extinction, Kosaka is again abuzz with talk of new riches.
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Power Hackers: The U.s. Smart Grid Is Shaping Up to Be Dangerously Insecure
Achieving greater efficiency and control of the electricity grid requires hooking almost every aspect of it up to the Internet, making it more vulnerable to cyber...
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Futuristic Computing Designs Inside Beetle Scales
Brigham Young University researchers are studying beetle scales to develop designs for future optical computers.
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New Type of Liquid Crystal Promises to Improve Performance of Digital Displays
Chemists at Vanderbilt University have created a new class of liquid crystals with unique electrical properties that could improve the performance of digital displays...
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Tapping the Powers of Persuasion
B.J. Fogg's lab at Stanford focuses on the ways technology can influence behavior.
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Digital 'fingerprints' to Stop Phone Phishing Scams
Phishing scams are making the leap from email to the world's voice systems, and a team of researchers in the Georgia Tech College of Computing has found a way to...
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Breaking the Noise Barrier: Enter the Phonon Computer
Noise is a chip designer's worst enemy. But handled properly it could become a powerful ally—and usher in the age of phonon computing.
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Aiming to Learn As We Do, a Machine Teaches Itself
Give a computer a task that can be crisply defined—win at chess, predict the weather—and the machine bests humans nearly every time. Yet when problems are nuanced...
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University Startup Creation, Licensing Activity Strong Despite Downturn
In fiscal year 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession, 596 new U.S. companies were formed as a result of university research, according to new survey data from...
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Stuxnet: Fact vs. Theory
The Stuxnet worm has taken the computer security world by storm, inspiring talk of a government-sponsored cyberwar, and of a software program laden with obscure...
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