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Loose Clicks Sink Ships
University of California, Berkeley researchers have developed a system that analyzes audio recordings of keyboard clicks to reconstruct an accurate transcript of...
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Grant Will Develop Cell Phone Sampling Strategy to Survey Young Adults
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health has received a grant to develop and implement an innovative sampling approach that...
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Researcher Aims to Secure RFID Tags
Technology for providing alerts when information on RFID tags is being accessed and controlling access to private information was on display during the recent CHI...
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How the Internet Will Change the World
Pew Internet & American Life Project director Lee Rainie discusses the results of a survey of experts on how technology will develop and impact society in the year...
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Steganography Discovery Could Help Data Thieves, But Also Improve Radar, Sonograms
The technology for instruments used to see through fog also could be used for optical steganography, according to a team of researchers at Princeton University. ...
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Keeping Medical Data Private
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have created an algorithm designed to protect the privacy of patients while maintaining researchers' ability to analyze vast...
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Invisibility Cloak That Generates Virtual Images Gets Closer to Realization
Engineers from Southeast University in Nanjing, China, have developed a material that can serve as more than an invisibility cloak. The optical transformation...
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Automobile Control Research Opens Door to New Safety Features
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a computer vision program and plan to use it to drive a car.
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Effort Will Help Libraries Put Academic Papers in Data 'cloud'
The nonprofit DuraSpace organization is developing software that would make it easier for librarians to set up off-site storage repositories in the computing cloud...
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'big Data' Can Create Big Issues
Tech firms are approaching the challenge of mining "big data"—immense repositories of information generated by industry and government—by using predictive analytics...
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New Hiring Formula Values Math Pros
Silicon Valley technology firms are seeking employees with stronger backgrounds in statistics and machine learning, thanks to the advent of cloud computing.
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How Good Is Tiger? Mathematician Knows By Number
Just how much does Tiger Woods dominate professional golf? Mathematician Roland Minton can put a number on it.
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Computer-Enhanced Vision Adds a 'sixth Sense'
Engineers and scientists at the inaugural Augmented Human International Conference in France unveiled cutting-edge research on improving human perception with information...
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Combing Medical Records For Research
When the stimulus bill passed last year--allocating $20 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical records (EMRs)--many scientists were excited...
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Head-Mounted Display Monitors Patient Data During Surgery
A new head-mounted display system lets anesthesiologists keep an eye on critical monitoring data during surgery—without having to turn their attention away from...
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Nist Workshop Takes First Steps Toward Standards For Preserving Digital Data
A recent U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology workshop discussed the requirements for creating an international digital data preservation standard...
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Citizen Science Contributes to Research
As technology increases the amount of new information available in various fields of science, researchers are turning to citizen scientists to unlock the data....
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Quantum Memories May Lead to Faster, More Secure Computers
Future communications networks could be based on quantum memories, which store data in a pulse of light and are the focus of research by University of Delaware...
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3-D Tabletop Display Gets Rid of the Glasses
University of British Columbia researchers have developed a device called pCubee that offers all the thrills of the three-dimensional (3-D) experience without the...
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