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New Advances in ICT Research for Autonomy and Social Inclusion
The Barcelona Digital Technology Center has developed a human computer interface made with brain-computer interface sensors designed to help improve the quality...
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$12.5 Million Grant to Increase Computer Science Instruction in rban Schools
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $12.5 million grant to the University of California, Los Angeles to fund MOBILIZE, a new project designed to...
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Hey Robots, Census Wants to Know All About You
The Carnegie Mellon Robot Census 2010 has so far tallied 547 robots on the CMU campus.
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Google to Map Inflation Using Web Data
Google is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the "Google Price Index"—a daily measure of inflation that could one day provide an alternative...
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Cars and Wind: What's Next For Google as It Pushes Beyond the Web?
Google, a vanguard of the Internet, has placed its bets on the high-tech transformation of non-tech industries—cars and wind energy.
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The Green City That Has a Brain
The planned city of PlanIT Valley in northern Portugal is aiming to be an environmentally sustainable city. And, like an organism, it will have a brain: a central...
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Microsoft Fixes Record 49 Holes, Including Stuxnet Flaw
In a record Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released updates today for Windows, Internet Explorer, and the .NET framework that feature fixes for 49 holes, including...
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Robots Guarding U.S. Nuclear Stockpile
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration recently announced that it has started using autonomous robot vehicles to patrol the vast desert surrounding...
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Planar Battery Could Help Integrate Solar, Wind Power Into the Grid
A flat sodium-nickel chloride battery could deliver 30 percent more power at lower temperatures than its cylindrical counterpart, making it a viable alternative...
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Web Code Offers New Ways To See What sers Do Online
Worries over Internet privacy have spurred lawsuits, conspiracy theories and consumer anxiety as marketers and others invent new ways to track computer users...
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Chinese and Saudis Lead Way in Internet Use
People in China and the Middle East are the busiest and most enthusiastic internet users, a study of the world’s online habits has revealed.
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Eu Calls Stuxnet 'paradigm Shift' As U.s. Responds More Mildly
While official U.S. response has been comparatively mild, the European Union's cybersecurity agency says Stuxnet represents a "paradigm shift" in critical infrastructure...
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Large Study Shows Females Are Equal to Males in Math Skills
The mathematical skills of boys and girls, as well as men and women, are substantially equal, according to a new examination of existing studies in the current...
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Computer Science Education Getting Short Shrift, Study Finds
Despite the expanding role of computing in society and the economy, quality computer science education is being "pushed out of the K-12 education system in the...
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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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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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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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