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'facebook For Animals' Tested on Birds
Oxford University researchers have developed a way of analyzing the social networks that link individual animals to each other via their study of around one million...
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Looking For the Perfect Tweet
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles and Hewlett-Packard's HP Labs have developed an algorithm that weighs factors such as an article's subject...
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Incentives For Drivers Who Avoid Traffic Jams
Stanford University researchers have developed the Congestion and Parking Relief Incentives system, which enables people driving in congested areas to enter a daily...
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The New Science of Computational Advertising
University College London researchers recently conducted a review of computational advertising technology and outlined the challenges that it faces.
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'moneyball' For Basketball: Using Science to Change the Nba
USC researchers are using SportVU optical tracking data, which uses video cameras installed in participating basketball arenas to capture real-time video footage...
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Researcher: Interdependencies Could Lead to Cloud 'meltdowns'
As cloud computing becomes increasingly common, serious operational "meltdowns" could take place as end users and vendors mix, match, and bundle services for various...
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The Future of Medical Visualization
Medical visualization is the use of computers to create 3D images from medical imaging data sets. It's a relatively young field of science, relying heavily on advances...
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Pandemic Preparedness
University of Texas at Austin researcher Lauren Ancel Meyers is working with the Texas Advanced Computing Center to enhance data-driven science.
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Nih Seeking Advances in Spatial ncertainty
NIH recently issued a solicitation for innovative research that identifies sources of spatial uncertainty in public health data, incorporates the inaccuracy into...
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on{X}: Microsoft Automatic-Message Tool Is for (Gasp) Android
A new service from Microsoft enables developers and technology enthusiasts to remotely program their smartphones via automated messages that send text messages...
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Apple, Google Just Killed Portable GPS Devices
If it wasn't obvious before, it’s crystal clear today. The dedicated portable GPS device is dead, with Apple and Google playing pallbearer to Garmin, Magellan,...
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The Algorithm Didn't Like My Essay
As a professor and a parent, I have long dreamed of finding a software program that helps every student learn to write well.
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Eleven Countries se an Azti-Tecnalia Software as a Method to Assess the Status of Their Seabeds
AZTI-Tecnalia has developed software that allows users to assess the ecological status of seabed fauna.
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Spy Agency Fund Targets Bay Area Technology
With technology that would make James Bond envious, Silicon Valley companies are playing a behind-the-scenes role with the nation's most clandestine agencies, helping...
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Big Health Benefits From a Little Small Talk, Researchers Find
University of Queensland researchers have developed Discursis, an automated computer visualization measurement technique that visually represents conversations...
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Concordia's 3D Innovation Revolutionizes Visual Art
Researchers are developing 3D drawing tools for a software system that enables animation artists to literally draw in thin air.
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Social Network Data Reveals Non-Members' Secrets
People who avoid social networking sites to maintain their privacy may not be as secure as they think, German computer scientists say.
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Could Ears Be the Perfect Biometric?
Ear identification could provide as distinctive a form of identification as fingerprints, says University of Southampton's Mark Nixon.
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Astronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way vs. Andromeda
NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky...
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