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Intel Guru Says 3-D Internet Will Arrive Within Five Years
Intel Labs technology evangelist Sean Koehl speculates that technological advances could make realistic three-dimensional Internet applications a reality in five...
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Light-Based Localization For Robotic Systems
Getting robotic systems to accurately detect moving and static objects remains an obstacle for more autonomous robots. One possible solution uses light beams for...
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Engineers Design Antenna Pill That Signals It Has Been Swallowed
University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule that automatically alerts doctors or...
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Science Center Receives $15 Million For Health It Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has received a $15 million stimulus grant to establish the National Center for Cognitive Informatics and...
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Look, No Hands: Cars That Drive Better Than You
With his jeans, white trainers and stripy top, Bob is every inch the well-dressed 6-year-old. He's standing in the middle of a hotel car park and, scarily, I'm...
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Bionic Vision Unveils Advanced Prototype Electronic Eyeball
University of New South Wales and Bionic Vision Australia researchers recently unveiled an advanced prototype of an electronic eyeball that could be used by people...
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Building Airplanes on a Computer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill computer scientists and Boeing researchers are developing a new set of algorithms and techniques to simulate digital...
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Programming With Purpose
The University of Washington recently held a reception that enabled computer-science and engineering undergraduate students to show off new accessibility applications...
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Robot Soon Able to Operate Inside Mri Scanners
Researchers at the University of Twente's MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology, in partnership with Radboud University, are working to develop robot-assisted...
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Robots, Space Technology Run Australia's Mining Miracle
Rio Tinto plans to use satellite, motion-sensor technology, and robotics to become the most technologically advanced mining company in the world.
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Robots Gear Up For Disaster Response
After 15 years of research, robots for search and rescue may be nearing prime time.
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Data Streaming 2.0
In today's real-time Web, data streaming applications no longer have the luxury of making multiple passes over a recorded data set.
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Maryland and Arkansas Teams Win ORNL Global Venture Challenge
Graduate students from the University of Arkansas and the University of Maryland received first place at the 2010 Global Venture Challenge that was hosted at Oak...
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3-D Haptics to Help Surgeons Feel the Cutting Edge
Deakin University robotics engineer James Mullins is leading a research effort to develop haptics technology with the goal of making a simulation as realistic as...
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Artists Mine Scientific Clues to Paint Intricate Portraits of the Past
Artists are still painting things they cannot see in real life. Rather than being separated from their subjects by thousands of miles, though, today’s artists are...
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A Swiss Army Knife For Analyzing Three-Dimensional Images
Howard Hughes Medical Institute computer scientists have developed V3D, a software suite that features tools for visualizing, analyzing, and measuring complex,...
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Mobile Learning with iPhone Now Possible
Peruvian and Belgian researchers have developed an open source mobile learning application that enables health-care workers to connect to the free learning platform...
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Creating Apps Just For Cars
Ford Motor Co. is working with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Microsoft to offer a computer science and engineering course in which Michigan students...
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UIC Researcher Looks Toward a Communication Revolution
Andy Johnson, a professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory, is developing ultra-high-speed connections paired with...
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