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Making sure the internet delivers

July 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

European researchers have developed affordable test suites that businesses can use to check whether their software will work with the next-generation internet.


Fujitsu Develops New Technology that Ensures Authenticity of Digital Video Clips

July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Fujitsu Laboratories announced today the development of the world's first technology that makes it possible to ensure that digital video data recorded over long time periods and then stored and managed in ...


IBM Technology to Protect Customer Data in the Call Center Industry

July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Researchers at IBM's India Research Laboratory have developed advanced data masking technology that helps call centers protect critical data without disrupting customer service or business operations. As IBM ...


New tracking system boosts pilot safety

July 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Pilots will no longer be out of sight as they fly cross-country thanks to a new tracking system developed by Massey University mechatronics graduate and a former staff member.


Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market

July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 33 vote(s) | User comments: 5

A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.


Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noise

July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Around the world, an estimated one billion people--mostly in rural villages and the shanty towns surrounding developing-world cities--live in houses whose roofs are nothing more than thin sheets of corrugated ...


The Day the World Changed

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

Twenty years ago, a network engineer named Hans-Werner Braun started an e-mail message to the users of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) fledgling NSFNET project with that sentence to announce that the ...


Pocket-sized magnetic resonance imaging

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

The term “MRI scan” brings to mind the gigantic, expensive machines that are installed in hospitals. But research scientists have now developed small portable MRI scanners that perform their services in the ...


Solution to high energy costs could lie underground

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Georgianne Peek thinks a possible solution to high energy costs lies underground. And it’s not coal or oil. It’s compressed air energy storage (CAES).


Ski Faster with Camera-less Fusion Motion Capture

July 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Professional skiers can now learn how to ski faster with the aid of a new system used to capture 3D motion of athletic movements – Fusion Motion Capture (FMC). Featured in Wiley-Blackwell’s journal, Sports Technology, ...


Man versus machine poker re-match

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans.


To sing like Shakira, press '1' now

June 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- is an important aspect of a singer's expression, used extensively by both classical opera singers and pop stars like Shakira. Usually, the quality of a vibrato ...


Tongue-controlled System Assists Individuals with Disabilities

June 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A new assistive technology developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives.


Lasers, software and the Devil's Slide

June 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Running for more than 1,000 kilometers along picturesque coastline, California's Highway 1 is easy prey for many of the natural hazards plaguing the region, including landslides.


Wake-up call to business: Tighten up on information security

June 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

According to the Department of Trade and Industry there are 4.5 million businesses in the UK of which 99.3% are small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), employing 0-49 employees. These comprise 58.9% of the total workforce ...


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