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Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method

August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and that most do not realize ...


Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World

August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The picture of a future with wireless sensor networks-webs of sensory devices that function without a central infrastructure--is quickly coming into sharper focus through the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory ...


The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load

20 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, however, is a matter of debate.