Disruption-free videos September 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Standardized video coding techniques still have their snags -- digitally transmitted images are not always disruption-free. An extension of the H.264/AVC coding format allows to protect the most important data packets to ... | |
Probably wireless September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) used to detect and report events including hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires and for military surveillance and antiterrorist activities are prone to subterfuge. In the International ... | |
25 years of conventional evaluation of data analysis proves worthless in practice September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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So-called 'intelligent' computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for 25 years. Now Swedish researchers ... | |
 Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly September 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. ... | |
MIT software aims to thwart cyber hackers August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In response to the chronic cyber threat of hackers, MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a software tool to identify the most vulnerable points in a computer network. The tool aims to make it ... | |
Saving lives through smarter hurricane evacuations August 28, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hundreds of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better and more timely critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. Now, an ... | |
 Model helps computers sort data more like humans August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers don't know where ... | |
'Dream team' to tackle profound questions in computer science August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Princeton University is the lead institution for a new $10 million National Science Foundation grant that will fund research on "intractability" – a concept that has profound implications for a broad range of fields, from ... | |
The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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(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. | |
 New Algorithm Significantly Boosts Routing Efficiency of Networks August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A time-and-money-saving question shared by commuters in their cars and networks sharing ever-changing Internet resources is: "What's the best way to get from here to there?" | |
 'Virtual archaeologist' reconnects fragments of an ancient civilization August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For several decades, archaeologists in Greece have been painstakingly attempting to reconstruct wall paintings that hold valuable clues to the ancient culture of Thera, an island civilization ... | |
Virtual applications reach out to real world August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a series of very clever tools to break through the bottlenecks stalling the widespread adoption of virtual reality. But the compelling applications designed for the system ... | |
Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
 Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person’s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games. | |
Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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(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 ... | |
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