 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. | |
Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 32 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 ... | |
Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 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 ... | |
 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 18 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 ... | |
The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 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. | |
Virtual applications reach out to real world August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 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 ... | |
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