 Artists 'draw on air' to create 3D illustrations September 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 126 vote(s)
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By putting on a virtual reality mask, holding a stylus in one hand and a tracking device in the other, an artist can draw 3D objects in the air with unprecedented precision. This new system is called “Drawing ... | |
 Virtual Eve: first in human computer interaction November 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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The near-human performance of a virtual teacher called Eve created by Massey researchers has drawn the attention of scientists across the computing world. | |
 Engineer Creates First Academic Playstation 3 Computing Cluster March 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 138 vote(s)
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The Sony Playstation 3, Xbox and Nintendo Wii have captivated a generation of computer gamers with bold graphics and rapid-fire animation. But these high-tech toys can do a lot more than just play games. At ... | |
 Computer Program Can't Lose at Checkers July 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 71 vote(s)
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Game over. Computer scientists at the University of Alberta have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C. | |
 Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer June 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 158 vote(s)
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A prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers has been developed by researchers in the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. Capable of computing speeds 100 ... | |
Not Much Anonymity for Unprotected File-Sharers: Researchers Examine P2P Networks September 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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The same technology that allows easy sharing of music, movies and other content across a network also allows government and media companies easy access to who is illegally downloading that content. | |
Researchers Use Wikipedia To Make Computers Smarter January 06, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Using Wikipedia, Technion researchers have developed a way to give computers knowledge of the world to help them “think smarter,” making common sense and broad-based connections between topics just as the human mind does. ... | |
Computer scientist reveals the math and science behind blockbuster movies February 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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On Feb. 19 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, movie lovers get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the physics-based simulations that breathe life into fantasy. | |
 Complete Internet census taken -- perhaps the first since 1982 October 09, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, one of the birthplaces of the Internet decades ago, have just completed and plotted a comprehensive census of all of the ... | |
Researchers demonstrate direct brain control of humanoid robot December 15, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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A classic science-fiction scene shows a person wearing a metal skullcap with electrodes sticking out to detect the person’s thoughts. Another sci-fi movie standard depicts robots doing humans’ bidding. Now the two are combined, ... | |
 Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly September 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 51 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. ... | |
 Researchers reveal 'extremely serious' vulnerabilities in e-voting machines September 13, 2006 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 156 vote(s)
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In a paper published on the Web today, a group of Princeton computer scientists said they created demonstration vote-stealing software that can be installed within a minute on a common electronic voting machine. ... | |
 Humanoid avatar plays a competitive game of table tennis January 04, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Recently, scientists have designed and built an immersive table tennis (or “ping-pong”) simulation that allows a human to compete against a computer. While most virtual reality environments support slow- or ... | |
Scientists teach a computer to recognize attractiveness in women April 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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“Beauty,” goes the old saying, “is in the eye of the beholder.” But does the beholder have to be human? Not necessarily, say scientists at Tel Aviv University. Amit Kagian, an M.Sc. graduate from the TAU School of Computer ... | |
 Gamers use PS3s to do biomedical research November 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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It's kind of like SETI@home, but with PS3s instead of PCs and molecules instead of aliens. In the latest volunteer scientist program, called PS3GRID, anyone who owns a Sony PlayStation3 can donate their system´s ... | |
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