Physicists Set New Record for Network Data Transfer December 13, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An international team of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers led by the California Institute of Technology, CERN, and the University of Michigan and partners at the University of Florida and Vanderbilt, ... | |
 Hypercubes Could Be Building Blocks of Nanocomputers April 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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Multi-dimensional structures called hypercubes may act as the building blocks for tomorrow’s nanocomputers – machines made of such tiny elements that they are dominated not by forces that we’re familiar with ... | |
CMU professor honored for computational complexity breakthrough May 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the Russian Academy of Science will share the Association for Computing Machinery's 2007 Gödel Prize for their seminal work on what many consider the most important unresolved ... | |
Chain letters reveal surprising circulation patterns April 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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A chain letter hoax that fooled thousands of people may help computer scientists understand how information spreads on a global scale. | |
 Avatar Mimics You in Real Time March 25, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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It’s a little bit like looking in the mirror at your cartoon double, except that the “reflection” is an avatar on your computer screen. Wave your hand, nod your head, speak a sentence, and your avatar does ... | |
New system makes any digital camera take multibillion-pixel shots September 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center, have built a low-cost robotic device that enables any digital camera to produce breathtaking gigapixel (billions ... | |
Quantum existence testing gives extreme solutions to increase network speed March 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Using a novel quantum computing algorithm, scientists have simplified the process for finding extreme values in a database compared with classical and earlier quantum computing methods. With its reduced time and minimal error ... | |
 Searching for an Unfriendly Face September 26, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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As a soldier scans the crowded streets of Baghdad, so do another set of eyes. The second set, located on the soldier's rifle, belongs to a camera system that instantly recognizes the faces of potential threats. | |
 An unbeatable computer game? August 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Researchers have come up with an idea to design a computer game that knows a player’s move about two seconds before the move is made. Using measurements of players’ skin conductance, the computer’s sensors ... | |
 Not YouTube, HUGETube: Purdue researchers stream massive Internet video November 16, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Researchers at Purdue University's Envision Center for Data Perceptualization have transmitted what may be the largest movie ever streamed over the Internet. | |
 New Search Engine Can be Used for Creative Discovery September 18, 2006 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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When you ask a supercomputer to tell a story, you might not expect a creative outcome – or any. But a group of Virginia Tech researchers are using System X, the university’s supercomputer, to test a new search ... | |
Research Leads to Self-Improving Chips with Speed 'Warping' October 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Imagine owning an automobile that can change its engine to suit your driving needs – when you’re tooling about town, it works like a super-fast sports car; when you’re hauling a heavy load, it operates like a strong, durable ... | |
 In 'forty jumps,' scientists model scales of quarks to quasars January 18, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Comprehending the smallness of a quark or the hugeness of the observable universe is a challenge that most of us find difficult, yet captivating. Placing vastly different scales side by side to explore their ... | |
 Bringing Second Life To Life: Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities of a Child March 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Troy, N.Y. – Today’s video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your ... | |
New Technologies Improve Video Surveillance December 14, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Surveillance cameras are sprouting up in more and more places, forming an ever more powerful tool for solving crimes after they happen. But what about using them to prevent or stop criminal and terrorist acts? This requires ... | |
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