From Xbox to T-cells: Michigan Tech researchers borrow video game technology to model human biology September 16, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at Michigan Technological University is harnessing the computing muscle behind the leading video games to understand the most intricate of real-life systems. | |
 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. ... | |
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 ... | |
 Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery' December 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Borrowing ideas from speech recognition research, Johns Hopkins computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such ... | |
 A rose is a rózsa is a 薔薇: Image-search tool speaks hundreds of languages September 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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From the fall of the Tower of Babel to the Esperanto global language movement, many humans have dreamed of sharing a common tongue. Despite the Internet's promise of global communication, language barriers ... | |
Microchip sets low-power record with extreme sleep mode June 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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A low-power microchip developed at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than comparable chips now on the market. | |
Computing Grid Helps Get to the Heart of Matter May 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In November, when physicists at CERN in Switzerland begin their grand experiment using the world's largest particle accelerator—the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC—computer scientists there and across the globe will also put ... | |
 Attack on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely-used security systems February 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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A team of academic, industry and independent researchers has demonstrated a new class of computer attacks that compromise the contents of “secure” memory systems, particularly in laptops. | |
Fast-learning computer translates from four languages February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Modern approaches to machine translation between languages require the use of a large ‘corpus’ of literature in each language. Now a European project has demonstrated a cheaper solution which compares favourably with the ... | |
 Music, CompuMaestro -- like Radiohead, please... September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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It's an archetypal exchange in musical performance. A vocalist stands poised to perform. The guitarist alongside is ready to add depth and harmony to the melody. The guitarist doesn't know the song but "hum ... | |
 'What can I, Robot, do with that?' April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A new approach to robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to a revolution in the field by shifting the focus from what a thing is to how it can be used. | |
'Saucy' software update finds symmetries dramatically faster June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Computer scientists at the University of Michigan developed open-source software that cuts the time to find symmetries in complicated equations from days to seconds in some cases. | |
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. | |
Web services 'wizard' may help computers do people's work, scientist says May 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Planning a vacation. Coordinating relief efforts after a disaster. Running a business. Getting things done takes a lot of human effort. That may change if Charles Petrie, a senior research scientist in the Stanford Logic ... | |
New intrusion tolerance software fortifies server secrurity June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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In spite of increased focus and large investments in computer security, critical infrastructure systems remain vulnerable to attacks, says Arun Sood, professor of computer science at George Mason University. The increasing ... | |
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