NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new “top-level domains”—the last ... | |
Gaining Independence Through Video Games May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Today’s video games serve a multitude of functions ranging from entertainment to exercise and even education. Now, three graduates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Class of 2008 have created a game with an even more ... | |
 Leveling the gaming field May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students makes it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends. | |
Braille converter bridges the information gap May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A free, e-mail-based service that translates text into Braille and audio recordings is helping to bridge the information gap for blind and visually impaired people, giving them quick and easy access to books, news articles ... | |
Berkeley Lab researchers propose a new breed of supercomputers May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Three researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have proposed an innovative way to improve global climate change predictions by using a supercomputer with low-power ... | |
Researchers use cyberinfrastructure to standardize water data collections May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Like the popular children’s song “There’s a Hole in My Bucket,” in which Liza and Henry try to patch a leaking pail, researchers with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego are plugging a hole in the data management ... | |
 Piecing together the next generation of cognitive robots May 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Building robots with anything akin to human intelligence remains a far off vision, but European researchers are making progress on piecing together a new generation of machines that are more aware of their ... | |
New software allows ISPs and P2P users to get along without getting too cozy May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services, which connect individual users for simultaneous uploads and downloads directly rather than through a central server, are reported to account for as much as 70 percent of Internet ... | |
Stanford, tech giants team up to enable software for parallel computers May 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Stanford and many of the biggest companies in computing will announce Friday, May 2, a joint effort to address a major missed opportunity in information technology: the dearth of software that can harness the parallelism ... | |
Computer scientists develop solutions for long-term storage of digital data April 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Although the digital age is well under way, one crucial detail remains to be worked out--how to store vast amounts of digital information in a way that allows future generations to recover it. | |
 'What can I, Robot, do with that?' April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 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. | |
Researchers devise new method for protecting private data April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Companies and organizations that keep sensitive personal information on millions of Americans have become attractive targets for hackers in recent years, resulting in billions of dollars in losses for U.S. businesses and ... | |
 Computer Science Fog Machine Improves Computer Graphics April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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UC San Diego computer scientists have created a fog and smoke machine for computer graphics that cuts the computational cost of making realistic smoky and foggy 3-D images, such as beams of light from a lighthouse ... | |
I'm listening -- conversations with computers April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A computer system that can carry on a discussion with a human being by reacting to signals such as tone of voice and facial expression, is being developed by an international team including Queen’s University Belfast. | |
Ad hoc encyclopaedia for the information age April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Linking communities and information into a virtual digital library is the 21st century version of the Dictionaire Raisonneé. Better, they can be organised around specific topics, creating vast repositories and networks of ... | |
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