 Researchers Teach Computers to Search for Photos Based on Their Contents October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A pair of Penn State researchers has developed a statistical approach, called Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures in Real-Time (ALIPR), that one day could make it easier to search the Internet for photographs. ... | |
Hack-a-vote: Students learn how vulnerable electronic voting really is October 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used in today's voting machines. | |
CERN openlab boosts the performance of LHC computing October 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
The LHC Grid Fest, held last Friday at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and at several sites around the world, commemorated the readiness of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). At full capacity, the Large Hadron Collider ... | |
 Visualizing election polls October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Do you want to know the percentage of white women who support vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin? What about college-educated versus high school-educated white women? Or those who also hunt? | |
Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a system that lets ... | |
 See what I see -- machines with mental muscle October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The way we use and interact with machines is undergoing a profound change as computers are programmed to learn from experience and see more how we see. European research into machine learning ... | |
Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs September 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a ... | |
Keeping computing compatible September 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- As distributed computing becomes universal, the programs that make devices work really have to work together. European researchers have gone back to basics to create a development toolkit that guarantees ... | |
Step right up, let the computer look at your face and tell you your age September 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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People who hope to keep their age a secret won't want to go near a computer running this software. Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate ... | |
 GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say researchers September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like flat-screen televisions, cell phones and computers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without. So if such a ubiquitous ... | |
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. | |
Putting pictures into words September 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Visual images can contain a wealth of information, but they are difficult to catalogue in a searchable way. European researchers are generating and combining scraps of information to create a searchable picture. | |
 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 ... | |
First 3-D processor runs at 1.4 Ghz on new architecture September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The next major advance in computer processors will likely be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running ... | |
Internet specialists see 'clouds' gathering September 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Making use of all the knowledge online is a huge challenge that may be solved by cloud computing, which researchers say is the next logical step for the Internet. | |
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