 Brain on chip: Nerve tissue interfaced with a computer chip June 02, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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Before informational input perceived by the mammalian brain is stored in the long-term memory, it is temporarily memorised in the hippocampus. Understanding the function of the hippocampus as an important player ... | |
Intel Unveils Extensible Host Controller Interface Draft Specification to Support USB 3.0 Architecture August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Intel Corporation today announced the availability of the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 in support of the USB 3.0 architecture, also known as SuperSpeed USB. The xHCI draft specification ... | |
Video archive project can record lectures for posterity August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A new video service on University of Michigan's campus can capture presentations, classes and training workshops, post them online within 24 hours and archive them indefinitely in a high-quality universal format. | |
 Focus images instantly with Adobe’s computational photography October 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 72 vote(s)
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Adobe has recently unveiled some novel photo editing abilities with a new technology known as computational photography. With a combination of a special lens and computer software, the technique can divide ... | |
 'Digital piracy' may benefit companies March 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Unauthorised copying of software, music or films, so-called digital piracy, may have benefits for the affected companies, an Oxford researcher has claimed. | |
IBM Moves Real-Time Communication and Collaboration Into 3-D September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
IBM Research announced a new project, dubbed "Sametime 3-D," demonstrating the integration of Lotus Sametime with several virtual environments. The project showcases the business value virtual environments can bring to the ... | |
 i.play Offers Video Game-like Playground Equipment September 20, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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For children of today’s generation, swings and slides don’t seem to cut it anymore—not when you have an Xbox and Playstation in your living room. In an attempt to curb the rising childhood obesity rates partially ... | |
Insects inspire robotics research August 21, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Insects are proving invaluable for one researcher at the University of Alberta, who hopes robots can perform the same types of tasks that ants or bees do. | |
 Study suggests human visual system could make powerful computer July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Since the idea of using DNA to create faster, smaller, and more powerful computers originated in 1994, scientists have been scrambling to develop successful ways to use genetic code for computation. Now, new ... | |
Putting a face on android science by exploring an uncanny valley July 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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We might be more responsive to robots designed to look human rather than mechanical, but other factors may determine what causes us to accept or shun these virtual humans. | |
Researchers 'text mine' The New York Times, demonstrating ease of new technology July 26, 2006 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Performing what a team of dedicated and bleary-eyed newspaper librarians would need months to do, scientists at UC Irvine have used an up-and-coming technology to complete in hours a complex topic analysis of 330,000 stories ... | |
 Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 139 vote(s)
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A recently unclassified report from the Pentagon from 1998 has revealed an investigation into using laser beams for a few intriguing potential methods of non-lethal torture. Some of the applications the report ... | |
 The Last Supper Will Travel The Internet At 16 Billion Pixels October 26, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 92 vote(s)
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HAL 9000 will send The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci soaring through the Internet on October 27, 2007 with a high density view of 16 billion pixels. The time given for the launch is 9:30 A.M. Central European ... | |
 Scientist Claims Most Accurate Speed Detector October 13, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 72 vote(s)
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A scientist has won a court battle over a speeding ticket using a speed detector he invented, which may soon be available on a commercial basis. | |
RFID as Electronic Surveillance: Technology Performs Well in Feasibility Study September 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Despite modern surveillance technology, retail outlets continue to be plagued by theft. Shoplifters have discovered various methods to deceive or elude electronic-surveillance systems. | |
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