Computer predicts who dies on death row: study June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A computer programme designed by US researchers can predict with chilling accuracy the very few men among the thousands on America's Death Row who will actually be executed, according to a new study. | |
Designing semantic software by numbers June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A system for creating semantic software could transform application development from a cottage industry to an industrial-style production line. Semantic applications are the next frontier for information science, but creating ... | |
Software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences June 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they have used Artificial Intelligence techniques, “a ... | |
 MSU researcher creates system helping police to match tattoos to suspects June 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A Michigan State University researcher has created an automatic image retrieval system, whereby law enforcement agencies will be able to match scars, marks and tattoos to identify suspects and victims. | |
First digital music made in Manchester June 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Computer scientists and engineers at The University of Manchester took part in the first ever recording of digital music in the early 1950s, it has been revealed. | |
 Totlol, an online video playroom for children June 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A software-developer dad eager to share the fun of online video with his young children has single-handedly created a tot-friendly version of YouTube. | |
Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers June 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Apple today previewed Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which builds on success of OS X Leopard and is the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system. | |
Instant messaging proves useful in reducing workplace interruption June 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests. A recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and University of California, Irvine ... | |
US games developer makes quitting smoking child's play May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Smokers are about to get help in kicking the tobacco habit: an interactive computer game that aims to "coach" cigarette users away from their addition. | |
 Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness ... | |
Bringing down the language barrier... automatically May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Progress being made by European researchers on automatic speech-to-speech translation technology could help the EU tackle one of the biggest remaining boundaries to internal trade, mobility and the free exchange of information ... | |
 Simulating surgery to reduce implant complications April 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A computer simulation breakthrough could mean fewer medical complications and better surgical outcomes for patients undergoing hip, knee or spinal implant surgery. | |
 Software tackles production line machine 'cyclic jitters' April 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Electronic commands passed from machine to machine over data networks increasingly drive today’s precisely timed and sequenced manufacturing production lines. However timing irregularities in the signals from ... | |
Music file compressed 1,000 times smaller than mp3 April 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have digitally reproduced music in a file nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file. The music, a 20-second clarinet solo, is encoded in less than a single kilobyte, and ... | |
 Oxford project to develop free software for green computing March 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Oxford University is pioneering an energy saving research project for green computing, which is likely to have wide-reaching benefits for further and higher educational institutions across the UK. | |
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