 Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 43 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 13 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. | |
IBM Cracks Web 2.0 Security Concerns With 'SMash' March 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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IBM today announced new technology to secure "mashups," web applications that pull information from multiple sources, such as Web sites, enterprise databases or emails, to create one unified view. Mashups are attractive for ... | |
 Jump into the screen with 360-degree immersive video February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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As you watch a video, have you ever wondered what's happening beyond the camera frame? If you could jump inside the video and look around, you would have a 360-degree view of the world in your TV screen or ... | |
Team-based e-learning turns a new page February 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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How do students, who may be located across the globe, collaborate together on team-based project work? European researchers have developed the first online platform that integrates elements of e-learning, social networking ... | |
 Nomadic devices, the freedom to compute February 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Today's mobile phones and other nomadic devices have the computing power to offer users many more applications than currently available. However, security concerns and costs are holding back developments in ... | |
UI develops free, easy-to-use web tool kit for archivists February 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Archivists at the University of Illinois Library believe they have built a better tool kit. Their new online collections management program called Archon has more than a few attractive features – not the least of which is ... | |
 Put trust in your pocket: CSIRO's trust extension device February 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
CSIRO has developed a prototype portable device that will allow people to do business across the internet on any computer in a trusted manner. | |
Gliding to gold -- world-beating software could boost British swimming February 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New computer software could enable Britain’s swimmers to improve a key aspect of their technique more quickly and effectively than previously possible – and so help them win more medals in major championships in future. | |
 Software gets smart cars talking February 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
New technology allowing a group of vehicles to exchange data automatically with each other and with traffic control centres could pave the way for a more efficient and safer European road network. | |
 Teams battle to on-screen victory February 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Tanks, soldiers, snipers, mortars and bombers fanned out rapidly over unfamiliar undulating terrain, searching for their enemy counterparts and trying to seize control of battle towers. Some armies swarmed ... | |
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