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Scientists Engineer Superconducting Thin Films
Scientists have successfully
produced two-layer thin
films where neither layer is
superconducting on its own,
but which exhibit a
nanometer-thick region of
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Computers 'Taught' To Search For Photos Based On Their Contents
A new statistical approach
that one day could make it
easier to search the
Internet for photographs has
been given a patent. Its
... > full story
'CarTel' Aims To Reduce Commute Times, Detect Engine Woes
Dozens of cars in the Boston
area are testing the latest
generation of an MIT
mobile-sensor network for
traffic analysis that could
help drivers cut their
... > full story
Visualizing Election Polls: An Animated, Interactive Way To Analyze Opinion Data
Do you want to know the
percentage of white women
who support vice
presidential candidate Sarah
Palin? What about
... > full story
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Reality To Go: 3-D Virtual Reality On Mobile Devices
October 11, 2008 — If mere texting, talking, e-mailing and snapping pictures on mobile devices aren't enough to satisfy your data cravings, now there's the prospect of accessing and displaying 3-D virtual reality ... > full story -
Simplifying Data Management For Farmers
October 10, 2008 — Hiring temporary workers and machines for the harvest, sending soil samples to the laboratory for analysis, ordering seed: Farming today involves a great deal of administrative work. A new ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Breathes Second Life Into Language Teaching
October 9, 2008 — An international team has developed a wireless virtual reality environment that can help promote language learning and let students practice. The researchers have demonstrated their Collaborative ... > full story -
Hack-a-vote: Students Learn How Vulnerable Electronic Voting Really Is
October 8, 2008 — 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 ... > full story -
Peer-to-peer Networking Takes Internet Out Of The Equation
October 6, 2008 — When people working on a project get together with their laptops and PDAs, they share information via the internet and a client server. But new software developed by European researchers allows ... > full story -
Increased Retail Security With Smart Items
October 6, 2008 — It is not uncommon for a few boxes of valuable goods to disappear from palettes on the way to retail outlets. That is why researchers in Germany are working on a new technical platform to safeguard ... > full story -
Creating Wireless Network Using Visible Light
October 6, 2008 — Researchers are developing a new generation of wireless communications based on visible light instead of radio waves. This capability would piggyback data communications capabilities on low-power ... > full story -
World's Biggest Computing Grid Launched
October 4, 2008 — The world's largest computing grid is ready to tackle mankind's biggest data challenge from the earth's most powerful accelerator. The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid combines the power of more than 140 ... > full story -
Bullying Of Teenagers Online Is Common, UCLA Psychologists Report
October 3, 2008 — Seventy-two percent of 12-17-year-olds reported receiving at least one online incident of bullying in the last year, and 90 percent report not telling their parents or any other adult about being ... > full story -
Step Right Up, Let The Computer Look At Your Face And Tell You Your Age
October 3, 2008 — Like an age-guesser at a carnival, new computer software can fairly accurately estimate a person's age. But, unlike age-guessers, who can view a person's body, the software works by examining only ... > full story
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