
Model Helps Computers Sort Data More Like Humans
Humans have a natural
tendency to find order in
sets of information, a skill
that has proven difficult to
replicate in computers.
Faced with a large set of
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'Can You See Me Now?' Sign Language Over Cell Phones Comes To United States
A group has demonstrated
software that for the first
time enables deaf and hard
of hearing Americans to use
sign language over a mobile
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New Algorithm Significantly Boosts Routing Efficiency Of Networks
A time-and-money-saving
question shared by commuters
in their cars and networks
sharing ever-changing
Internet resources is:
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Computer-generated Images: Hollywood Hair Will Be Captured At Last
Imagine avatars of your
favorite actors wandering
through 3-D virtual worlds
with hair that looks almost
exactly like it does in real
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Saving Lives Through Smarter Hurricane Evacuations
August 28, 2008 Hundreds of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better and more timely critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. ... > full story -
Low-cost System System Thwarts Internet Eavesdropping
August 26, 2008 The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer ... > full story -
Fast Quantum Computer Building Block Created
August 25, 2008 The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated. The scientists used lasers to create an initialized quantum state of ... > full story -
The 160-mile Download Diet: Local File-sharing Drastically Cuts Network Load
August 23, 2008 New research shows that sharing digital files locally relieves pressure on the Internet service provider by as much as five times, while actually speeding up the ... > full story -
Optical Computing Closer To Reality
August 22, 2008 Scientists have theorized a way to increase the speed of pulses of light that bound across chains of tiny metal particles to past the speed of light by altering the particle shape. Application of ... > full story -
New Way To Build Data Centers: Use Commodity Network Elements
August 21, 2008 Computer scientists have proposed a new way to build data centers that could save companies money and deliver more computing capability to ... > full story -
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Computer Users Are Digitizing Books Quickly And Accurately With New Method
August 19, 2008 Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and ... > full story -
Self-assembling Polymer Arrays Improve Data Storage Potential
August 19, 2008 A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic ... > full story -
Prediction Markets Strong At Forecasting US Presidential Elections, Says New Management Insights
August 18, 2008 A case study of the 2004 US Presidential election by researchers at Yale shows that prediction markets are proving to be a strong forecasting tool, one that may have an impact in calling the current ... > full story -
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'Virtual Archaeologist' Reconnects Fragments Of An Ancient Civilization
August 17, 2008 Computer scientists working with archaeologists in Greece has developed a new technology that has the potential to change the way people do ... > full story
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