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Columbia ­niversity Licenses Strand Simulation Technology

Columbia University has licensed to Adobe Systems a computer-generated imagery and graphic design technology that can simulate the natural movement and flexibility...

Speedy Scanner Re-Writes Book on Publishing Technology
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Speedy Scanner Re-Writes Book on Publishing Technology

A Japanese research group at Tokyo University has created new software that allows hundreds of pages of a book to be scanned within minutes.

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'mind-Reading' Brain-Scan Software Showcased in Ny

Intel is developing software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about. The software analyzes magnetic resonance imaging scans to...

Touch Floors Could Be Next Step in Computer Interfaces
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Touch Floors Could Be Next Step in Computer Interfaces

Imagine entering your living room and sliding your foot purposefully over a particular stretch of floor. Your hi-fi system springs to life, pumping out the sounds...

Keeping Medical Data Private
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Keeping Medical Data Private

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have created an algorithm designed to protect the privacy of patients while maintaining researchers' ability to analyze vast...

Google Trying Anew for a 3-D Web
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Google Trying Anew for a 3-D Web

Google is breathing new life into its effort to bring hardware-accelerated three-dimensional graphics to the Internet. 

In Search of Tomorrow's Cures
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In Search of Tomorrow's Cures

University of Texas at Austin researchers are using physical models and supercomputers to create a more robust way of searching for new drugs. 

Software Simulates Evacuation of 70,000 Avatars From E-Stadium
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Software Simulates Evacuation of 70,000 Avatars From E-Stadium

Simulation software will create a safe, virtual stadium where security teams can practice guiding 70,000 fans to safety.

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New Software Design Technique Allows Programs to Run Faster

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a way for computer programs to run up to 20 percent faster and possibly incorporate new security measures...

'big Data' Can Create Big Issues
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'big Data' Can Create Big Issues

Tech firms are approaching the challenge of mining "big data"—immense repositories of information generated by industry and government—by using predictive analytics...

North Korean Red Star Operating System Details Emerge
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North Korean Red Star Operating System Details Emerge

Details have recently emerged about a homegrown North Korean computer operating system called Red Star. 

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Battling Botnets With An Awesome Os

Two University of Illinois at Chicago computer scientists have won a $1.15 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a new kind of computer operating...

Robotc2.0 Gives Students Cross-Platform Robot Programming
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Robotc2.0 Gives Students Cross-Platform Robot Programming

Robot programming is many students' first exposure to the world of computer programming. As with so much of the computing world, however, different robot platforms...

A Grand Unified Theory of AI
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A Grand Unified Theory of AI

MIT research scientist Noah Goodman has developed Church, a programming language that combines a rules-based artificial intelligence system with probabilistic inference...

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H.p. Says New Device Could Revolutionize Computer Chips

Hewlett-Packard scientists on Thursday will report advances demonstrating significant progress in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing...

Can We Make a Conscious Machine?
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Can We Make a Conscious Machine?

Challenges don't get much bigger than trying to create artificial consciousness. Some doubt if it can be done--or if it ever should. Bolder researchers are notAntonio...

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After Patent on Genes Is Invalidated, Taking Stock

Many biotechnology stocks fell on Tuesday as investors struggled to understand the impact of a ruling that threw out parts of two gene patents and called into question...

Braille Displays Promise to Deliver the Web to the Blind
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Braille Displays Promise to Deliver the Web to the Blind

The Web's wealth of information would lose some of its luster if you read it only one line at a time. Yet this is exactly how blind and other vision-impaired...

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Boston University Engineers Trying to Improve UAVs

Boston University engineers are implementing a theoretical approach to optimize automated mission control, which describes mid-level control approaches that go...

Building Airplanes on a Computer
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Building Airplanes on a Computer

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill computer scientists and Boeing researchers are developing a new set of algorithms and techniques to simulate digital...
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