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Complex Integrated Circuits Made of Carbon Nanotubes
Stanford University researchers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) carbon nanotube circuits. Three-dimensional nanotube circuits could be a major...
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Privacy Concerns Could Limit Benefits From Real-Time Data Analysis
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) computer scientist Tom M. Mitchell says society will be unable to capitalize on real-time data analysis technologies unless questions...
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Scientists Explore Energy Efficiency in Multi-Scale Computing Systems
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and nine other universities are collaborating on the Multi-Scale Systems Center (MuSyC), a new research center that...
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Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint Id
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed software for a handheld touch-screen device that identifies fingerprints and faces. A major...
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Smarter Cars Are Gaining Traction
Lives can depend on a vehicle’s moment-by-moment traction. New European technology promises to make cars as good as experienced, alert drivers at sensing and adjusting...
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Prototype Laser System Lets sers Feel Remote Objects
The haptics feedback technology on touchscreen phones uses vibrating pulses to replace the tactility of, for example, pressing a physical button. At the recent...
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MIT Breaks New Ground in Gesture Control
A group of MIT researchers claims to have made a significant leap in gesture-controlled computing, due to a new kind of LCD screen configuration they describe as...
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Our Devices Will Spin Denser Webs of Data in 2010
Over the next decade, the evolution of computing and the Internet will produce faster, increasingly intelligent devices. More of our possessions will contain sensors...
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ACM and India
ACM is in the process of establishing ACM India as a legal entity and will hold its first conference in late January....
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Robert Lovett Ashenhurst: 1929 - 2009
Former Communications editor-in-chief Robert L. Ashenhurst, who died last October at age 80, served ACM for 35 years with dedication, humor, and panache, according...
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Future Internet Design Summit
The National Science Foundation's meeting on Internet architectures focused on designs related to emerging social and economic realities. The four-day, invitation...
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New Search Challenges and Opportunities
If search engines can extract more meaning from text and better understand what people are looking for, the Web's resources could be accessed more effectively.
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Automated Translation of Indian Languages
India faces a daunting task trying to manually translate among 22 official languages, but assistance, in the form of advanced technology enabled by a lot of hard...
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Amir Pnueli: Ahead of His Time
Remembering a legacy of practical and theoretical innovation.
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Rebuilding For Eternity
Buildings collapse. Wind and rain beat them, temperatures cycle from freezing to blistering, and random strikes of...
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Machine Visually Inspects and Sorts Strawberry Plants
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) have developed a machine that uses computer vision and machine learning...
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Mit's Big Wheel in Copenhagen
A bicycle wheel developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers features a hub packed with electronics that can perform multiple unique functions...
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New Game For Playstation 3: Crunching Numbers
Researchers and some government agencies are using Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles to process data using the game machine's powerful Cell processor. For example...
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World Champion in Automatic Image and Video Search
A search system developed by researchers at the University of Amsterdam has the potential to make it easier to find an image or video on the Internet or in large...
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