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Nasa Applies Gis to Its Inner Spaces
The geographic information systems (GIS) team at NASA's Langley Research Center has developed the Space Allocation Optimization tool, a program that uses geospatial...
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Latest 3d Tv Technology Offers Interactive Control
Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Hitachi recently demonstrated TransCAIP, a three-dimensional (3D) TV system that captures a live scene in real time and...
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Shifting Sound to Light May Lead to Better Computer Chips
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have reversed the process that converts electrical signals into sounds, which could lead to a new tool...
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Europe May Lead Next Web
Europe is leading the way in developing standards for next-generation Web technology. The European Commission (EC) last fall released a study outlining the steps...
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India Calls For International Crisis Management Plan For Cyber Crimes
Concerned over the growing number of cyber crime cases in its country, the Indian Government on Thursday (March 26) said that an international crisis management...
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Nist's Fiscal Year Budget to Increase 8.3 Percent to $819m
For fiscal year 2009, which ends on Sept. 30, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received $819 million in appropriations, an increase...
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Thousands of Home Computers to Search Arecibo Data For New Radio Pulsars
Einstein@Home, based at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM) and the Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Germany, is one of the world's largest public volunteer...
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New Material Could Lead to Faster Chips
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built an experimental graphene-based microchip that could lead to cell phones and other communications...
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Ieee Highlights Technologies That Will Change the World
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) recently assembled a panel of technology experts to discuss various emerging research technologies,...
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Google Rolls Out Semantic Search Capabilities
Google has added semantic technology to its Web search engine, which will enable it to identify associations and concepts related to a query, improving the list...
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Researchers Pioneer New Software Systems Development Concept
Software researchers Cornelius Ncube from Bournemouth University and Patricia Oberndorf from the Software Engineering Institute are touting a new method for developing...
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Scholarship Program Targets Need For Cyber Security Skills
The Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, jointly run by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is becoming a widely...
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Scholarships Available to Attendees of the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) expects to draw more scholarship applications for the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing...
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Wireless Charging: Adaptor Die
A movement is underway to eliminate power cables from consumer mobile devices by using wireless recharging. However, while the technology may be sound, a profitable...
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Rfid Technology Tracks and Monitors Nuclear Materials
Scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a unique radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking technology...
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Sensor Network Turns Soldiers' Helmets Into Sniper Location System
Engineers at Vanderbilt University's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) have developed a system that turns a soldiers' combat helmets into "smart...
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The Emerging Science of Dna Cryptography
The massively parallel nature of DNA computing represents a significant threat to existing encryption schemes, but the technology also could be used to encrypt...
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Swimming Pool Game 'marco Polo' Used to Develop Robot Control
Researchers at Duke University and the University of New Mexico (UNM) have developed a system for controlling moving robots capable of autonomously detecting and...
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Mood Player Creates the Right Atmosphere
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology in Ilmenau have created a mood player that finds images to suit the rhythm of music. The approach...
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