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EU Network of Excellence Boosts Resilience in Critical Infrastructures

This center will provide substantial improvements for fast and adequate responses by authorities and critical infrastructure owners to complex emergencies…

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Embedding Usability in Mid-Market Software Projects

Intuitive operation is a key factor in the success of software development projects. Fraunhofer IAO is currently conducting a project entitled »Usability…

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Softening steel problem expands computer model applications

When steel is too hard it becomes brittle, so the plant ended up getting new tubing. However, Deibler said KCP needed a backup in case it couldn’t find…

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New Software Alleviates Wireless Traffic

New software being developed at the University of Michigan works like a stoplight to control the traffic and dramatically reduce interference.The software,…

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Data storage: Shingled tracks stack up

Modern hard drive technology is reaching its limits. Engineers have increased data-storage capacities by reducing the widths of the narrow tracks of magnetic…

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High-Speed Internet via Ceiling Lamps: A New Innovation

In visible light communication, the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI has set a further milestone on the way to high-speed internet from the ceiling…

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UC San Diego Launches Game That Teaches Java Programming

“CodeSpells is the only video game that completely immerses programming into the game play,” said William Griswold, a computer scientist at the Jacobs School…

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SDSC’s Gordon Supercomputer Assists in Crunching Large Hadron Collider Data

Gordon, the unique supercomputer launched last year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, recently completed…

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New Camera System Captures 3D Images From 1Km Away

A standard camera takes flat, 2-D pictures. To get 3-D information, such as the distance to a far-away object, scientists can bounce a laser beam off the…

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Full network monitoring

Siemens Industry Automation Division has extensively revised its network management software Sinema Server. The new version 12 allows each Sinema Server…

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How hard is it to 'de-anonymize' cellphone data?

The proliferation of sensor-studded cellphones could lead to a wealth of data with socially useful applications — in urban planning, epidemiology, operations…

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Computer chips: Building upward safely

Greater numbers of ever-smaller components are required to fit on computer chips to meet the ongoing demands of miniaturizing electronic devices. Consequently,…

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Backpack-Sized Mini-Mapper Maps Tight Spaces Efficiently

Produced for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Enhanced Mapping and Positioning System (EMAPS) captures a floor-plan-style map of the area…

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Cloud Solutions for SMEs: Insights from Baden-Württemberg Lab

As part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg’s business software initiative, Fraunhofer IAO’s Business-Software-as-a-Service living lab offers small and…

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Record-Setting PIC Simulations Run on Livermore Supercomputer

The simulations are the largest particle-in-cell (PIC) code simulations by number of cores ever performed. PIC simulations are used extensively in plasma…

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Ready for the cloud

How do you take a conventional piece of software and make it into a cloud-enabled application? This is the question at the core of the EU-funded ARTIST…

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