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Mobile LIDAR technology expanding rapidly

Such is the potential of mobile LIDAR, a powerful technology that’s only a few years old and promises to change the way we see, study and record the world…

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NASA's First Laser Communication System Integrated, Ready for Launch

The space terminal for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), NASA's first high-data-rate laser communication system, was recently integrated onto…

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Signal processing: Look-up tables to shoulder the processing load

Advanced mathematical algorithms are essential for processing electronic signals within computers and embedded processors. Scientists and engineers are…

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Information technology: Improving the health of machines

A novel adaptive management system boosts the efficiency of wireless sensor networks that monitor surrounding environmentsElectronic engineers in Singapore…

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Plasmonics: Model makes light work of nanocircuits

As computer manufacturers cram ever more processing power onto tiny chips, they face a growing problem. The connections between electronic components that…

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New Optical Link Breaks Power Efficiency Record by 50%

The team will describe their prototype optical link, which shatters the previous power efficiency record by half at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference…

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NASA Provides Satellite Views of Nor'easter

Infrared data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite was made into a false-colored image of the Nor'easter from…

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Advancements in Graph Laplacians: Impacts on Computer Science

In the last decade, theoretical computer science has seen remarkable progress on the problem of solving graph Laplacians — the esoteric name for a calculation…

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Automated Testing for Web 2.0 Apps: Boost Security Efforts

Therefore, computer scientists from Saarland University have developed a software system for checking complex web applications autonomously. They will show…

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Create 3D Animated Characters and Scenes for the Web

Computer scientists at Saarland University have developed a declarative markup language which facilitates the creation of distinct spatial animations and…

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Blueprint for an Artificial Brain: A New Era of Computing

Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far more energy-saving than a computer,…

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Lab on Demand: Transforming User-Centric Research Approaches

The Living Labs BW initiative represents a new type of research approach which puts business software’s users and application environments front and center….

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Ancient 'Egyptian blue' pigment points to new telecommunications, security ink technology

Tina T. Salguero and colleagues point out that Egyptian blue, regarded as humanity's first artificial pigment, was used in paintings on tombs, statues and…

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Enhanced Video Surveillance for Safer Soccer Stadiums

The second-generation Vigilant Eye System can help achieve this aim. This enhanced product from Fraunhofer FIT uses synchronized fixed surveillance cameras and…

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Researchers invent “acoustic-assisted” magnetic information storage

The technology, called acoustic-assisted magnetic recording, has been presented at a professional conference, and a patent application was filed this week.Magnetic storage of data is one of the most inexpensive and widespread technologies known, found in everything from computer hard drives to the magnetic strip on a credit card. It’s permanent, dependable and cheap. However, long-term reliability of stored data becomes an increasing concern as the need grows to pack more and more information in storage devices, experts say….

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Advancing Quantum Communication: New Breakthrough in Storage

– This work represents the first step towards creating exotic mechanical quantum states. For example, the transfer makes it possible to create a state in which…

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