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New Tool Allows First Responders to Visualize Post-Event Disaster Environments

Using iPad™ mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s…

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Researchers to Demo and Deploy Disaster Communications System

Fortunately, Georgia Tech College of Computing researchers have developed a possible solution. It’s an innovative wireless system called LifeNet designed to…

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Researchers Assist IBM in Cognitive Computer Chip Design

UC Merced professors Chris Kello and Stefano Carpin have been and will continue heading up one aspect of the project — designing and implementing virtual…

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Researchers Improving GPS Accuracy in the 3rd Dimension

The software is still under development, but in initial tests it enabled centimeter-scale GPS positioning – including altitude – as often as 97 percent of the…

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How the Internet Architecture Got its Hourglass Shape

Understanding this evolutionary process may help computer scientists as they develop protocols to help the Internet accommodate new uses and protect it from a…

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Fraunhofer IBMT Joins ENSURE Project for Health Data Preservation

Building on its expertise in innovative biomedical ICT infrastructures for long-term cryo-preservation of biomaterial, Fraunhofer IBMT announced today that it…

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'Data Motion Metric' Needed for Supercomputer Rankings, Says SDSC's Snavely

“I’d like to propose that we routinely compare machines using the metric of data motion capacity, or their ability to move data quickly,” Snavely told…

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Telex: New Anti-Censorship Scheme Blocks Site Restrictions

The system is called Telex, and it is the brainchild of computer science researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Waterloo in Canada….

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Photonics: Bright prospects

Silicon is an ideal platform for integrated photonic circuits because the material is cheap and readily available. Silicon chips with an integrated laser…

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Wireless network in hospital monitors vital signs

A clinical warning system that uses wireless sensors to track the vital signs of at-risk patients is undergoing a feasibility study at Barnes-Jewish Hospital…

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New Evolutionary Computation Model Enhances Research Flexibility

A Franklin University professor recently developed an evolutionary computation approach that offers researchers the flexibility to search for models that can…

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How Light-Powered Data Transforms Streaming Experiences

Just imagine the following scenario: four people are comfortably ensconced in a room. Each one of them can watch a film from the Internet on his or her laptop,…

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Cashless Parking: Streamlining Your Exit Experience

The car moves slowly towards the car park exit, the barriers open automatically – without the driver having to wind down the window and insert a ticket. This…

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UM School of Medicine finds that mobile phone technology helps patients manage diabetes

An interactive computer software program appears to be effective in helping patients manage their Type 2 diabetes using their mobile phones, according to a new…

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Tuning in to noisy interference

Establishing a detailed knowledge of the noise properties of superconducting systems is an important step towards the development of quantum computers, which…

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We Won’t Get Fooled Again: Some Online Reviews Are Too Good to be True, as Cornell Software Spots ‘Opinion Spam’

The bad news: Human beings are lousy at identifying deceptive reviews. The good news: Cornell researchers are developing computer software that’s pretty good…

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