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Magnetic Sensors Identify Vehicles for Hassle-Free Parking

They have developed easy-to-install magnetic field sensors. Unoccupied parking lot locations can be presented on a display. This monitor system has been…

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Math Meets Cinema: The Role of Math in Special Effects

The use of mathematics in cinematic special effects is described in the article “Crashing Waves, Awesome Explosions, Turbulent Smoke, and Beyond: Applied…

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New Musical Glove Transforms Computer Interaction

The technology behind this astonishing feat is a novel musical glove that transmits signals to a computer when the fingers of the glove are moved. But the…

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Health e-Grids: Meeting Growing Data Demands in Medicine

As it becomes increasingly sophisticated, the field of medicine is grappling with unprecedented data demands. EGEE, providers of the world's largest…

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Why Is My Internet Slow?

But what if regular people had information about how their Internet connections were performing at their fingertips? What if they could easily give priority to…

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Efficiently Evacuating 70,000 Sports Fans in Under an Hour

What sports fan hasn't grumbled while waiting in a long, snaking lines to get into the stadium for the big game? It's enough to discourage even a diehard fan….

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CryoSat-2 Satellite Set for Launch: Tracking Ice Changes

Today's (7 April 2010) go-ahead marks the last milestone along the road to launch the long-awaited CryoSat-2 satellite. By measuring the tiny variations in the…

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Carnegie Mellon Student Innovates Mobile Input with Skinput

The technology, called Skinput, was developed by Chris Harrison, a third-year Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction…

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What if all software was open source? A code to unlock the desktop

“Microsoft and Apple aren't going to open up all their stuff. But they all create programs that put pixels on the screen. And if we can modify those pixels,…

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New World Record in Energy-Efficient Data Processing

Scientists from Frankfurt´s Goethe University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) developed a system that substantially reduces the energy…

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Laser Security Innovations: Protecting the Internet from Hackers

A British computer hacker equipped with a “Dummies” guide recently tapped into the Pentagon. As hackers get smarter, computers get more powerful and national…

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Real-Time Brain Blood Flow Measurement Transforms Patient Care

The technology makes it easier for doctors to quickly identify the correct medication for patients affected by serious head injuries and stroke. It also makes…

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Nano RFID Tags: The Future of Checkout Innovation

Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass. Rice researchers, in collaboration with a…

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Earlier diagnosis of diseases by automated biomolecular probing of cells, proteins and molecules

Ever since, microscopes have been indispensable tools for the life sciences; today, the most advanced are powerful enough to show pattern in individual…

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OFC/NFOEC 2010: Key Breakthroughs in Broadband Innovation

The world's largest international conference on optical communication and networking convenes this month from March 21-25 at the San Diego Convention Center….

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High-Performance Industrial PCs for Fast Control Tasks

The compact Simatic IPC627C box PC and the Simatic HMI IPC677C panel PC are suitable for high-speed measurement, open and closed-loop control tasks, as well as…

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