Information Technology

Information Technology

New Safety Tech Enhances Baltic Sea Maritime Traffic Security

Risks related to maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea have been assessed only in areas where a concrete risk of accident has been detected. However, the risk…

Information Technology

Grid computing for the masses

A team of European researchers has developed middlewaredesigned to allow any computer running any operating system to simply, efficiently and cost-effectively…

Information Technology

Assistive Technology Enhances Daily Life for Dementia Sufferers

One of the first and most debilitating symptoms of dementia is short-term memory loss, which means care is required for people who are otherwise quite capable…

Information Technology

New Magnetic Tuning Method Enhances Data Storage

Magnets that can readily switch their polarity are widely used in the computer industry for data storage, but they present an engineering challenge: A magnet’s…

Information Technology

Princeton Scientist Advances Quantum Computing Techniques

Princeton University's Jason Petta has discovered how to do just that — demonstrating a method that alters the properties of a lone electron without…

Information Technology

Spin-Off Company Launches Free Energy-Saving Software

Early technologies were designed for shared servers, but the company is now offering energy-saving software for individual Windows-based computers – free. In…

Information Technology

Engineering Team Explores Power of the Mind; Testing How Mere Thoughts Can Operate Computers and More

On any given day, in the heart of a lab in the College of Engineering at Rowan University, LaRocco can be found in front of a computer, electrodes poking out…

Information Technology

New Neuro-Computer Inspired by Brain Research Advances

They have been co-ordinating the European Union research project “Brain-i-Nets” (Novel Brain Inspired Learning Paradigms for Large-Scale Neuronal Networks) for…

Information Technology

GOES-P Spacecraft Advances Launch Preparations in Florida

The GOES-P spacecraft continues being processed at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville, Fla. The Imager, Sounder and Solar X-Ray Imager have completed…

Information Technology

Energy-Harvesting Rubber Sheets Power Pacemakers and Phones

The material, composed of ceramic nanoribbons embedded onto silicone rubber sheets, generates electricity when flexed and is highly efficient at converting…

Information Technology

New, Fast Computing Simulation Tool Nets Best Paper Award

Shukla, a 2004 recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and a 2008 recipient of the Freidrich Wilhelm Bessel Award…

Information Technology

Better Computing, Communication for Disaster Response

To address that problem, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have launched a project to find better ways for emergency officials and first…

Information Technology

Software to Test Cybersecurity Systems for Flaws

Cybersecurity systems are tougher to crack these days, but not tough enough. “When you work in cybersecurity, everything has to be just right,” said Prof….

Information Technology

Signing Contracts via Telephone: The Future of Communication

Internet telephony has developed from a niche product into standard technology in recent years. Most telephone providers switched their background technology…

Information Technology

New Technique Detects Errors in Key Tech Systems

An innovative computational technique that draws on statistics, imaging and other disciplines has the capability to detect errors in sensitive technological…

Information Technology

Safety in numbers — a cloud-based immune system for computers

A new IT tool, developed by the Dependable Systems Lab at EPFL in Switzerland, called “Dimmunix,” enables programs to avoid future recurrences of bugs without…

Feedback