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Carnegie Mellon’s Low-Power Processors Boost Query Efficiency

An experimental computing cluster based on this so-called Fast Array of Wimpy Nodes (FAWN) architecture was able to handle 10 to 100 times as many queries for…

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Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web Portal to be Developed

Project partners IEEE and the EnerNex Corporation will assist with content, which includes demonstration projects, use cases, standards, legislation, policy…

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Kraken: First Academic Machine to Achieve Petaflop Performance

Managed by the University of Tennessee (UT) for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the system came online Oct. 5 with a peak performance of 1.03 petaflops….

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iPhone the Body Electric: New 'Apps' from the U of Utah

The three iPhone apps are available via Apple Inc.’s online iTunes App Store:– ImageVis3D Mobile lets iPhone users easily display, rotate and otherwise…

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Researchers Probe Computer 'Commonsense Knowledge'

For artificial intelligence scientists, enabling computers to have such human-level intelligence requires a commonsense knowledge base that can evolve and…

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Essential Computer Security Guide for Small Businesses

The guide, Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals, was authored by Richard Kissel, who spends much of his time on the road teaching computer…

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Protocols Will Test Effects of RFID on Medical Devices

However, there is currently no published standardized, repeatable methodology by which manufacturers of RFID equipment or medical devices can assess potential…

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The eScience Revolution: Researchers to Create Semantic Web Platforms for Massive Scientific Collaboration

Funded by $1.1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the research seeks to break science out of…

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Enhanced Internet Access for Airplanes and Trains

This opens up the possibility of using the 60 GHz band for applications requiring rapid data transfer, such as uncompressed transmission of HDTV, fast Internet…

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Ants Vs. Worms: New Computer Security Mimics Nature

Unlike traditional security devices, which are static, these “digital ants” wander through computer networks looking for threats, such as “computer worms” —…

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First Evolutionary Branching Discovered in Bilateral Animals

The researchers determined that the flatworm group Acoelomorpha is a product of the deepest split within the bilateral creatures — multicelled organisms that,…

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Room's ambience fingerprinted by phone

Duke University computer engineers have made use of standard cell phone features – accelerometers, cameras and microphones – to turn the unique properties of a…

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NASA's TRMM satellite sees heavy rainfall in Choi-Wan

TRMM rainfall images are false-colored with yellow, green and red areas, which indicate rainfall between 20 and 40 millimeters (.78 to 1.57 inches) per hour.Dark red areas are considered heavy rainfall, as much as 2 inches of rain per hour….

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Small Satellites Innovate Navigation with GPS and Galileo

A combination of small satellites can, with innovative methods, use the signals of the navigation satellite systems GPS and Galileo to significantly improve…

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NSF Supported "CAKE" Takes Information Technology to the Next Level

FAU has received a five-year grant from the NSF to create a site for the Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE) to provide a framework for interaction…

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Rome Was Built in a Day, with Hundreds of Thousands of Digital Photos

A new computer algorithm developed at the University of Washington uses hundreds of thousands of tourist photos to automatically reconstruct an entire city in…

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