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New Knowledge Base for European Grid Initiatives Explained

Supported by 38 countries in Europe and collaborating with the National Grid Initiatives (NGIs), the EGI Design Study is defining the future operational model…

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New Resilient Computer Systems Enhance Security and Performance

With today’s computer systems complex and often susceptible to malicious attacks, it is becoming increasingly important to build-in resilience from the outset,…

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Copper Connections Enhance High-Speed Computing Efficiency

As computers become more complex, the demand increases for more connections between computer chips and external circuitry such as a motherboard or wireless…

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Silver’s Role in Advancing Spintronic Device Innovation

Silver can transport spin-polarized electrons, making it ideal for the non-magnetic components in ‘spintronic’ devicesThe future of computing may emerge not…

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Grid and Business – User Perspectives & New Opportunities

The EGEE User Forum was the perfect opportunity to showcase the benefits of Grid from a user perspective, and potential Grid adopters were able to see the…

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Sicilian e-Infrastructure Highlights at Third EGEE User Forum

The COMETA Consortium, a private not-for-profit Organization established in Catania, Sicily (Italy) in 2005, is one such project, aiming to connect the…

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Boost British Swimming With Innovative Glide Technique Software

The software provides instant, in-depth feedback on a swimmer’s glide technique. Swimmers glide following starts and turns, when a swimmer is not moving their…

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UK National Grid’s First SRIF3 Resource: Keele’s Contribution

What makes this new addition particularly exciting is that Keele is the first institution to contribute their SRIF3 (Science Research Investment Fund) funded…

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Robot Rats Pave the Way for Advanced Touch Technology

The gaol of the project is to develop machines with sophisticated touch technology, like robots that can use their whiskers like a rat to explore their…

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First Public Electronic Spanish Dictionary Launches Online

COES Spanish language tools are one of the Department of Computer Systems Architecture and Technology’s (DATSI) fields of research at the FIUPM. The key…

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Designing Graded Structures with Custom-Fit Innovations

Custom-Fit is an industry led project funded by the EU under Sixth Framework Prog ramme, with the aim of creating a fully integrated system for the design,…

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Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction: A New Era Begins

Mark Twain famously invested, and then lost, a fortune on the first typewriter, in 1874. Since then, human-computer interaction has moved beyond basic…

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Mobile Multimodal Assistance: Enhancing Work Efficiency

In our business area Mobile Knowledge we develop systems and technologies for knowledge and information transfer in the users' normal work or leisure time…

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Ambient Intelligence: Snowboarding Into the Future of Sharing

The My Space/Facebook phenomenon has shown how we love to share personal information. But will we take the next step and share our feelings and emotions across…

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Workplace Autopilot: Balancing Innovation and Security Risks

The loss of a CD by HM Revenue & Customs in November 2007 containing personal and financial details of over 7 million families claiming child benefit was…

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Taxi Innovation: Location-Based Services Transform Nightlife

It's late on Saturday night. Hundreds of revellers empty out of the bars and restaurants in town and call for cabs to get home. But can the taxi firm meet such…

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