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Student’s summer software success gets Big Blue buzzing

Robert Craig, a final year Computer Science student, played a key role in developing a piece of business software called ESP.The policy management tool is…

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Web-Based System Enhances Data Accuracy and Timeliness

A new paper* on the Web-enabled ThermoML thermodynamics global data exchange standard notes that the data-entry process catches and corrects data errors in…

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Discover Innovative Digital Map Technology from Southampton Team

Dr Jonathan Hare and Professor Paul Lewis at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) worked with Layla Gordon and Glen…

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Galileo’s Success: The Role of Receivers in Satellite Innovation

With the launch on 28 December 2005 of GIOVE-A, the first Galileo satellite, Galileo, a joint programme of the European Space Agency and the European…

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DNA Switch Links Living Organisms and Computers at Portsmouth

The new technology is called a ‘nanoactuator’ or a molecular dynamo. The device is invisible to the naked eye – about one thousandth of a strand of human hair.

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New Flame Measurement Technique Wins Global Innovation Award

Professor Yan and Dr Lu won their Power/Energy award for developing a new way of measuring the properties of flames in large industrial buildings, such as…

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W3C Launches First GRDDL Specification for Semantic Web Integration

“Some patients require specialized scans that not all of our technologists are familiar with, so we implemented a software program that enables us to run the…

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W3C Launches First GRDDL Specification for Semantic Web Integration

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium forged an important link between Semantic Web and microformats communities. With “Gleaning Resource Descriptions from…

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EraSME Launches First Transnational SME Innovation Project

EraSME is a co-operation between more than 20 European funding agencies running or at least planning SME-oriented programmes. The aim of the project is to…

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Electronic ‘butlers’ to smooth your social interactions

“One of the reasons why we hate computers today is because they are essentially a black box on the desk, and we have to engage with them in a rigid way,” says…

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New Newscast Features Virtual Anchor and Personalized Content

Co-invented by Kristian Hammond, co-director of Northwestern's Intelligent Information Laboratory (InfoLab), and graduate students Nathan Nichols and Sara…

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New Computer System Helps Tourists Navigate with Ease

For this type of tourists, researchers of the University of Granada, in collaboration with other Spanish universities, are developing a computer system to make…

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Meet George: The AI Chatbot Redefining Virtual Interaction

Powered by award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) that was developed by British programmer Rollo Carpenter, 'George' the avatar has a 3D appearance, a…

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Finland’s Tech Innovates Efficient Environmental Monitoring

The concept developed at VTT is based on earth observation (EO) data from satellites and other geographic information. It uses a software framework, which…

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W3C Launches Secure Browsing Initiative

Recognizing the challenges people face when browsing the Web, W3C today launched an initiative to build a foundation for a more secure Web. The new Web…

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Study Reveals Alarming Rise in Phishing Vulnerability

“Designing Ethical Phishing Experiments: A study of (ROT13) rOnl query features,” published online, simulated phishing tactics used to elicit online…

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