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SWAN System: New Navigation Tech for Blind and Firefighters

Imagine being blind and trying to find your way around a city you've never visited before — that can be challenging for a sighted person. Georgia Tech…

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US Satellite Protection Scheme Impacts Global Communications

The remediation system aims to protect hundreds of low earth-orbiting satellites from having their onboard electronics ruined by charged particles in unusually…

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Computer scientists lay out vision for a 'science of the Web'

Researchers need a clear agenda to harness the rapidly evolving potential of the World Wide Web, according to an article in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal…

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EU research promoting the ‘libre’ software model

The CALIBRE project’s aim is to galvanise the European open source software industry, both to strengthen Europe's global position in open source development…

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Breaking Down Borders in Transnational ICT Research

While Europe has a remarkably high reputation in ICT research, fragmentation of effort, limited cooperation between key players, and lack of information…

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Smarter Call Center Automation for Public Administrations

Developed by the IST-funded HOPS project, the platform uses a variety of technologies to enable people to talk to a computer over the phone as if they are…

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Fujitsu’s SynfiniWay™ to be Airbus grid middleware for aerodynamics analysis

SynfiniWay proved to offer the most complete and integrated grid computing solution for aerodynamics analyses at aerospace group Airbus, combining…

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JitterBugs: New Threats That Could Compromise Your Keyboard Security

They are called JitterBugs, named by Shah's advisor, Penn Associate Professor Matthew Blaze, for both the way they transmit stolen data in “jittery” chunks by…

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Warwick Warp Secures £15K Funding for Fingerprint ID Tech

Warwick Warp raised £15,000 from two of OEI’s business angel investor members at a recent OEI investment meeting held jointly with Warwick Ventures, the…

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Dynamic Artwork Adapts to Your Mood Using Facial Recognition

Using images collected through a web cam, special software recognises eight key facial features that characterise the emotional state of the person viewing the…

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Computer Software Innovation Fights Bullying in Schools

Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn from the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Computer Science and her interdisciplinary research team is part of a European…

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Enhancing Mobile Web: Innovations in Accessible Technologies

The aim of the three-year project is to develop a host of new software with the potential to make the mobile web as simple to use as the internet.Currently,…

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EU Quantum Research: Unlocking New Computing Potential

Or so believes Daniele Binosi (of the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Innsbruck, Austria, and the European Centre for Theoretical…

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W3C Expands Internationalization in Speech Synthesis Markup

Today, the W3C announced the results of the second Workshop on Speech Synthesis Markup Language, where speech experts from around the world presented ideas for…

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Panlab – European collaboration platform for telecom labs started

The Pan-European Laboratory for Next Generation Networks and Services, Panlab, was launched in Heidelberg on 28 June. The EU-funded research project was formed…

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Fingertip Device Translates Hand Gestures to Digital Input

UB researchers say their “Fingertip Digitizer,” which users wear on the tip of the index finger, can transfer to the virtual world the meaning and intent of…

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