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Building Trust in Virtual Organizations with TrustCoM

TrustCoM, an IST-funded project, is tackling the very real problem of establishing trust between organisations online, and ensuring the security of digital…

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Software Simulator Boosts Quality of Microwave-Reheated Foods

Consumer habits have changed remarkably over the past decade, leading to a massive increase in the ready food market. The technology of reheating frozen food…

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World’s Fastest Computer Cluster Architecture Unveiled in Dresden

Cluster computers are built modularly out of ordinary PC components and fast networks. They are suitable for a wide range of simulation problems and currently…

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Cognitive Robotic Companions: Bridging Sci-Fi and Reality

The concept of a cognitive robotic companion inspires some of the best science fiction but one day may be science fact following the work of the four-year…

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A digital treasure trove for Europe's cultural heritage

The MICHAEL project has developed an electronic system to access, manage and update existing digital records of Europe's collections, including museum objects,…

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Flicker-Free Internet: Triple Play Transforms Connectivity

“Triple play” is the magic word: the parallel transmission of information, voice and video images in real time. At present, though, network operators are…

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W3C Unveils Mobile Web Best Practices as Candidate Recommendation

Today, W3C reached an important milestone toward its mission of making it as easy to use the Web on a mobile device as on a desktop computer. W3C has published…

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Putting services at the heart of tomorrow’s software

It's the crucial last link in the SOA chain and it's fraught with risks and challenges. “Improving service description, then announcing that those services are…

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Training Grid Operators to Spot Bad Data Insights

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, looking to train grid operators to recognize bad information due to instrument…

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Explore Your Beach Options With ESA’s Medspiration Project

An updated map of the sea surface temperature (SST) of the world's largest inland sea is generated every day as part of ESA's Medspiration project, with an…

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How Robots are Learning Social Skills for Better Interaction

Most research into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) that underpins any form of intelligent machine-machine or machine-human interaction has centred on…

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Coronis' Wavenis technology comes to the rescue when you fall

The Ynolis product line, which was originally designed for use in retirement homes, includes a range of wristwatch bracelets that are connected to a central…

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New Landslide Technology Monitors Soil Stability in Real Time

The Acoustic Real-time Monitoring System gauges the stability of slopes by listening to soil movement. It is hoped that this radical new system will be more…

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Streamlined Trade Controls: Uncertainty Software Simplifies Assessments

It is now possible to carry out assessments automatically in minutes, guaranteeing consistency in testing from checking quality of trade goods and confirming…

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Digital Healthcare Software Enhances Blindness Treatment Study

In a unique partnership with three image reading centres located in The Queen’s University of Belfast, St Paul’s Eye Unit, Liverpool and Moorfields Eye…

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Overcoming Semantic Challenges in Web Services Integration

That challenge is how to find a robust, efficient and economical way to introduce all these tiny programs to each other, and to alert other programs of their…

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