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Lobsters Teach Robots Magnetic Mapping Trick
Computer scientist Janne Haverinen reports that a small wheeled robot was able to use a magnetic map to determine where it was in a hospital and move along a corridor...
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Group of Microsoft Rivals Nears Patent Deal in Bid to Protect Linux
The Open Invention Network (OIN), which includes major corporate supporters of open source software, is close to an agreement to purchase 22 patents involving Linux...
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A Turing Test For Computer Game Bots
Can a computer fool expert gamers into believing it's one of them? That was the question posed at the second annual BotPrize, a three-month contest that concluded...
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Machines Still Way Behind Humans in Image Recognition
Computers can copy many aspects of human behavior, but they don't yet possess our ability to recognize distorted images, says a team of researchers. "Our goal is...
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Computer Games Make You More Efficient at Work
The Volvo Group has developed a computer game to teach the principles of lean production, a concept designed to increase the efficiency of working processes. In...
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New Microprocessor Runs on Thin Air
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor researchers Minsoung Rhee and Mark Burns have developed a series of channels and valves that process binary signals by sucking...
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Open-Source Camera Could Revolutionize Digital Photography
The Frankencamera is an open source device developed by Stanford University researchers that will enable programmers to change the camera's features and support...
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Arkansas Receives $3.3 Million Grant From National Science Foundation
The University of Arkansas has received a $3.3 million National Science Foundation grant to build and support a cyberinfrastructure and to train students and workers...
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Mobile Phones Are Key to Learning of the Future
In a speech entitled "Learning in a Technology Enhanced World," Open University of the Netherlands professor Marcus Specht will argue that mobile phones are one...
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Computer Science Lacks Women, Minorities
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that few students are enrolling in computer science courses, particularly women and minorities. The BLS ranks...
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Bio-Computing Day Planned For Sc09
Biologist Leroy Hood will be the plenary speaker for the 22nd annual SCO9 conference, which takes place Nov. 14-20, in Portland, Ore. Hood, president and co-founder...
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European Project Will Raise Interest in Scientific Study
Eight European universities, including the Technical University of Madrid, are participating in the European DynaLearn Project, which is designed to increase student...
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Electrical Circuit Runs Entirely Off Power in Trees
You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities. There's enough power in trees for University...
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Iit Kharagpur Receives Charles Babbage Grant
Synopsys Inc. announced Wednesday (Sept. 9) that the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is the first institution of higher education in India to receive the...
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Powerful Supercomputers Boost .s. Weather Forecasts
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has completed implementation of the final phase of a nine year, $180 million contract by installing the...
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Computer Models Aim to Classify, Help Reduce Injury Accidents
Researchers at Purdue University and the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety are developing computer models to search through the thousands of injury reports...
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Grant to Improve Monitoring of Computers Should Increase Reliability
University of Illinois at Chicago professor Prasid Sistla has received a three-year, $485,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop techniques for...
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Empathy in the Virtual World
Professor G. Anthony Gorry of Rice University's Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning is concerned that our empathy toward other people — and our ability...
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How Belief Makes European E-Infrastructure Real
Europe has turned its early belief and investment in the potential of e-Infrastructures and virtual research into a position of strength, especially in e-Science...
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