Posts Tagged ‘computer science’
Keyboards shrink for extra tiny devices
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A new iterative zooming technique could make it possible to enter text on ultra-small computers, like smartwatches. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Apr 8, 2013 14:26 - 1 Comment
Find and fix ‘bugs’ in surgical robots
CARNEGIE MELLON / JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers have used a new technique to detect glitches in the software that controls surgical robots. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 1, 2012 12:21 - 1 Comment
Virtual gamer bot beats Turing’s ‘human’ test
U. TEXAS – AUSTIN (US) — An artificially intelligent virtual gamer has won the BotPrize by convincing a panel of judges that it was more human-like than half of its human opponents. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 29, 2012 14:34 - 6 Comments
Software adds joints for 3D printed figures
CORNELL (US) — New software takes a graphic image of a video game or movie character and translates it into a posable plastic model to be fabricated by a 3D printer. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 27, 2012 14:22 - 2 Comments
Animated sweaters just got easier to ‘knit’
CORNELL (US) — Computer scientists have found a way to simulate knitted fabric and “drape” it over animated figures. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 20, 2012 15:22 - 0 Comments
Animated clatter sounds like the real thing
CORNELL (US) — Computer scientists have figured out how to add acceleration noise to make the bangs and clatters of animated crashes sound like the real thing. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2012 15:00 - 1 Comment
‘Unnecessary’ steps help smooth evolution
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — After millions of years of evolution, why do organisms still build structures and go through developmental stages that seemingly serve no purpose? (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 10, 2012 11:45 - 0 Comments
Olympic diver’s motions captured underwater
NYU (US) — Computer scientists have isolated the movements of Olympic swimmers and divers with a new technique that reveals their motions above and below the water. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 9, 2012 12:44 - 0 Comments
Web tool forecasts flu pandemic spread
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A new online service is designed to simulate the spread of pandemic flu and to forecast the number of flu hospitalizations. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 5, 2012 16:20 - 2 Comments
100,000 machines to test nuclear weapons
PURDUE (US) — Researchers are perfecting simulators that show a nuclear weapon’s performance in precise molecular detail. (more…)
Top Stories - May 30, 2012 10:34 - 2 Comments
Math may teach computers to get sarcasm
STANFORD (US) — A new mathematical model may eventually help computers to think like people—and understand what we mean—not just what we say. (more…)
Top Stories - May 25, 2012 11:53 - 0 Comments
Software scans tongue for signs of disease
U. MISSOURI (US) — New software combines ancient Chinese practices and modern medicine to measure health by analyzing images of the tongue. (more…)
Top Stories - May 22, 2012 14:55 - 5 Comments
Rewritable digital data stored in live DNA
STANFORD (US) — Bioengineers have developed a way to repeatedly encode, store, and erase digital data within the DNA of living cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 14, 2012 11:41 - 2 Comments
Smartphones in tow, robots take a swim
UC BERKELEY (US) — Researchers recently launched a fleet of 100 smartphone-equipped robots into California’s Sacramento River to get an unprecedented look at how water flows. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 11, 2012 17:07 - 1 Comment
Faults at rest yield earthquake clues
CALTECH (US) — A new computer model reveals the physics of faults—both during earthquakes and at times of “rest”—to better predict future seismic activity. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 8, 2012 12:12 - 0 Comments
Could bacteria build better computers?
U. LEEDS (UK) — Bacteria that make magnets and wires may someday help build environmentally friendly computers with larger hard drives and faster connections. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 8, 2012 9:53 - 0 Comments
Touch tech makes almost any object ‘smart’
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Scientists have developed new technology that could eventually make a doorknob that knows whether to lock or unlock, admit a guest, or leave a message. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 7, 2012 15:35 - 4 Comments
With foursquare, ‘Livehoods’ redraw city limits
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — The millions of “check-ins” generated by foursquare, the location-based social network, allow researchers to create a dynamic view of a city’s workings and character. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 7, 2012 10:44 - 2 Comments
‘Bling’ could give data storage a big boost
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Engineers have uncovered new electrical properties of a material used in computer memory by applying pressure with diamond-tipped tools. (more…)
