Posts Tagged ‘software’

Battery drain may influence app design

U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of small and large devices, say researchers. Continue…

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 17:47 - 0 Comments

Strokes diagnosed via iPhone FaceTime

EMORY (US) — Using two-way video on the iPhone 4 could help doctors assess the severity of a patient’s stroke symptoms, according to a new study. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 1, 2011 7:00 - 0 Comments

Free software models how humans move

STANFORD (US) — An open source software application modeling human motion is helping medical professionals and bioengineers study, diagnose, and correct abnormalities in how people move. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 14, 2011 11:16 - 0 Comments

Brainy robot gets an ‘A’ in biology

VANDERBILT / CORNELL (US) — Engineers have demonstrated for the first time that a computer can take raw experimental data and solve a complex biological modeling problem from scratch. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 15, 2011 16:04 - 0 Comments

Software predicts West Nile’s ground zero

BROWN U. (US) — A computer model of the spread of West Nile virus in California in 2005 was able to predict areas where human cases would be concentrated, especially around Sacramento. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 11, 2011 17:16 - 0 Comments

Turn digital faces into a smooth video

U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — Computer engineers have created a way to take hundreds—or even thousands—of digital portraits and in seconds create an animation of a person’s face. (more…)

Science & Technology - Apr 5, 2011 11:49 - 2 Comments

Amazon fixes freebie glitch

INDIANA U. (US) — A research team exploited a software flaw with leading online sites using third-party payment services like PayPal to receive products for free or at prices they determined. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 7, 2011 11:46 - 0 Comments

Software opens Urdu to data mining

U. BUFFALO (US) — A new software system will allow for computational processing of documents in Urdu, Pakistan’s national language, providing a foundation for more accurate transliteration for English social media sites. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 7, 2011 11:44 - 1 Comment

Game changer in pathology software

U. MICHIGAN (US) — A newly developed software tool will make detecting abnormalities in cell and tissue samples faster, more accurate, and more consistent. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jan 20, 2011 18:00 - 0 Comments

Free software classifies leaf veins

GEORGIA TECH (US) — A new software tool takes an image of a leaf, analyzes it, and returns detailed information on the structure of that leaf’s vein networks. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2010 14:59 - 1 Comment

Software keeps track of third parties

STANFORD (US) — As the Federal Trade Commission pushes for a “do not track” mechanism to protect online consumer privacy, researchers are developing technology to make it work. </p

Science & Technology - Oct 15, 2010 13:58 - 3 Comments

Tool blocks drive-by downloads

GEORGIA TECH (US) — A new browser-dependent tool has been designed to eliminate all drive-by malware installation threats. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 22, 2010 15:28 - 0 Comments

Free ‘Frankencamera’ download for Nokia N900

STANFORD (US)—The open-source digital photography software platform, “Frankencamera,” which allows users to create novel camera capabilities, is available as a free download for Nokia N900 “mobile computers.” (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 1, 2010 12:41 - 0 Comments

Virtual reality software packs real savings

U. LEEDS (US)—Virtual reality software that plans the safe decommissioning of nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities could save millions of pounds, according to its inventors. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 6, 2010 15:52 - 7 Comments

Why computers crash but we don’t

YALE (US)—The reason living organisms tend to malfunction less than computers may have something to do with the way software engineers create control systems—compared to nature’s approach. (more…)

Science & Technology - Mar 11, 2010 13:32 - 5 Comments

Audibility maps help tune out office buzz

CARDIFF U. (UK)—Sound-mapping software based on human hearing could take the overhead noise out of open office and meeting spaces. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 27, 2010 17:22 - 1 Comment

Almost half of injured Haitians are children

USC (US)—Victims of the Jan. 12 quake in Haiti include an extraordinarily high number of children—more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total—according to a statistical study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2009 11:08 - 3 Comments

Getting the bugs out of giving meds

ILLINOIS (US)—Software design principles and debugging methods are helping researchers identify a way to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related to errors in how drugs are administered to hospital patients. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2009 12:38 - 2 Comments

Doctors take 3-D tour before surgery

IOWA STATE (US)—James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen, and zipped through a patient’s chest cavity for an up-close look at the bottom of the heart. Oliver was using new software that allows doctors to take an accurate, 3-D tour of a patient’s anatomy in advance of surgery. (more…)

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