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Human Visual System Could Make Powerful Computer
Since the idea of using DNA
to create faster, smaller,
and more powerful computers
originated in 1994,
scientists have been
scrambling to develop
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For Your Eyes Only: Custom Interfaces Make Computer Clicking Faster, Easier
Personalized computer
interfaces that adapt to
each user's vision and motor
abilities significantly
speeds up computer tasks,
... > full story
Software Helps Developers Get Started With PIV Cards
NIST has developed two
demonstration software
packages that show how
Personal Identity
Verification cards can be
used with Windows and Linux
... > full story
Online Service Lets Blind Surf The Internet From Any Computer, Anywhere
New software lets blind and
visually impaired people
surf the Internet on the go.
The computer science student
who created the software,
... > full story
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Avatars As Communicators Of Emotions
July 10, 2008 — Current interactive systems enable users to communicate with computers in many ways, but not taking into account emotional communication. A Ph.D. thesis puts forward the use of avatars or virtual ... > full story -
Computer Scientist Turns His Face Into A Remote Control That Speeds And Slows Video Playback
June 26, 2008 — A computer science Ph.D. student can turn his face into a remote control that speeds and slows video playback. The proof-of-concept demonstration is part of a larger project to use automated facial ... > full story -
Evidence Of Massive Asteroid Impact On Mars Supported By Computer Simulations
June 26, 2008 — The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars have puzzled scientists for 30 years. One of the proposed explanations -- a massive asteroid impact -- now has strong ... > full story -
Accidental Discovery Could Enable Development Of Faster Computers
June 25, 2008 — Physicists have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. Dependent on the "spin" of electrons, a property ... > full story -
Men Share Their Creative Work Online More Than Women
June 25, 2008 — Men are significantly more likely to share their creative work online than women though both engage in creative activity about equally. With the Internet a major form of participating in popular ... > full story -
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New Computerized System Estimates Geographic Location Of Photos
June 21, 2008 — Researchers have devised the first computerized method that can analyze a single photograph and determine where in the world the image likely was taken. It's a feat made possible by searching through ... > full story -
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Liter Of Fuel Would Last UK 1 Year If Cars Had Kept Pace With Computers
June 20, 2008 — One liter of fuel would serve the UK for a year and oil reserves would last the expected lifetime of the solar system -- if efficiency in the car industry had improved at the same rate as in the ... > full story -
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New Technique To Optimize Computer Speed
June 20, 2008 — Who doesn't dream of increasingly fast computers that consume less and less energy? To design these computers of the future, it is important to be able to control nanoscale strain in the processors. ... > full story -
It’s All In Your Head - The Effect Of Metaphor On Web Navigation
June 19, 2008 — In the internet world of sites, pages, lounges and whatever else is out there, most of us have found ourselves 'lost in hyperspace', a frustrating experience of having lost track of where we are, ... > full story -
Gesture Computer Interface Device Developed For Surgeons
June 19, 2008 — Researchers have developed a new hand gesture recognition system, tested at a Washington, D.C., hospital, that enables doctors to manipulate digital images during medical procedures by motioning ... > full story
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