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Children With TVs Or Computers In Their Room Sleep Less
September 5, 2008 — Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who ... > full story -
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25 Years Of Conventional Evaluation Of Data Analysis Proves Worthless In Practice
September 5, 2008 — So-called ‘intelligent’ computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for ... > full story -
Wireless Technologies Used Today Based On Decades Of Work At Virginia Tech
September 5, 2008 — Technologies used today by companies, such as Direct TV, Iridium Satellite, Bluetooth and Globalstar, are based on satellite communications efforts started at Virginia Tech four decades ago in its ... > full story -
Petascale Climate Modeling Heats Up
September 4, 2008 — Computer scientists are generating new "petascale" computer models depicting detailed climate dynamics, which will build the foundation for the next generation of complex climate models. The project ... > full story -
Saving Lives Through Smarter Hurricane Evacuations
August 29, 2008 — Hundreds of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better and more timely critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. ... > full story -
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Model Helps Computers Sort Data More Like Humans
August 28, 2008 — Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers don't know where to begin ... > full story -
Low-cost System System Thwarts Internet Eavesdropping
August 26, 2008 — The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer ... > full story -
Fast Quantum Computer Building Block Created
August 25, 2008 — The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated. The scientists used lasers to create an initialized quantum state of ... > full story -
New Algorithm Significantly Boosts Routing Efficiency Of Networks
August 22, 2008 — A time-and-money-saving question shared by commuters in their cars and networks sharing ever-changing Internet resources is: "What's the best way to get from here to ... > full story -
Computer-generated Images: Hollywood Hair Will Be Captured At Last
August 22, 2008 — Imagine avatars of your favorite actors wandering through 3-D virtual worlds with hair that looks almost exactly like it does in real life. This level of realism for animated hairstyles is one step ... > full story -
Images For 3-D Video Games Without High Price Tags Or Stretch Marks From UC San Diego
August 17, 2008 — The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3-D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from a ... > full story -
Computer Simulates Thermal Stress
August 13, 2008 — A new simulation method has made it possible to predict in record time when and where heavily stressed engine components are likely to fail. Car manufacturers can thereby significantly reduce the ... > full story
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