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World's Biggest Computing Grid Launched
October 4, 2008 — The world's largest computing grid is ready to tackle mankind's biggest data challenge from the earth's most powerful accelerator. The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid combines the power of more than 140 ... > full story -
Step Right Up, Let The Computer Look At Your Face And Tell You Your Age
October 3, 2008 — Like an age-guesser at a carnival, new computer software can fairly accurately estimate a person's age. But, unlike age-guessers, who can view a person's body, the software works by examining only ... > full story -
New Mathematical Model Can Measure Political Party Power
October 2, 2008 — A new algorithm developed by a computer scientist can be used to predict political power ... > full story -
Keeping Computing Compatible
October 2, 2008 — As distributed computing becomes universal, the programs that make devices work really have to work together. European researchers have gone back to basics to create a development toolkit that ... > full story -
African-American Blogs Offer Key Health Communications Tool
October 2, 2008 — Blogs allow African Americans to discuss HIV and AIDS in an unfiltered way that is both public and private, according to a Penn State researcher, and this exploration may lead to another way to ... > full story -
Just In Time For School: Free Adeona Service Tracks Stolen Laptops
September 30, 2008 — Researchers have created the first free laptop theft-protection tool. The open-source software not only provides a virtual watchdog on your precious machine -- reporting the laptop's location when it ... > full story -
Voice-Commanded Robot Wheelchair Finds Its Own Way
September 29, 2008 — A new kind of autonomous wheelchair under development can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal ... > full story -
Detecting Human Activities Through Barriers: Doppler Radar Signals Become Animation
September 26, 2008 — Scientists are one step closer to making x-ray vision a reality. They are perfecting radar systems that can detect human activities through barriers and convert the signals to virtual renderings ... > full story -
Unraveling 'Math Dyslexia'
September 26, 2008 — New research could change the way we view math difficulties and how we assist children who face those problems. Scientists are using brain imaging to understand how children develop math skills, and ... > full story -
Abrupt Climate Change Focus Of U.S. National Laboratories
September 23, 2008 — Abrupt climate change is the focus of IMPACTS, a major new program bringing together six US Department of Energy national laboratories to investigate the instability of marine ice sheets, warming of ... > full story -
Fake Popup Warnings Fool Internet Users Even After Repeated Mistakes
September 23, 2008 — Most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones -- even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed to trick users into downloading harmful ... > full story -
New Bluetooth System Orients Blind And Sighted Pedestrians
September 23, 2008 — A new Bluetooth system designed primarily for blind people places a layer of information technology over the real world to tell pedestrians about points of interest along their path as they pass ... > full story
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