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Human Brain, Internet, and Cosmology: Similar Laws at Work?
November 19, 2012 The structure of the universe and the laws that govern its growth may be more similar than previously thought to the structure and growth of the human brain and other complex networks, such as the ... > full story -
Leap Forward in Brain-Controlled Computer Cursors: New Algorithm Greatly Improves Speed and Accuracy
November 18, 2012 Researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The ... > full story -
Antenna-on-a-Chip Rips the Light Fantastic
November 16, 2012 A lab produces a micron-scale spatial light modulator like those used in sensing and imaging devices, but with the potential to run orders of magnitude ... > full story -
Technology Only a Tool in Search for Solutions to Poverty
November 16, 2012 Technology can serve as a tool to bridge the digital divide, but it is unlikely to be a complete solution in helping people find jobs and escape poverty, according to a ... > full story -
Artist's Inspiration: How Robot Soccer Led to a Mathematician's Mirror That Reflects Your True Face
November 16, 2012 When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by a mathematics professor shows your true face without reversing its ... > full story -
Beating the Dark Side of Quantum Computing
November 16, 2012 A future quantum computer will be able to carry out calculations billions of times faster than even today's most powerful machines by exploit the fact that the tiniest particles, molecules, atoms and ... > full story -
Largest Resolution Immersive Visualization Facility
November 16, 2012 A new Reality Deck, a 416 screen super-high resolution virtual reality four-walled surround-view theater, is the largest resolution immersive display ever built driven by a graphic supercomputer. Its ... > full story -
Cellphone Bans Associated With Fewer Urban Accidents
November 15, 2012 Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer? It depends on where you're driving, a new study says. The study found that, ... > full story -
Controlling Heat Flow Through a Nanostructure
November 15, 2012 Researchers found that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better ... > full story -
Medical Vital-Sign Monitoring Reduced to the Size of a Postage Stamp
November 15, 2012 Electrical engineers have developed new technology to monitor medical vital signs, with sophisticated sensors so small and cheap they could fit onto a bandage, be manufactured in high volumes and ... > full story
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