
MIT Probe Could Aid Quantum Computing
MIT researchers may have
found a way to overcome a
key barrier to the advent of
super-fast quantum
computers, which could be
powerful tools for
applications such as code
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Children With TVs Or Computers In Their Room Sleep Less
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
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'Autonomous' Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly
Stanford computer scientists
have developed an artificial
intelligence system that
enables robotic helicopters
to teach themselves to fly
difficult stunts by watching
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Scientists Develop New Computational Method To Investigate Origin Of Life
Scientists have developed a
new computational method
that they say will help them
to understand how life began
on Earth. The method has the
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Disruption-free Videos
September 6, 2008 Standardized video coding techniques still have their snags – digitally transmitted images are not always disruption-free. An extension of the H.264/AVC coding format allows to protect the most ... > 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 -
Eyeball Reflexes: Security and Biometrics That Cannot Be Spoofed
September 4, 2008 Electronic fingerprinting, iris scans, and signature recognition software are all becoming commonplace biometrics for user authentication and security. However, they all suffer from one major ... > full story -
Verifying Wireless Hackers For Homeland Security
September 4, 2008 Wireless sensor networks used to detect and report events including hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires and for military surveillance and anti-terrorist activities are prone to subterfuge. In ... > 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 -
'Can You See Me Now?' Sign Language Over Cell Phones Comes To United States
August 25, 2008 A group has demonstrated software that for the first time enables deaf and hard of hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile ... > 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
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