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NASA Keeps Watch Over Isabel, Captures Spectacular Images
September 16, 2003 NASA is keeping a close watch on Hurricane Isabel as it churns in the Atlantic with winds that top 150 miles per hour. Instruments aboard NASA's suite of Earth-observing satellites are monitoring ... > full story -
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Dr. Robot Tested At Hopkins
August 7, 2003 It lacks the warm bedside manner of Marcus Welby or Dr. Kildare, but a high-tech robot being tested at The Johns Hopkins Hospital could be used to link patients with their physicians in a whole new ... > full story -
NASA-Developed Technology Helping Put Lawbreakers Behind Bars
June 17, 2003 From bombings and other homeland security threats, to child abductions, to verifying the "real" Saddam Hussein, a video enhancement system developed at the Marshall Center is proving to be a ... > full story -
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New Virtual Reality Array Allows Immersive Experience Without The Disorienting 3-D Goggles
May 14, 2003 The University of Pennsylvania has installed a virtual reality system that allows a participant full-body interaction with a virtual environment without the hassle of bulky, dizzying 3-D ... > full story -
Odors Summon Emotion And Influence Behavior, New Study Says
April 14, 2003 College students frustrated by playing a rigged computer game in a scented room later exhibited that frustration when they inhaled the same smell, according to a new study by a Brown University ... > full story -
Children Who Concentrate And Switch Attention Better Are More Likely To Cross Streets Safely
September 18, 2001 How can we help kids cross streets more safely? Improving their abilities to concentrate and switch their attention may be part of the answer. British psychologists studied these two central ... > full story -
Adversaries Would Find Other Attack Methods, Game Theory Shows
August 2, 2001 As Congress ponders a $3 billion increase in funding for a national missile defense system, University of Illinois professor Julian Palmore is looking at the program’s prospects for success ... > full story -
Animated 3-D Boosts Deaf Education; "Andy" The Avatar Interprets By Signing
March 7, 2001 "Andy" the avatar talks with his hands. He is a 3D animation, displaying a distinct personality and natural facial expressions that help him interpret words and phrases for hearing-disabled ... > full story -
Carnegie Mellon Professor's Unique New Vision Technology Will Be Used To Present Replays In Super Bowl XXXV
January 24, 2001 Football fans tuning into this year's Super Bowl will be treated to a unique new view of the action during playbacks. CBS Television will be presenting them using a new technology co-developed by ... > full story -
Children's Personality Features Unchanged By Short-Term Video Play
August 11, 2000 Children who are either aggressive or empathic seem not to have those traits changed by short-term exposure to violent video games, according to new research being presented at the 108th Annual ... > full story
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