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Geographers Help Map Devastation in Haiti
In the wake of the
earthquake in Haiti,
geography students are
participating in a global
effort to enhance the
international response and
recovery effort by helping
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How Does an Outfielder Know Where to Run for a Fly Ball?
To test three theories that
might explain an
outfielder's ability to
catch a fly ball,
researchers had to produce
realistic balls and simulate
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Virtual Reality Tele-Rehab Improves Hand Function: Playing Games for Real Recovery
Remotely monitored in-home
virtual reality videogames
improved hand function and
forearm bone health in teens
with hemiplegic cerebral
... > full story
Milling and Drilling in Cyberspace
Machinists, numerical
control programmers or
mechatronics engineers --
trainees in engineering jobs
often have to master complex
equipment. In the future,
trainees will practice and
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Today's Threat: Computer Network Terrorism
January 20, 2010 — "Carry out all my demands or the entire country's electricity will be cut off." Is this another line from a suspense film, or is it a palpable threat made possible with a computer keyboard? "Today, ... > full story -
Understanding Interaction in Virtual Worlds
December 23, 2009 — Millions are immersed in virtual worlds and multiplayer online games. Now researchers are examining online behavior in virtual gaming ... > full story -
'Rational Drug Design' Identifies Fragments of FDA-Approved Drugs Relevant to Emerging Viruses
December 8, 2009 — A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could ... > full story -
A Virtual Physician's Conference
December 7, 2009 — Telemedicine facilitates communication between family physicians, hospitals and nursing services -- yet current solutions lack flexibility and are consequently very expensive. A new software program ... > full story -
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Simulated Car Crashes Involving Pregnant Women
December 3, 2009 — Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate ... > full story -
Crime Scene Measurements Can Be Taken from a Single Image
December 2, 2009 — Researchers in Spain have developed a procedure to enable forensic police to extract metric data from crime scenes using just a single photograph. Their proposal makes it possible to reconstruct a ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Offers Solution to Driving Phobias
November 30, 2009 — Nervous drivers are being helped to overcome their road phobias by donning Cyclops-style goggles that transport them to a three-dimensional virtual world. Researchers have recruited volunteers with a ... > full story -
Building Real Security With Virtual Worlds
November 27, 2009 — Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and ... > full story -
3-D Software Gives Doctors, Students a View Inside the Body
November 27, 2009 — Researchers have developed technology that turns flat medical scans into vibrant 3-D images that can be shifted, adjusted, zoomed and replayed at ... > full story -
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Virtual Streams Created to Help Restore Real Ones
November 26, 2009 — Researchers have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a healthier state. The Virtual StreamLab demonstrates the physics of ... > full story
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