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Virtual World Is Sign Of Future For Scientists, Engineers
July 18, 2008 — A new virtual environment enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. This is part of a research trend, with ... > full story -
Avatars As Communicators Of Emotions
July 10, 2008 — Current interactive systems enable users to communicate with computers in many ways, but not taking into account emotional communication. A Ph.D. thesis puts forward the use of avatars or virtual ... > full story -
NIST Releases Preview Of Much-anticipated Online Mathematics Reference
June 27, 2008 — NIST has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions. In development for over a decade, the DLMF is designed to be a modern successor to a ... > full story -
Idle Computers Offer Hope To Solve Cancer's Mysteries Through Grid Computing Project
June 26, 2008 — A biomedical engineering professor is using a concept called "grid computing" to allow the average person to donate idle computer time in a global effort to fight ... > full story -
Experimental Phone Network Uses Virtual Sticky Notes
June 21, 2008 — The rapid convergence of social networks, mobile phones and global positioning technology has given engineers the ability to create something they call "virtual sticky notes," site-specific messages ... > full story -
It’s All In Your Head - The Effect Of Metaphor On Web Navigation
June 19, 2008 — In the internet world of sites, pages, lounges and whatever else is out there, most of us have found ourselves 'lost in hyperspace', a frustrating experience of having lost track of where we are, ... > full story -
Using Brainwaves To Chat And Stroll Through Second Life: World's First
June 16, 2008 — For the first time, a person with a serious muscular disorder has used brainwaves to chat and stroll through the virtual world of Second Life. The computer system uses electrodes as small as 1cm in ... > full story -
Hands On Learning For The Visually Impaired
June 9, 2008 — European researchers have made it easy for software developers to build educational tools that let pupils collaborate to see, hear -- and now also feel -- what is on the computer screen. When you ... > full story -
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Futuristic Linkage Of Animals And Electronics
June 7, 2008 — The same Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used to track vehicles is now being used to track cows. But animal scientists have taken tracking several steps further with a Walkman-like headset ... > full story -
Could Violent Video Games Reduce Rather Than Increase Violence?
May 15, 2008 — Does playing violent video games make players aggressive? It is a question that has taxed researchers, sociologists, and regulators ever since the first console was plugged into a TV and the first ... > full story -
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Gaining Independence For People With Disabilities Through Video Games
May 15, 2008 — Today's video games serve a multitude of functions ranging from entertainment to exercise and even education. Now, three recent graduates have created a game with an even more important purpose --- ... > full story -
Face-to-face Or Facebook? Can Online Networking Sites Help New Students Settle Into University?
May 12, 2008 — Can online networking sites help new students settle into university? Researchers are now looking for first-year University of Leicester students who use Facebook to help their pioneering research ... > full story
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