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Wireless Window Sentinel Draws Its Power from Its Environment
September 5, 2012 Window contacts tell users if a window is open or closed. Typically, such sensors are wire-based. Scientists working with industry partners recently developed a new system that operates without wires ... > full story -
Cybersecurity Experts Researching How to Keep Medical Devices Secure, Communicating on Hospital Networks
September 5, 2012 What if you could shut down several emergency rooms simultaneously without leaving your own home? How about hacking a pacemaker and reprogramming it to cause a heart attack? Although these could be ... > full story -
Kinsey Reporter: Free App Allows Public to Anonymously Report, Share Information on Sexual Behavior
September 5, 2012 Indiana University has released Kinsey Reporter, a global mobile survey platform for collecting and reporting anonymous data about sexual and other intimate behaviors. The pilot project allows ... > full story -
Web-TV: A Perfect Match?
September 3, 2012 Do you surf the web in front of the TV, or tweet what you are watching? Researchers are creating technologies that combine web, social media and TV to enhance our experience and interactions across ... > full story -
Building Ultra-Low Power Wireless Networks
August 29, 2012 Engineering researchers have received funding to create distortion-tolerant communications for wireless networks that use very little power. The research will improve wireless sensors deployed in ... > full story -
Shifty, but Secure Eyes: New Biometric Security System
August 29, 2012 A biometric security system based on how a user moves their eyes is being developed by technologists in Finland. Researchers explain how a person's saccades, their tiny, but rapid, involuntary eye ... > full story -
Frankenstein Programmers Test a Cybersecurity Monster
August 27, 2012 To catch a thief, you have to think like one. Computer scientists are trying to stay one step ahead of cyberattackers by creating their own monster. Their monster can cloak itself as it steals and ... > full story -
How to Feed Data-Hungry Mobile Devices? Use More Antennas
August 23, 2012 Researchers have just unveiled Argos, a new multi-antenna technology that could help wireless providers keep pace with the voracious demands of data-hungry smartphones and tablets. Argos aims to ... > full story -
Your Wireless Router Could Save Lives in an Emergency
August 20, 2012 An emergency communications system that could automatically piggyback on domestic wireless routers connected in urban locations could help first responders stay in touch even if cell phone towers and ... > full story -
Single Sign-on for Internet Use Had Major Vulnerabilites: Many Now Fixed
August 15, 2012 Online shopping, cloud computing, online CRM systems: Each day many IT systems require the user to identify himself/herself. Single Sign-On (SSO) systems were introduced to circumvent this problem, ... > full story
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