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Disaster Is Just a Click Away: Computer Scientist, Psychologist Look at Developing Visual System to Warn Internet Users of Safety Risks
September 11, 2012 — Two professors are researching how to help computer users who have little to no computer experience improve their Web browsing safety without security-specific education. The goal is to keep users ... > full story -
U.S. Homeland Security's 'Narco Sub' PLUTO Mimics the Real Thing
September 10, 2012 — With low profiles and low radar reflectivity, stealthy, drug-running semi-submersibles, "narco subs," built in southern jungles cut through the ocean at wave height and are nearly impossible to ... > full story -
Perfecting Email Security
September 10, 2012 — On the whole, security is not a primary concern for most day-to-day emails, but some emails do contain person, proprietary and sensitive information, documents, media, photos, videos and sound files ... > full story -
Adolescents in Foster Care Require Guidelines for Safe Social Media Use, Expert Says
September 5, 2012 — About 73 percent of online American teens use social networking sites, such as Facebook, to share photos, interests and experiences with others. For youths in the foster care system, sharing ... > full story -
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
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