
Security at Your Fingertips
A new pocket device reads
fingerprints and validates
them by wireless access to a
computer. With this
biometrics system, users can
avoid using passwords, and
get simpler and more secure
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Protect Yourself: Fighting Computer Crimes
Web sites that visualize
images while the user enters
a password could help
prevent impostors from
stealing personal data or
money. The user would see a
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Medical Records on Your Cell Phone
New software technology
allows cell phone and PDA
users to download their
medical records, making them
quickly accessible in case
of emergency. The new
software, to be available in
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Holographic Movie Storage
Holograms allow permanent
optical data storage and
retrieval with far higher
densities than CDs or DVDs,
using the interference
patterns of two lasers.
Physical chemists are now
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Information Technologists Design System To Recognize Palm Vein Patterns
Engineers have developed a scanner that reads the unique characteristics of the veins under a person's palm. It removes the need for people to show identification or relay sensitive information like ... > more -
Computer Scientists Say Hackers Prey On Those Who Don't Protect Themselves
Computer scientists observe that the people most at risk for the loss of private information and other computer problems are those who create easily guessed passwords and user names. They advise ... > more -
Digital Photographers Offer Virtual Storage Solutions
Digital photographers have a new way to safeguard assets in a residence or business. State-of-the-art digital recording apparatus is used to create inventory, which is kept on several protected ... > more -
Software Engineers Allow PCs to Scan Mobile Devices for Viruses
As cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices become more sophisticated, hackers are starting to spread viruses that can infect them. Software engineers have developed an application that allows a ... > more -
Computer Science Analyszes And Predicts Crime
Engineers at the University of Virginia have developed a new program, called web-cat, that allows police to easily access crime data online -- and spot trends that show what types of crimes happen ... > more -
Physicists' Invention Opens Access to Computers for Persons with Tremors
For $100, people with tremors could finally be able to use a computer mouse. A new mouse adapter filters out the high-frequency, shaky component of the movement, transmitting only the steady ... > more -
Computer Software Spots Traffic Accidents
Ohio State University scientists have created software that can identify traffic accident hot spots on state roadways. Right now, it is being used by the Ohio State Highway Patrol ... > more -
Meteorologists Use Weather Knowledge to Predict Path of Toxic Spills
Homeland security officials are tapping researchers' capability to predict the paths of toxic waste spills and hazardous airborne particles. Using computer science and mathematics, along with ... > more -
Electrical Engineers Show Wireless Can Make a Difference in Emergencies
For the first time, a wireless communication system is being tested in simulated emergencies. Dispatchers can locate responders with GPS and give them directions by text message. The system relies on ... > more -
Finding A Whatchamacallit On The Web
VizSeek is one of the first search engines on the Internet to use a photograph, a 2D image, or a 3D model and transform it into a 3D shape. The search can be narrowed with additional information. The ... > more
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