While more older adults than ever are using cell phones and computers, a technology gap still exists that threatens to turn senior citizens into second-class citizens, according to Florida State University researchers.
The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced its receipt of a five-year, $12 million Track 2 award from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Office of Cyberinfrastructure to lead a partnership of academic, industry and government experts in the development and deployment of an innovative and experimental high-performance computing (HPC) system.
A group of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a handheld camera that uses microwave signals to non-destructively peek inside materials and structures in real time.
The first $1000.00 Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources goes for an essay written by researchers from Harvard and Dresden, Germany. Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business announced the winner October 14.
Scientists at Georgia Tech tested our ability to interpret a robot’s “emotion” by reading its expression to see if there were any differences between the ages. They found unexpected differences in the way older adults read a robot’s face compared to younger adults. The research is being presented this week at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting in San Antonio.
In the quest for smaller, faster computer chips, researchers are increasingly turning to quantum mechanics -- the exotic physics of the small. But the techniques required to make quantum devices have been equally exotic. That is, until now.
University of Utah engineers showed that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help cops and firefighters nab intruders, and rescue hostages, fire victims and elderly people who fall.
Robots equipped with wireless and sensing capabilities are available for use in the home. But the safety and privacy risks of these devices are not yet adequately addressed, according to a University of Washington study.
University of Utah researchers created new iPhone applications or “apps” to help scientists, students, doctors and patients study the human body, evaluate medical problems and analyze other three-dimensional images.
NIST has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms - graphical shapes showing how electrical signals vary over time - rather than just parts of waveforms as is current practice. The new method improves the accuracy of common test instruments used in communications and electronics.
Just in time for October's Cyber Security Awareness Month, NIST has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their information, systems and networks.
Government agencies and other organizations planning to use WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access - networks can get technical advice on improving the security of their systems from a draft computer security guide prepared by NIST.
Two artificial intelligence researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have won a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to build evolving commonsense knowledge bases that may lead to "smarter" robots and other automated devices.
GTRI recently began developing testing protocols for RFID technology in the health care setting. The researchers will test whether radio frequency-emitting devices cause any negative effects on the medical devices.
Web scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale. Their goal is to hasten scientific discovery and innovation by enabling rapid and easy collaboration between scientists, educators, students, policy makers, and even “citizen scientists” around the world via the Web.
In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, researchers at Wake Forest University are working with security experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to develop a new defense modeled after one of nature’s hardiest creatures — the ant.
In what may be the first of its kind in the country, Columbus State University in Georgia has created a cell phone and PDA application that allows students real-time access to academic and financial aid information, as well events around campus.
Indiana U. and NC State researchers will use an NSF grant to study the use of virtual worlds to support business processes, such as product development, involving team members often spread across continents or time zones.
The Semiconductor Industry Association considers how to engineer the next golden goose of innovation.
How do we treat the disease of the new millennium?
Future supercomputers for climate modeling and other demanding tasks may be built using the kinds of microprocessors now found in portable electronic devices.
Computers help us in so many ways – from getting our office work done to brewing a pot of coffee. In the medical community, computers have helped doctors for years. Now, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston are working to see if computers can help patients physically and emotionally during treatment.
New software protocol enables interoperability among telesurgical systems.
The Arab world is watching television, and a lot of it. In fact, western ideas are starting to transform Arab culture at a pace that might be too fast, according to a researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
FAU is selected as one of only nine NSF supported centers in the U.S. for information technology, computing and communication. The Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE) is a joint FAU/FIU partnership.
New images from the world's most powerful magnetic resonance imaging machine, the 9.4-Tesla MRI at the University of Illinois at Chicago, are opening radical new possibilities for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Using tourist photos downloaded from the Web, computer scientists created a digital version of Rome in about a day.
A new study by University of Maryland researchers finds a growing use of Twitter among members of Congress - but found they are using the social media platform mostly to promote themselves, rather than engage in dialogue with constituents and the public at large.
Jonecia Keels, C'2011, is creating a huge stir in the software development world. A dual-degree engineering major and SpelBots co-captain, Keels recently created iDex, a new iPhone application downloaded approximately 1,500 times a day worldwide.
Glitch introduces teenaged African American boys to the gaming industry as game testers for companies such as Electronic Arts, Game Tap and Cartoon Network. Researchers are finding that more than half of the game testers are now interested in furthering their education in computer science.
A chemist at NIST has demonstrated a relatively simple, inexpensive method for detecting and measuring elusive hazards such as concealed explosives and toxins, invisible spoilage in food or pesticides distributed in soil by wind and rain.
Two publications from NIST describe new capabilities for authentication systems using smart cards or other personal security devices.
Northeastern neurobiologist to collaborate on NSF project to develop small-scale robots inspired by honey bees.
Staying fit is the name of the game for a new University of Houston physical education class, but don’t look courtside or in the ring for these students. This class makes innovative use the popular Wii video games to illustrate how to stay healthy and fit.
The U.S. has taken the next step toward construction of the revolutionary Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI): a network of ocean observing components, and their associated cyberinfrastructure, that will allow scientists to examine ocean processes on global, regional and coastal scales.
Johns Hopkins engineers have devised innovative computer software that can sift through hundreds of genetic mutations and highlight the DNA changes that are most likely to promote cancer.
UIC computer scientist Prasad Sistla has received a National Science Foundation grant to develop techniques that improve the reliability of monitoring concurrent computer systems, often found embedded in cars, aircraft and other complex devices and machines.
Virginia Tech researchers are developing the next-generation nano-CT imaging system, which promises to greatly reduce the required dose of radiation.
A $30 million National Science Foundation grant will enable the University of Chicago to expand and extend until 2011 the operation of TeraGrid, a national system of interconnected supercomputers devoted to leading-edge scientific discovery and science and technology education.
Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory have received a $1.9 million National Science Foundation grant to develop ways to make NSF's "OptIPuter" project that networks collaborating scientists around the globe more "user-friendly."
New computer software trains new and experienced surgeons by tracking every move they make during surgery training.
A new publication that recommends best practices for the next generation of portable biometric acquisition devices--Mobile ID--has been published by NIST.
A team of computer experts and a nursing specialist at UIC and Rush University have won a National Science Foundation grant to program robots to respond to speech, non-verbal gestures and touch by elderly users. The plan is to make robots that assist the elderly with everyday chores so they can remain living at home.
A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or human counting to track inventory. The research, conducted by the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas, also demonstrated that the use of an RFID-enabled system could improve inventory accuracy by more than 27 percent over a 13-week period.
Rock on as David Kushner probes how Harmonix Music Systems created the new video game "The Beatles: Rock Band."
Electronic contact lenses may soon enable wearers to display text and images superimposed on their visual fields.
If you are curious about the potential of quantum computing, you will want to keep your eye on “Harnessing Quantum Physics”. This is one of many panel discussions coming your way as part of the Quantum to Cosmos Festival, running on-site, online and on TV from October 15-25, 2009.
Dr. Eran Halperin of the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and Tel Aviv University, and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley have developed software that protects the privacy of individuals in genome association studies.
A student-run group called Green Campus Enterprise has determined the carbon footprint at Michigan Technological University and is exploring strategies for reducing it.
Northern Michigan University deployed one of the largest active WiMAX networks in the country Thursday, as it entered the 10th year of its campus-wide notebook computer program. WiMAX offers broadband wireless Internet access and is capable of transmitting data over broad areas with less interference and more efficient bandwidth use than the more common WiFi.
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