New wireless technologies that improve security, commerce and entertainment may also carry a down side: potential interference with implantable medical devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators and drug-infusion pumps. A research center at the Georgia Institute of Technology has expanded its test capabilities to help manufacturers head off such conflicts.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of the largest academic medical centers in the Western United States, has been recognized for having one of the 500 most powerful computers in the world. Cedars-Sinai's supercomputer is designed to analyze blood proteins from cancer cells and provide information that will allow researchers to more accurately predict how cancer patients will respond to specific treatments.
To help provide a low-cost communication tool for blind people, undergraduates at Johns Hopkins have invented a lightweight, portable Braille writing device that requires no electronic components.
Researchers at Northeastern University have developed a magnetic material that will enable radar technology used by the U.S. military to be smaller, lighter, and cheaper without compromising on performance.
Displays drain more power than any other component of a handheld device, a problem that will only grow as mobile devices incorporate higher-definition graphics.
Cornell researchers have developed a new and much quicker method for rendering hair in computer graphics that promises to make blond (and other light-colored) hair more realistic.
New thin-film semiconductor techniques invented by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers promise to add sensing, computing and imaging capability to an amazing array of materials.
"Paint-on" antennas, designed to establish new high-altitude communications and surveillance platforms, successfully transmitted voice and data links as well as teleconferencing capabilities during test flights in the Nevada desert June 21 on board a SA-60 spherical airship.
A Scanner Darkly, opening in theaters nationwide today, uses old techniques in a new way to make other-worldly effects pop on the picture screen. Thanks to advances in digital technology and an old animation process called rotoscoping, moviemakers can make motion picture film or video of real, live actors appear as dreamlike as an animation classic.
Every day, the sun bathes the planet in energy--free of charge--yet few systems can take advantage of that source for both heating and cooling. Now, researchers are making progress on a thin-film technology that adheres both solar cells and heat pumps onto surfaces, ultimately turning walls, windows, and maybe even soda bottles into climate control systems.
Members of Cornell University's Global Positioning System Laboratory have cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes secret.
Researchers have developed a model to predict with much greater accuracy the number and severity of vulnerabilities that will likely surface in operating systems and in major software applications in the near future. The research is lead by Yashwant K. Malaiya, professor in the Department of Computer Science in Colorado State's College of Natural Sciences.
Engineers have invented a radar system that is virtually undetectable, because its signal resembles random noise. The radar could have applications in law enforcement, the military, and disaster rescue. With further development the technology could even be used for medical imaging.
Communications networks increase in value as they add members--but by how much?
A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz. The accomplishment redefines the performance limits of silicon-based semiconductors.
Stroke victims and people suffering from weakness of their upper extremities may now be able to go mall shopping, thanks to a "virtual mall" developed by a University of Haifa Occupational Therapy doctoral student.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area. Commercial versions of the technology could be used to stymie unwanted use of video or still cameras.
What if you absolutely must delete all data from a computer drive -- beyond any hope of recovery? That was the challenge facing scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Their solution: special high-strength neodymium iron-boron magnets that permanently erase all the information.
A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that as many as 10,000 fatal automobile crashes could be prevented if all vehicles were equipped with electronic stability control or ESC.
Physicians and surgeons will someday monitor a patient's blood flow, blood pressure and temperature with tiny, implanted devices, thanks to research being conducted by a Cornell University professor and an Ithaca-area high-tech firm.
Ben Liblit offers a bold prediction regarding all of the complicated software programs churning away in your computer: They have bugs. All of them. Guaranteed. Liblit has developed a novel program that lets real software users fight back with cooperative bug detection techniques.
On May 31 2006, a new feature of the DHMC website was released called "Out-of-Pocket Estimator". This enhancement follows the initial release in February 2005, of the webpage called "Charges for Healthcare Services." The goal of the section "Charges for Health Care Services" is to answer patients' questions about DHMC charges for services and to direct users to the correct resource to assist in getting the answers.
Using the spare time of 3000+ linked computers, Israeli researchers have developed a free, online system designed to help unravel the mysteries of genetic diseases. The gene-mapping system provides results tens of times faster than previous programs, providing a fast-forward button in the quest to developing treatments for genetic diseases.
Hydrogen has been called "the fuel of the future." But the gas is invisible, odorless and explosive at high concentrations, posing a safety problem for hydrogen-powered cars, filling stations and other aspects of the so-called hydrogen economy.
An invention enables any typical computer workstation, using a standard keyboard, to distinguish a computer user by the way they type their name.
By taking advantage of a phenomenon that earlier designers had struggled to avoid, engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a new approach to phased-array antenna design that could allow a single ultra-wideband device to do the job of five conventional antennas.
You don't have to be a nerdy white guy to be a computer geek. In fact, you can be a woman, a minority, a person with a disability or someone who is downright cool. That's the message of a group of Florida State University professors who are participating in a 10-member university consortium.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in collaboration with IBM and New York state, has announced a $100 million partnership to create the world's most powerful university-based supercomputing center, and a top 10 supercomputing center of any kind in the world.
Though fewer than a third of new vehicles sold in the United States have electronic stability control, this relatively new technology can reduce the odds of fatal rollovers by 73 percent in sport utility vehicles and 40 percent in passenger cars, say University of Michigan researchers. (Spanish version included.)
More than $4 million in equipment upgrades will shine 100 million pixels on Iowa State University's six-sided virtual reality room. That's twice the number of pixels lighting up any virtual reality room in the world. That means the C6 will produce virtual reality at the world's highest resolution.
Think twice before replying to an e-mail message. Because e-mail doesn't have the non-verbal modifiers that make up face-to-face communication, the messages can be ambiguous and cause problems.
A new Australian review of existing research suggests that "speed cameras" and other devices can reduce automobile accident rates by allowing authorities to detect and cite speeders as they zip down the road.
Brenner Children's Hospital is one of few children's hospitals in the United States using the latest computed tomography (CT) technology in an emergency setting "“ providing a more accurate diagnosis in a shorter period of time.
Biology inspires engineers to design low-power circuits.
University of South Florida computer science students have built and tested an intelligent scarecrow that guards fish farm ponds from predator birds through image processing and loud, artificial gun blasts and water cannons.
Saint Louis University is pioneering the use of robotic dogs in nursing homes as geriatrics researchers study whether a mechanical canine can help residents feel less lonely.
Rowan University's softball team catcher knows what it's like to play in pain. An engineering student, she's now looking for a solution.
Engineers at Purdue University have developed a tiny "micro-pump" cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip that circulates coolant through channels etched into the chip.
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center (LRC) have developed a simple, cost-effective, energy-saving device designed to harvest daylight automatically. The DaySwitchâ„¢ was designed as an alternative to traditional dimming ballast systems that adjust light levels by reducing the lamp current.
Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology in development at Binghamton University, State University of New York, that can reliably link digital images to the camera with which they were taken, in much the same way that tell-tale scratches are used by forensic examiners to link bullets to the gun that fired them.
A study of how electrons behave in circuitry made from ultrathin layers of graphite "“ known as graphene "“ suggests the material could provide the foundation for a new generation of nanometer scale devices that manipulate electrons as waves "“ much like photonic systems control light waves.
Grand Valley State University is using the latest technology, that is a familiar part of the way students live, to teach them foreign language, culture and history. A pilot program conducted in intermediate French classes provided each student with an iPod to use as a portable language lab, research tool and study buddy.
A globe-spanning constellation of six satellites expected to improve weather forecasts, monitor climate change, and enhance space weather research will head into orbit on Fri. April 14, 2006. Barring delays, a Minotaur rocket is scheduled to launch the array at 5:10 p.m. Pacific time from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central Calif. coast.
In IEEE Spectrum's special January issue, the focus is on "winners and losers" from many technologies and several continents.
A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source -- the size of a restaurant salt shaker -- at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that the cylinder could be safely returned to its insulated base.
A new concept integrates LED technology with building materials and systems. The design includes modular panels with integrated LED lighting fixtures that "snap" in and out of an electrical grid, allowing occupants to change the location of light fixtures and room design on a whim.
Researchers have known for some time that a long, fibrous coil grown by a single-cell protozoan is, gram for gram, more powerful than a car engine. Now, researchers have found that this coil is far stronger than previously thought, discovering clues into the mechanism behind this microscopic powerhouse.
Clarkson University Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and "spoofing" expert Stephanie Schuckers' research demonstrates how using simple casts made from a mold and material such as Play-doh, clay or gelatin can be used to fool most fingerprint recognition devices.
Steven W. Van Sciver, an expert in cryogenics at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, is working with a technology company on the first phase of a grant to help prove the concept behind a patent-pending cryogenic technique for particle separation from a few microns down to submicrons.
A Georgia Institute of Technology researcher has developed a process that increases the hardness and improves the ballistic performance of the material used by the U.S. military for body armor. The researcher's start-up company is commercializing the technology.
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