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Nist Workshop Takes First Steps Toward Standards For Preserving Digital Data
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Nist Workshop Takes First Steps Toward Standards For Preserving Digital Data

A recent U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology workshop discussed the requirements for creating an international digital data preservation standard...

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Boston University Engineers Trying to Improve UAVs

Boston University engineers are implementing a theoretical approach to optimize automated mission control, which describes mid-level control approaches that go...

Speedier Bug Catching
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Speedier Bug Catching

Engineers have developed new transistors that can locate hardware bugs in a fraction of the time it takes to perform normal debugging. 

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Innovative Techniques Applied to Visual Navigation by Mobile Robots

University of the Basque Country researchers are studying how hyperspectral images can be applied to mobile robots with the goal of enhancing the robots' capacity...

Clearing a Path For Latino Scientists
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Clearing a Path For Latino Scientists

A University of Southern California study found that although the number of Latinos earning bachelor's degrees has increased over the last decade, the growth has...

Bionic Vision Unveils Advanced Prototype Electronic Eyeball
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Bionic Vision Unveils Advanced Prototype Electronic Eyeball

University of New South Wales  and Bionic Vision Australia researchers recently unveiled an advanced prototype of an electronic eyeball that could be used by people...

Building Airplanes on a Computer
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Building Airplanes on a Computer

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill computer scientists and Boeing researchers are developing a new set of algorithms and techniques to simulate digital...

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Lifenet Disaster Communications Technology Moving to Market

The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance has awarded a grant to Georgia Institute of Technology to migrate its wireless communications network...

Walking, Talking Doll: Japanese Scientists ­nveil Female Android
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Walking, Talking Doll: Japanese Scientists ­nveil Female Android

Japanese scientists worked with robot manufacturer Kokoro to develop a female android that can mimic a person's facial expression. 

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Haptic Solution Gives Industry a Better Feel for Designs

Industrial design modeling, used to make prototypes of home appliances or mock-ups of car parts, could soon make the leap from the world of plaster, plastic and...

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Searching For Answers: Ethical Considerations of Google's Presence in China

When Jim Caccamo, Ph.D., heard of Google's recent struggles in China, he knew he'd need to update the curriculum for the Technology, Society and Christian Ethics...

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Sharp Increase In Computer Science ­niversity Enrollment

The number of undergraduate students majoring in computer science increased 14 percent over the last two years, reversing the steep decline in computer science...

Programming With Purpose
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Programming With Purpose

The University of Washington recently held a reception that enabled computer-science and engineering undergraduate students to show off new accessibility applications...

Augmented Reality Brings Dibidogs Alive in 3D
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Augmented Reality Brings Dibidogs Alive in 3D

The VTT Technical Research Center of Finland has been developing augmented reality technology, which superimposes digital information in the user's view, and uses...

Robot Soon Able to Operate Inside Mri Scanners
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Robot Soon Able to Operate Inside Mri Scanners

Researchers at the University of Twente's MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology, in partnership with Radboud University, are working to develop robot-assisted...

Babbage Nanomachine Promises Low-Energy Computing
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Babbage Nanomachine Promises Low-Energy Computing

Boston University researchers have created a nanoscale mechanical logic gate that could form the basis of tiny mechanical computers, descendants of Babbage's mechanical...

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World Record: Julich Supercomputer Simulates Quantum Computer

University of Groningen and Julich Supercomputing Center researchers recently broke the world record for running software that can simulate the largest quantum...

Robot Pruner May Cut Vineyard Labor Costs
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Robot Pruner May Cut Vineyard Labor Costs

Vino Farms is one of several farms in California that have invested in the development of a new machine that uses vision systems to mechanically prune vine spurs...

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Two Programs Honored for Bringing ­nderrepresented Groups into Mathematics

The American Mathematical Society is honoring two programs that do an outstanding job of bringing more individuals from underrepresented minority groups into the...

Citizen Science Contributes to Research
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Citizen Science Contributes to Research

As technology increases the amount of new information available in various fields of science, researchers are turning to citizen scientists to unlock the data....
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