Computer Science and Technology News

The mess of electrical cables that recharge our laptops, mobile phones and PDAs could soon disappear altogether -- at least according to a team of US physicists, who have shown how power can be transmitted without wires using special "resonant" antennas.

An Internet-based digital repository of Virginia’s existing and planned bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, including bike lanes, hiking, and horseback riding trails is being created by Virginia Tech faculty members in forest and the Center for Geospat

Researchers at Delft University of Technology have succeeded in carrying out calculations with two quantum bits, the building blocks of a possible future quantum computer.

Corn and potato crops may soon provide information to farmers about when they need water and how much should be delivered

Engineers at Purdue University are developing robots able to make "educated guesses" about what lies ahead as they traverse unfamiliar surroundings, reducing the amount of time it takes to successfully navigate those environments.

Anyone connected by Internet can now see planet Mars better than at any time in history, through the eye of HiRISE, the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet.

A new Web-enhanced version of the most commonly used climate modeling system will allow many more scientists - and even curious students - to test theories about the planet's climate.

Two Central Michigan University graphic design students are collaborating with a faculty mentor from the art department and a biology faculty member to develop the characters for a 3-D computer game that will teach 14- to 19-year-old students about princi

In a year when many Americans have experienced first-hand the dangers of raging wildfires, University of Central Florida researchers are preparing to study whether interactive, virtual reality simulations of wildfires can make residents more willing to in

Imagine a future in which wireless power transfer is feasible: cell phones, household robots, mp3 players, laptop computers and other portable electronics capable of charging themselves without ever being plugged in, freeing us from that final, ubiquitous