Computer Science and Technology News
Posted on July 13, 2008 at 10:55:50 am
Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household robots, the “Care-O-bot® 3”.
Posted on July 07, 2008 at 08:56:42 pm
A Florida State University faculty member is using computational techniques to evaluate a new class of cancer-killing drugs.
Posted on June 28, 2008 at 05:16:02 pm
The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors.
Posted on June 27, 2008 at 11:01:51 am
A computer science Ph.D. student can turn his face into a remote control that speeds and slows video playback. The proof-of-concept demonstration is part of a larger project to use automated facial expression recognition to make robots more effective teac
Posted on June 26, 2008 at 11:04:17 am
The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars have puzzled scientists for 30 years. One of the proposed explanations--a massive asteroid impact--now has strong support from computer simulations
Posted on June 23, 2008 at 10:05:48 am
Security, health and safety sensors in coal mines, buildings or underground public transit areas may one day be improved by research on young mayflies at the University of Maryland.
Posted on June 23, 2008 at 09:21:44 am
Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San Diego have demonstrated.
Posted on June 19, 2008 at 10:37:28 am
A research team from the University of the Basque Country, led by Basilio Sierra, is devising a robot that can get around by itself. Tartalo is able to identify different places and ask permission before going through a doorway.
Posted on June 19, 2008 at 10:34:40 am
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised the first computerized method that can analyze a single photograph and determine where in the world the image likely was taken.
Posted on June 16, 2008 at 10:45:14 am
Less than a week after Los Alamos Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop-per-second data-processing speeds, researchers are already using the computer to mimic extremely complex neurological processes.
