Computer Science and Technology News
Posted on July 26, 2008 at 10:42:41 am
A new approach to design would put each person through a brief skills test and then generate a mathematically-based version of the user interface optimized for his or her vision and motor abilities.
Posted on July 15, 2008 at 11:32:49 pm
Personalized computer interfaces that adapt to each user's vision and motor abilities significantly speeds up computer tasks, especially in disabled users. The prototype system offers the first instantly customizable computer interface.
Posted on July 14, 2008 at 01:44:28 am
HP has announced that researchers from HP Labs, the company’s central research facility, have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering.
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.
