Computer Science and Technology News

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.

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.

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.

The same Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used to track vehicles is now being used to track cows.

In IBM's labs, miniscule rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other.

Star Trek's holodeck is a famous science fiction concept. Crewmembers could walk through the garden of their childhood home, re-enact famous historical events or watch full, 3-D performances of famous plays.

Method automatically detects within minutes when an Internet worm has infected a computer network.

About 30 million people around the world have grown legally blind due to retinal diseases. The EPI-RET project has sought for a technical solution for the past twelve years to help these patients. This work has resulted in a unique system – a fully implan

Stanford chemists have developed a new way to make transistors out of carbon nanoribbons. The devices could someday be integrated into high-performance computer chips to increase their speed and generate less heat.

ETH Zurich physicists have used a semiconductor material to create superimposed quantum dots that “trap” single electrons.