Could computer games help farmers adapt to climate change?
Scientists from Sweden and Finland say gaming presents both challenges and benefits for communicating climate change methods to farmers Web-based ...
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Giving robots a better feel for object manipulation
Model improves a robot's ability to mold materials into shapes and interact with liquids and solid objects A new learning ...
A novel data-compression technique for faster computer programs
Researchers free up more bandwidth by compressing 'objects' within the memory hierarchy A novel technique developed by MIT researchers rethinks ...
Could robots make a documentary about a 5K race?
Researchers are training robots to observe and make decisionsCredit: University of Houston A 5K race can offer both victory and ...
PSU researchers develop blockchain protocol to prevent counterfeit pharmaceutical sales
Portland State University researcher Nirupama Bulusu wants to prevent counterfeit pharmaceuticals from flooding the market. Bulusu recently published a blockchain ...
Largest, fastest array of microscopic ‘traffic cops’ for optical communications
The technology could revolutionize how information travels through data centers and artificial intelligence networksCredit: Kyungmok Kwon photo Engineers at the ...
New computer model automatically, aesthetically crops photos
Credit: Courtesy: James Wang and Jia Li / Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Computers can now automatically crop photos ...
ACM Thacker Breakthrough Award recognizes contributions that shaped cloud computing
Mendel Rosenblum transformed datacenters by reinventing virtual machinesCredit: Courtesy, Stanford University ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that ...
Scientific computing in the cloud gets down to Earth
Servers in the cloud, originally intended for business, broaden access to cluster computing, make new research strategies in geophysics possibleCredit: ...
Imaging technology will offer new clues to embryonic development
Better understanding could lead to new prevention and treatment for birth defectsCredit: University of Houston Soon after conception, an embryo's ...
UC professor’s startup promotes literacy through design
Reneé Seward's See Word Reading app is gaining traction in business and education fields across the city and globe Reneé ...
Advance boosts efficiency of flash storage in data centers
New architecture promises to cut in half the energy and physical space required to store and manage user data MIT ...
Virtuoso of mobile sensing technology receives ACM Prize in Computing
Shwetak Patel broke new ground in IoT research and brought innovative products to marketCredit: University of Washington ACM, the Association ...
Changing how a country types: New keyboard standard makes typing in French easier
New standard created with state-of-the-art algorithm adopted by FranceCredit: Aalto University Helsinki, Finland--Keyboards touch our everyday lives yet, despite the ...