Weiyi Meng, a professor of computer science at Binghamton University, State University of New York is working on the next, great search engine technology. In the not too distant future....
Asking a questions, such as "What do Americans think of universal health care?" His new search engine will create a report indicating trends in opinion based on what has been posted to the Web. It will give the answer not pages with possible answers.
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Here are a couple of metasearch engines: Allinonenews
MySearchView
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Live 3D TV Technology
The 3D TV system, called TransCAIP, captures a live scene using an array of 64 video cameras that are all connected via Ethernet cables to one PC, which converts images from all the video cameras into images for the display. Each video camera contains a built-in HTTP server, which sends motion JPEG sequences to the PC.
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3D-based Captchas
YUNiTi.com, a social Web site, have been working on 3D-based Captchas for a few weeks and have implemented the method on their Web site. The site announced Wednesday that it has created a 3D Captcha method that is unbreakable by current computer technology, yet much easier for humans to identify.
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YUNiTi.com
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Smart Dew
A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University — a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" — will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered outdoors on rocks, fence posts and doorways, or indoors on the floor of a bank, the dewdrops are a completely new and cost-effective system for safeguarding and securing wide swathes of property.
Unlike conventional alarm systems, each droplet of Smart Dew can be programmed to monitor a different condition. Sounds could be picked up by a miniature microphone. The metal used in the construction of cars and tractors could be detected by a magnetic sensor. Smart Dew droplets could also be programmed to detect temperature changes, carbon monoxide emissions, vibrations or light.
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Tel Aviv University
Unlike conventional alarm systems, each droplet of Smart Dew can be programmed to monitor a different condition. Sounds could be picked up by a miniature microphone. The metal used in the construction of cars and tractors could be detected by a magnetic sensor. Smart Dew droplets could also be programmed to detect temperature changes, carbon monoxide emissions, vibrations or light.
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Tel Aviv University
Water-induced superconductivity
Exposure of undoped SrFe2As2 epitaxial thin films to water vapor induces a superconducting transition.
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The Internet has yet to stop working
Spurred by a new wave of Skype-linked families, Hulu-watching flash mobs, and HD-video downloaders, global internet traffic is likely to quadruple by 2012. That’s an internet 75 times larger than it was just five years ago. It will be generating 27 exabytes—nearly 7 billion DVDs worth—of data each month.
Internet service providers are simply ramping up their infrastructure upgrade plans in response to the traffic growth.
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Internet service providers are simply ramping up their infrastructure upgrade plans in response to the traffic growth.
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My dog ate my homework
Earlier this month, the controversial Indian-German Lohafex expedition fertilised 300 square kilometres of the Southern Atlantic with six tonnes of dissolved iron. The iron triggered a bloom of phytoplankton, which doubled their biomass within two weeks by taking in carbon dioxide from the seawater. Dead bloom particles were then expected to sink to the ocean bed, dragging carbon along with them.
But No! The ocean's food-chain did what it was supposed to do. Everything is normal!
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But No! The ocean's food-chain did what it was supposed to do. Everything is normal!
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The Government and social networking sites
GSA signs deals for agencies to use social networking sites. After nine months of negotiations, the General Services Administration signed agreements with four video-sharing and social networking sites: Flickr, Vimeo, blip.tv and YouTube. GSA also is negotiating with the social networking sites Facebook and MySpace.
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Australian ISP Argues For BitTorrent Users
Surgical Robot
After making a small incision, the robot compensates for the natural shake and movement of the organ caused by heartbeats so that surgery can proceed as if the organ is still. That little trick could enable minimally invasive, endoscopic heart surgeries in the future.
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Waseda University
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Synthetic human blood
British scientists are on course to become the first to create synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells.
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GlideCycle: fun bike for Everyone
Perfect for overweight individuals, disabled folks, amputees, or even injured able-bodied people, the no-impact GlideCycle lets folks exercise outdoors with ease.
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Emo jacket from Philips Labs
Designed to enhance the emotional experience of watching a movie, the emo jacket comprises 64 independent actuators, arranged in 16 groups of 4, across the arms and torso. Eight of these, spaced 6 inches apart and located on each sleeve, can create the illusion of being tapped in several spots.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Visumotion's 3-D TV
Visumotion vision: bring glasses-free 3D visualization to mainstream for a broad range of users by applying compelling and intelligent turnkey solutions.
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Reversing Muscular Dystrophy In Dogs
A genetic technique successfully treats Duchenne muscular dystrophy in dogs. The researchers used a novel technique called exon skipping to restore partial function to the gene involved in Duchenne. The study, published in Annals of Neurology, gives hope that a similar approach could work in humans.
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Cold Fusion
Johan Frenje at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an expert at interpreting CR-39 tracks produced in conventional high-temperature fusion reactions, says the team's interpretation of what produced the tracks is valid.
You be the judge...
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You be the judge...
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