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UBC 'smart' wheelchair could increase mobility for disabled seniors
A University of British Columbia researcher has developed a smart wheelchair aimed at helping seniors with cognitive disabilities live independently for a longer time and with a better quality of life. Pooja Viswanathan, a PhD computer science student, said the wheelchair fills a gaping hole in ...
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The Forces Driving Women Out of Computer Science
Computer science has changed considerably since ELLEN SPERTUS, a graduate student at MIT noticing boy-girl ratio of six to one, published the paper “Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?”. Now, there are even fewer women entering the field. Why this is so remains a matter of dispute.
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Computers determine when to stop searches at sea
Researchers are developing a new computer model to predict how long someone will survive when lost at sea, which will in turn determine when a search and rescue operation may be stopped. The Search and Rescue Survival Model is being developed by the University of Portsmouth’s Sports Science and ...
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Pinning down the fleeting Internet: Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching | University of Washington News and Information
University of Washington researchers are grabbing hold of the fleeting Web and storing historical Web sites that users can easily search using an intuitive application called Zoetrope. "Your browser is really just a window into the Web as it exists today," said Eytan Adar, University of ...
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Researcher: Self-driving cars could save U.S. auto industry
For the struggling U.S. auto industry to survive over the long term, Detroit must take back its technology leadership role and start developing self-driving cars, according to a Stanford University researcher. Sebastian Thrun, a professor of computer science and director of the artificial ...
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U.S. Drone Strikes With Deadly Accuracy
Comment added by JDP on 11/19/2008Whoa - greater success in killing al Qaeda terrorists, fewer civilian deaths and damage, and plenty of unintended consequences to go around (assassinations, score-settling by directing drone fire to local enemies other than al Qaeda, etc.). -
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Mobile industry calls for RFID payment push | Tech News on ZDNet
Comment added by JDP on 11/19/2008Given how "secure" RFID passports and cell phones (tapping and location snooping WITHOUT requiring telco provider cooperation!) have been shown to be (not at all), how will any individual be able to be "responsible" for any breaches associated with mobile payments ... or indeed, be able to ... -
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Court Docs Reveal Fury of a PC Maker Scorned
Comment added by JDP on 11/17/2008"Military intelligence". "Business ethics". "Compassionate conservatism." To those add "Microsoft credibility" (and it's two other mega-businesses with that opinion!). AND, what's really ODD is that one might add "Chief EXECUTIVE Officer" to that list - at least for Microsoft. Ballmer ... -
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Cash prizes offered for patent-busting evidence - tech - 17 November 2008 - New Scientist
Comment added by JDP on 11/17/2008Yes, more patent officers MIGHT have done this. But what the heck - if the company can make a profit and some submitters can get prizes - maybe we don't need more patent officers. Relevant questions may include - Might this company more prone to pressure or fraud than patent officers might be ...
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