http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are working on the development of an efficient and intelligent facial expression recognition system. The system is capable of locating the face region using derivative-based filtering and recognizing facial expressions using boosting classifier. The portable device is being developed to help autistic children understand the emotions of surrounding people. http://www.physorg.com/news175174583.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:37:32 EST news175174583 (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maryland electrical and computer engineering professor Bruce Jacob pried open his new electric guitar and wondered why he couldn't get more sounds out of it. http://www.physorg.com/news166200541.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:49:37 EST news166200541 As online shopping continues to grow in popularity around the globe, shoppers increasingly depend upon consumer-based rating systems that vendors like Amazon.com and eBay use to rate products and sellers. But those rating systems are easily manipulated, misleading many online shoppers and causing them to make purchases they otherwise may not. http://www.physorg.com/news160152872.html Technology Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:55:59 EST news160152872 A new, extremely energy-efficient processor chip that provides breakthrough speeds for a variety of computing tasks has been designed by a group at the University of California, Davis. The chip, dubbed AsAP, is ultra-small, fully reprogrammable and highly configurable, so it can be widely adapted to a number of applications. http://www.physorg.com/news159623453.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:51:14 EST news159623453 (PhysOrg.com) -- An NJIT electrical engineer has cracked the code that will enable researchers around the world to detect tampering with electronic images. http://www.physorg.com/news157818404.html Technology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:27:16 EST news157818404 Counting calories that burn through activity is a constant quandary. One can only run on a treadmill so long, watching intently as the pedometer reads out the number of calories melted during a session of exercise. Not to mention the question of how many calories are burned through basic daily movements and even during sleep. http://www.physorg.com/news156003910.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:26:12 EST news156003910 You're starting with working equipment full of expensive parts. So you don't want to throw everything away and start over. You want to put together just the right combination of existing parts and new pieces to make the most cost-effective, sustainable and resilient machine possible. http://www.physorg.com/news146406135.html Technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:22:15 EST news146406135 A terahertz version of the single-pixel camera developed by Rice University researchers could lead to breakthrough technologies in security, telecom, signal processing and medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news143210026.html Physics Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:33:46 EST news143210026 Ratnesh Kumar keeps his prototype soil sensors buried in a box under his desk. He hopes that one day farmers will be burying the devices under their crops. http://www.physorg.com/news142860421.html Technology Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:27:01 EST news142860421