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Recognition at last: Face recognition computers can see through your disguise

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

A rapid but superior method for computerized face recognition could revolutionize security systems especially if it can see through disguises, according to research published in this month's issue of the International Jo ...


New software could save organizations $19,000 each month

Technology / Software

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Software designed by the University of Liverpool which automatically shuts down computer systems after usage, is saving large organisations up to £13,000 in electricity costs each month.


Putting heads (and computers) together to solve global problems

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine if the planet's collective brainpower and computing power could be brought together to tackle some of the world's toughest problems, including global climate change and cancer. It may sound like science ...





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Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...


Intel unveiled a program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching climate change

Intel boosts Facebook users power for research

Technology / Software

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.


One tonne 'Baby' goes mobile

One tonne 'Baby' goes mobile

Technology / Software

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It took a one-tonne computer the size of a room to run a simple mathematics program in 1948 - but now computer scientists have made it available on your mobile.


A police woman fights quantum hacking and cracking

A police woman fights quantum hacking and cracking

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The first desktop computers changed the way we managed data forever. Three decades after their introduction, we rely on them to manage our time, social life and finances -- and to keep this information safe ...


ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

ASUS today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed "TUF" (The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i.


'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique ...


Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and ...


Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Technology / Energy

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are ...


New Iowa State supercomputer, Cystorm, unleashes 28.16 trillion calculations per second

Cystorm supercomputer unleashes 28.16 trillion calculations per second

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Srinivas Aluru recently stepped between the two rows of six tall metal racks, opened up the silver doors and showed off the 3,200 computer processor cores that power Cystorm, Iowa State University's second ...


Researchers using parallel processing computing could save thousands by using an Xbox

Researchers using parallel processing computing could save thousands by using an Xbox

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (23) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by a University of Warwick researcher has demonstrated that researchers trying to model a range of processes could use the power and capabilities of a particular XBox chip as a ...



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