News tagged with dialect identification


Dialect Detectives

Dialect Detectives

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology under development by Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo and his colleagues at Lincoln Laboratory may lead to a dialect identification system that compensates for a translator's inexperience ...





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'Curtain twitching' skylarks keep track of strangers through their songs (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Skylarks can hear the difference between friendly neighbours and dangerous strangers, and deal with any threatening intruders, says new research by scientists at Queen Mary, University of London.


Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.


New study looks at re-identification risks

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify ...


New study reveals first ever method to genetically identify all 8 tuna species

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new paper published October 27 in PLoS ONE, the online, open-access scientific journal, unveils for the first time a method to accurately distinguish between all eight tuna species from any kind of processed tissue using ...


Intelligence inside metal components

Intelligence inside metal components

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Up to now, extreme production temperatures made it impossible to equip metallic components with RFID chips during the operating process. At Euromold in Frankfurt (Dec. 2-5), Germany, Fraunhofer researchers ...


Women face ID problem after cosmetic surgery trip

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A group of Chinese women who travelled to South Korea for cosmetic surgery baffled immigration officers on their return home when their new looks did not match their passport photos.


DNA 'barcode' for tropical trees

DNA 'barcode' for tropical trees

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA “barcodes” to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Summit. ...


Novel K-anonimity algorithm safeguards access to data

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As electronic health records become more widely deployed, increasing amounts of health information are being collected. This data has many beneficial applications, such as research, public health, and health system planning. ...


Google Go

Google Go gets going (w/ Video)

Technology / Software

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.


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Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...



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