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Researchers reveal 'extremely serious' vulnerabilities in e-voting machines

Sep 13, 2006 | 4.9 / 5 (156) | 0

In a paper published on the Web today, a group of Princeton computer scientists said they created demonstration vote-stealing software that can be installed within a minute on a common electronic voting machine. ...

Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer

Technology / Computer Sciences

Jun 26, 2007 | 4.5 / 5 (160) | 0

A prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers has been developed by researchers in the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. Capable of computing speeds 100 ...

Engineer Creates First Academic Playstation 3 Computing Cluster

Technology / Computer Sciences

Mar 09, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (140) | 1

The Sony Playstation 3, Xbox and Nintendo Wii have captivated a generation of computer gamers with bold graphics and rapid-fire animation. But these high-tech toys can do a lot more than just play games. At ...

Artists 'draw on air' to create 3D illustrations

Technology / Computer Sciences

Sep 19, 2007 | 4.2 / 5 (126) | 0

By putting on a virtual reality mask, holding a stylus in one hand and a tracking device in the other, an artist can draw 3D objects in the air with unprecedented precision. This new system is called “Drawing ...

Hypercubes Could Be Building Blocks of Nanocomputers

Technology / Computer Sciences

Apr 01, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (82) | 4

Multi-dimensional structures called hypercubes may act as the building blocks for tomorrow’s nanocomputers – machines made of such tiny elements that they are dominated not by forces that we’re familiar with ...

Virtual Eve: first in human computer interaction

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 19, 2007 | 4.1 / 5 (89) | 11

The near-human performance of a virtual teacher called Eve created by Massey researchers has drawn the attention of scientists across the computing world.

First 3-D processor runs at 1.4 Ghz on new architecture

Technology / Computer Sciences

Sep 15, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (78) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- The next major advance in computer processors will likely be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running ...

New system makes any digital camera take multibillion-pixel shots

Technology / Computer Sciences

Sep 26, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (70) | 1

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center, have built a low-cost robotic device that enables any digital camera to produce breathtaking gigapixel (billions ...

Computer Program Can't Lose at Checkers

Technology / Computer Sciences

Jul 19, 2007 | 4.1 / 5 (72) | 0

Game over. Computer scientists at the University of Alberta have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C.

Attack on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely-used security systems

Technology / Computer Sciences

Feb 21, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (62) | 7

A team of academic, industry and independent researchers has demonstrated a new class of computer attacks that compromise the contents of “secure” memory systems, particularly in laptops.

Not Much Anonymity for Unprotected File-Sharers: Researchers Examine P2P Networks

Technology / Computer Sciences

Sep 26, 2007 | 4.3 / 5 (61) | 3

The same technology that allows easy sharing of music, movies and other content across a network also allows government and media companies easy access to who is illegally downloading that content.

Researchers demonstrate direct brain control of humanoid robot

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 15, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (57) | 0

A classic science-fiction scene shows a person wearing a metal skullcap with electrodes sticking out to detect the person’s thoughts. Another sci-fi movie standard depicts robots doing humans’ bidding. Now the two are combined, ...

Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly

Technology / Computer Sciences

Sep 01, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (52) | 14

Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. ...

Researchers Use Wikipedia To Make Computers Smarter

Technology / Computer Sciences

Jan 06, 2007 | 3.8 / 5 (57) | 0

Using Wikipedia, Technion researchers have developed a way to give computers knowledge of the world to help them “think smarter,” making common sense and broad-based connections between topics just as the human mind does. ...

Next-generation, high-performance processor unveiled

Technology / Computer Sciences

Apr 24, 2007 | 4.3 / 5 (50) | 0

The prototype for a revolutionary new general-purpose computer processor, which has the potential of reaching trillions of calculations per second, has been designed and built by a team of computer scientists ...