News tagged with digital computer lab

Seeing a fabulous vision of the future

It was a harmonic convergence of scheduling that found me spending six solid hours with some of Silicon Valley's brightest minds. Without giving it much thought, I committed recently to a morning of meetings at Hewlett-Packard's ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Project Whirlwind comes home

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Project Whirlwind Computer collection -- a compilation of pioneering digital computing research conducted at MIT in the 1940s and 1950s -- has been transferred back to the Institute from ...

Technology / Other

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Research shows cue-giving robots help students learn

(Phys.org) -- The well-known fact is that humans can teach robots, but the newer turn in educational circles is all about how robots can teach humans. The stepped-up robots are “animated” and "adaptive" agents that ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

(AP) -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ...

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google completes Motorola deal, heralding new era

(AP) -- Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet's most powerful company as it tries to shape the future of mobile ...

Technology / Business

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind

University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Real science in virtual school labs

Up-to-date marine data enables students to carry out scientifically valid virtual experiments. The method yields insights on how scientific knowledge is created and developed, according to research from the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineering students using such design tools as SMART boards are more successful at completing projects: study

(Phys.org) -- Classrooms have become smarter, thanks to the use of digital devices such as computers, SMART boards, and other handheld devices. But are these technological advancements birthing a new and smarter generation ...

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created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New vacuum calibration system: Better, faster, and cheaper

In the vacuum business, less is more—except when it comes to accuracy. Industries that depend on high-quality, carefully monitored vacuum for sensitive processes such as microchip fabrication, as well ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Students to demonstrate smart camera trap at new engineering competition

(Phys.org) -- Forget about building a better mouse trap. University of California, San Diego sophomore Riley Yeakle and his teammates have come up with a better camera trap, and they will be facing off with ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Robot arm at MIT will weave its own web (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- The Mediated Matter Group from the MIT Media Lab is working on a robot that might one day spin its own webs. Project team members are training a robot to weave a web-like architecture, similar to the way a ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

From ventriloquist's dummies to turkey dinners, 3-D printing is heading home

When the ventriloquist Jeff Dunham wanted to make a new dummy for his show, he designed the character's head on his home computer and then printed it out in his workshop.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 16 | with audio podcast


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