News tagged with simulation infrastructure

UW-Madison on the map for driving research with new simulator

There's only one place in Wisconsin where a driver can send text messages, speed or engage in other risky behaviors with no risk of an accident: the new University of Wisconsin-Madison Driving Simulation Laboratory.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New simulation tool could shorten manufacturing design process

Novel research on improving the simulation performance of hardware models created in a language called SystemC, often used to shorten manufacturing design cycles to improve the time it takes to bring a product to the marketplace, ...

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created Jan 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Testbeds to breed next-generation systems

(PhysOrg.com) -- The systems that let you zap a photo to a friend, or an astronomer to control a telescope continents away, require intensive simulation and testing. Research has now made those key steps far easier.

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Sci-fi no longer, NREL engineers smart homes

Thanks to TV shows such as The Jetsons and Star Trek, many Americans grew up dreaming that homes of the future would be equipped with fantastic high-tech features. From automatic food dispensers to sliding do ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smart highways to avoid traffic jams

(Phys.org) -- Traffic lights on highway access ramps can help prevent traffic jams. Swiss engineers are testing this approach to increase the capacity of Swiss highways.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The teacher is central to successful use of computers in schools

The idea of one computer per student is becoming increasingly common in the Swedish school system. The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is now conducting several studies on the educational consequences of the so-called 1:1 ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Quake test helps set a new standard for building on soft soil

An often quoted parable has the "foolish builder" building on sand, but in reality many major cities are built on soft deposits – some in earthquake prone regions – and world-leading research at ...

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Maintaining bridges on a budget

What if there was a way to vastly improve the safety, durability and sustainability of bridges across North America without increasing spending? This was the question Saleh Abu Dabous set out to answer when he began his PhD ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A 100-gigbit highway for science

Climate researchers are producing some of the fastest growing datasets in science. Five years ago, the amount of information generated for the Nobel Prize-winning United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

What online social networks may know about non-members

(Phys.org) -- What can social networks on the internet know about persons who are friends of members, but have no user profile of their own? Researchers from the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing of Heidelberg ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The psychology of the left-turn lane: How human behavior influences traffic patterns

University of Arizona traffic engineer Yi-Chang Chiu has embarked on a three-year traffic modeling research project to replace the 1950s model still used to forecast current transportation needs.

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created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

IBM, partners enable smarter charging for electric vehicles

IBM announced that it has teamed with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the ...

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

From spider webs to tangled proteins, researcher finds connections between mathematics, molecules and materials

If anyone were going to discover the connections between molecular structures, mathematical concepts and musical scores, it’s not surprising that Markus Buehler would be the one. He has built his career ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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