News tagged with software model

Innovative 3-D designs can more than double solar power generated from a given area

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intensive research around the world has focused on improving the performance of solar photovoltaic cells and bringing down their cost. But very little attention has been paid to the best ways ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Supercomputing on a cell phone

Many engineering disciplines rely on supercomputers to simulate complicated physical phenomena — how cracks form in building materials, for instance, or fluids flow through irregular channels. Now, researchers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

See your photos in 3D on new website

(PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 7

Futuristic 48-Core Intel Chip Could Reshape How Computers are Built (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or "single-chip cloud computer," that rethinks many of the approaches used in today's designs for laptops, ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 19

New model shows how often to review material for flashcard programs

(PhysOrg.com) -- A challenge for students and teachers -- and today, for designers of educational software: How often should material be reviewed for best learning? Wait too long to review and it fades away; review too soon ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

OpenSim open-source software from Stanford accurately models human motion

There are 640 muscles in the human body, or maybe it is 639. Or maybe it is 850. Or 656. It all depends on whom you ask. In any case, it is a lot. Stanford bioengineer Scott Delp knows; he has programmed almost every one ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microsoft shows off 3D and NUI technology (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Craig Mundie, the number two man over at Microsoft gave journalists a sneak peek at the newest bit of technology to come out of Microsoft Labs.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Your smartphone: a new frontier for hackers

(AP) -- Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's popular Android operating system. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Computer software sets new record for solving jigsaw puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Completing jigsaw puzzles is a challenging and popular hobby, but now scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. and Tel Aviv University in Israel have for ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Computer science researchers provide insight into how we understand social networking

The rise of social media has allowed people to connect and re-connect with friends, colleagues and family from across the world. A new paper by University of Minnesota computer scientists in the College of Science and Engineering ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hunting for gaps

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new model for the behavior of pedestrians and crowds. It can help to understand and prevent tragic crowd disasters, to develop better architectural designs and ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research advances voice security technology

Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person's handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now, thanks in part to research from North Carolina State University, we are closer to practical technology ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mastering multicore

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have developed software that makes computer simulations of physical systems run much more efficiently on so-called multicore chips. In experiments involving chips with 24 separate ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

New computers respond to students' emotions, boredom

Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students’ cognitive and emotional states – including frustration and boredom – has been developed by University of Notre Dame Assistant ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adobe to launch new software suite for designers

(AP) -- Adobe is launching the latest version of its software package for designers and Web developers.

Technology / Software

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0