Searching for an Unfriendly Face
As a soldier scans the crowded streets of Baghdad, so do another set of eyes. The second set, located on the soldier's rifle, belongs to a camera system that instantly recognizes the faces of potential threats.
As a soldier scans the crowded streets of Baghdad, so do another set of eyes. The second set, located on the soldier's rifle, belongs to a camera system that instantly recognizes the faces of potential threats.
Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2006
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Intel Corporation today described the significant technical challenges that need to be addressed if computing, from personal devices to giant data centers, is to keep up with increasing demand by consumers and businesses ...
Hardware
Sep 26, 2006
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Astronomers have discovered two new planets outside our solar system, both extremely close to their stars and thus among the hottest ever found.
Astronomy
Sep 26, 2006
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Seagate Technology today announced the SV35.2 Series hard drive, specifically designed for optimal performance in the commercial video security market. The SV35.2 Series adds 320GB and 750GB of storage using perpendicular ...
Hardware
Sep 26, 2006
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Nokia today introduced the Nokia N75, its smallest multimedia computer, offering digital music playback, quality photography, telephony and rich internet communication. The Nokia N75 provides a complete multimedia experience ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 26, 2006
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Oxford researchers have won funding to improve the usefulness of weather predictions on the probability and extent of extreme rainfall. This will help hydrologists, civil engineers, policy-makers and government to take appropriate ...
Mathematics
Sep 26, 2006
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University of Alberta scientists have named a new species of ancient marine reptile, fondly called the Ping Pong Ichthyosaur after the spot the prehistoric creature called home for the last 25 years.
Archaeology
Sep 26, 2006
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A team of British and US scientists have discovered that the gap in the Van Allen radiation belts is formed by natural wave turbulence in space, not by lightning. The discovery settles years of controversy among space scientists ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2006
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Ilya Usoskin (Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Finland) and his colleagues have investigated the solar activity over the past centuries. Their study is to be published this week in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters. ...
Astronomy
Sep 26, 2006
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Major airports around the country will be safer after they implement a new Federal Aviation Administration standard to help prevent runway incursions, which the FAA defines as "any occurrence on an airport runway . . . that ...
Other
Sep 26, 2006
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