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- Engineering a new curriculum
- Engineering a new curriculumSome smaller schools are way ahead hereI teach engineering at two schools in CT. One University of New Haven has a core required course for non-technology students to give them an appreciation and understanding as well as the necessary vocabulary of the role that engineering and...
- Tags: Sastry, Cornell University, Cornell, curriculum, new curriculum, social science, democracy, Siemens AG
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- Nanotechnology on the catwalk
- This event didnt take place in Paris or Milano, but at Cornell University during their Cornell Design League fashion show on April 21. Its now official: "nanotechnology has entered the fashion world." Fashion designers and fiber scientists have unified their efforts at Cornell to show a two-toned gold dress and...
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- Can computers have an opinion?
- Obviously, they can't, but computers can scan through text and deduct human opinions from factual information. This branch of natural-language processing NLP is called 'information extraction' and is used for sorting facts and opinions for Homeland Security. Right now, a consortium of three universities is for the U.S. Department of...
- Tags: computer
- Blog posts 2006-09-24
- Cornell cracks Galileo codes
- Cornell cracks Galileo codesThe Giove-A codes will not stay secretThe handwriting is on the wall. The European Commission overseeing this should prepare for the day when all its positioning data will be accessed with users paying fees, and come up with an alternative funding source now. Any other...
- Tags: Branding, positioning data, Cornell, Galileo, handwriting
- Discussion threads 2006-07-14
- The Web on speed: P2P and epidemic-based protocols
- Emerging technologies like Web services, trading exchanges, XML market data, and pervasive computing will not tolerate the current state of information latency on the Web. For example, a domain name currently takes days to propagate through all the DNS servers and caches distributed around the globe. According to Meta Group's...
- Tags: Nick Gall, P2P, Cornell
- Blog posts 2005-03-30
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- Brown rice, white rice, now GREEN rice
- A major rice grower in California is looking to sell green rice. "Green" as in solar-powered. Of course, like all crops, rice needs sun to grow and ripen. Now Far West Rice, Inc. of Cypress, California, is going to harvest, mill, store, move and bag rice using...
- Tags: California, Plant, PPM, Government, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Hakia adds PubMed, enhances medical search
- In April this year, New York-based Hakia announced an enhancement to their beta web search that focussed upon providing timely and accurate health information to consumers; "For the first time, users will start to get credibility-stamped search results in full view, instead of just popularity-ranked...
- Tags: Abstract, Health Care, Ontology, Hakia, PubMed, Heart Attack, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Microwaves from silicon chips?
- X-rays are widely used for medical imaging and security, but they still are dangerous. Would it be possible to replace X-rays by an imaging technology based on microwave radiation? Until now, it was not feasible because portable devices were not powerful enough. Now, two U.S. scientists have found how to...
- Tags: Microwave, Signal, Silicon Chip, Capacitor, Chip, Lattice, X-rays, Ehsan Afshari, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Document Management, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Neil Young gives his name to a spider
- Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University ECU professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...
- Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Give your computer the sense of touch
- Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University CMU have developed a new haptic interface using magnetic levitation to give computer users the sense of touch. Unlike current haptic systems, this new device doesn't use gloves or robotic arms. It uses 'magnetic levitation and a single moving part to give users a highly...
- Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Coil, Computer, Haptic Device, Hollis, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Taking images of individual atoms in color
- Researchers at Cornell University are using a new kind of scanning transmission electron microscope STEM to take pictures of individual atoms in color for the first time. It seems odd, but 'the current generation of electron microscopes can be thought of as expensive black and white cameras where different atoms...
- Tags: Microscope, Atom, Researcher, Electron, Cornell University, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- JuicyCampus.com pushing the limits of free speech?
- CNN.com featured an article yesterday on a controversial college-oriented website called JuicyCampus.com. According to the article, Free to use and supported by advertising, JuicyCampus is a simple conduit urging users to post gossip and promising them total anonymity. There are threads on campus hook-ups, who's...
- Tags: Pepperdine University, Homophobia, Student Government, Government, Internet, Social Networking, Web Site Development, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Fluenz Spanish (exe)
- A full session from Fluenz Spanish 1. This software was developed by a small team with a clear mission: to create a better way to learn Spanish. Starting from the perspective of the learner, we designed and built our ideal language program by using state-of-the-art technology to bring an immersive,...
- Tags: Computer, Fluenz, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-02-01
- A Nano Bowl trophy for the Super Bowl
- In November 2007, the American Physical Society APS launched the Nano Bowl video contest. You have to make a video that demonstrates some aspect of physics in [American] football and send them your movie. The winner will receive the smallest trophy ever made and $1,000 in cash. This 'nanotrophy' has...
- Tags: Video, Football, Chip, Corporate Communications, Semiconductors, Marketing, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- New ways to reduce computer-related injuries
- According to some studies, computing-related injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndromes or back injuries, affect about one-third of computer users. A Cornell University researcher decided to find some ways to help us. So he studied new products able to prevent repetitive motion injuries, including a chair that undulates, a mouse...
- Tags: Mouse, Chair, Cornell University, Computer, Mice, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-22
- Just two words: Green plastics. Think about it.
- Why do many of the green tech stories I wind up cover have some sort of moral dilemma involved? I mean, come on, plastics have gotten a rap as one of the most heinous substances I our daily lives. According to the subject of this latest...
- Tags: Plastics, Novomer, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-12-21
- 3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?
- 3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?Nice idea.Of course, not everything is made from plastic, and the printer would need some spectacular resolution make all the intergrated circuits in anything electronic.I think nano-bot contruction is more realistic. Huge pool full of contruction fluid could build every we need. Where would all...
- Tags: geek home, 3D, movie
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Denial and the coming "data meltdown"
- Subodh Bapat, Sun Microsystems eco-computing vice president, believes we'll soon see the first world-class data center meltdown. According to News.com: "You'll see a massive failure in a year," Bapat said at a dinner with reporters on Monday. "We are going to see a data...
- Tags: Denial, Data Center, Meltdown, Register, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- What does fair-use really mean?
- What does fair-use really mean?Just remember one thing[i]Absence an on-site legal staff, Education IT has an opportunity to clarify for our educators and our administrators that they have broad latitude in the classroom when it comes to the “fair-use” of copyrighted materials. [/i]However, if you are sued you may as...
- Tags: Digital media, music, RIAA, educator
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcosSomeday......he mused wistfullyThey don't getit do they? Our constitunional rights was violated!!! Its nothing more then a game to all our elected officals. The way to remendy this is reelect a different representive each term so no one is is paid a retirement/insurance/...
- Tags: Robots, Telecom & Utilities, immunity, FISA Court, Judiciary Committee
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
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