Technology

Girls, Robots And Japan: Spelbots Tie For First In Robocup 2009

According to a Time magazine article, “The Male Minority,” women make up almost 60 percent of undergraduate students nationwide.   Science, technology and math are one of the few areas where men have superior numbers but the women are winning there too. Th ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2009 - 11:58pm

Can zombies live again?

Some UCSB researchers managed to infiltrate the command-and-control system of a botnet, and got lots of information out of it, which they wrote up in a paper. ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 25 2009 - 9:00am

Structural Holes- Take Your Social Networking Advice From Madonna

In today's connected world, networking know-how can be a key resource in finding jobs and business opportunities, but a series of new studies by Dr. Yuval Kalish of the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University s ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2009 - 5:06pm

Say Goodbye to the Printed Textbook....

I remember distinctly lugging a backpack of textbooks across the frozen tundra of Michigan State University in January. On many occasions, the weight of the backpack was enough to send me skidding out of control on the ice. I hated dragging those books aro ...

Blog Post - Michael Windelspecht - May 17 2009 - 8:22am

LifeLike- EVL Lab Sets Out To Simulate Your (Evil) Twin

Is "Multiplicity" your favorite movie?   Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once or create an evil twin (and name him Skippy)?   A research project called LifeLike is trying to bring that a little closer to reality. Project LifeLi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2010 - 1:17pm

When Gadgets Lose Their Magic

Over at Wired, read about gadgets losing their luster: When Arthur C. Clarke went to the great geosynchronous orbit in the sky last year, he left behind a huge legacy, not least of which was a quote oft cited by Silicon Valley visionaries and wannabes. &qu ...

Blog Post - Michael White - May 19 2009 - 12:31am

Nexus TDD-9000 Liquid Cooling: Laptop Accessory Of The Year For 2009?

Dutch firm Nexus Technology enters the market for laptop accessories with a new patented liquid cooling solution. The TDD-9000 is a soft black velvet blanket with inside a gel-like liquid. The patented liquid has unique heat dissipating characteristics an ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2009 - 11:09am

IPhone Users Set To Dominate Mobile Virus Market

If you own a computer you have probably gotten a 'virus' but there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans now use these devices. A team headed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, dir ...

Article - News Staff - May 21 2009 - 10:08pm

Not Just TV- Too Much Technology Bad For Kids Also

Today’s children are coming of age immersed in a world video games, instant messaging and 3-D avatars  of themselves. Many have cell phones, laptops, and hand-held video games.  Heck, even robot pets are being raised in virtual worlds. What impact does thi ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2009 - 4:59pm

Robots May Be Your New Neighbors

A new robot house will be launched at the University of Hertfordshire tomorrow, Wednesday 27 May th. Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn and her team at the University’s School of Computer Science have taken their robots out of their laboratory and have them “liv ...

Article - News Staff - May 26 2009 - 3:26pm