News articles tagged with 'algorithm'
MIT: New algorithm may improve defensive driving
— 2 Dec 2011 10:38 | TechnologyIn 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2.3 million automobile crashes occurred at intersections across the United States, resulting in some 7,000…
Swiss scientists prove durability of quantum network
— 2 Dec 2011 10:35 | PhysicsScientists and engineers have proven the worth of quantum cryptography in telecommunication networks by demonstrating its long-term effectiveness in a real-time network…
Can bees colour maps better than ants?
— 10 Mar 2011 18:51 | BiologyIn mathematics, you need at most only four different colours to produce a map in which no two adjacent regions have the same colour. Utah and Arizona are considered adjacent, but Utah…
Teaching robots to move like humans
— 7 Mar 2011 17:07 | TechnologyWhen people communicate, the way they move has as much to do with what they're saying as the words that come out of their mouths. But what about when robots communicate with people?…
New system can warn of tsunamis within minutes
— 5 Mar 2011 13:30 | EnvironmentSeismologists have developed a new system that could be used to warn future populations of an impending tsunami only minutes after the initial earthquake. The system, known as RTerg,…
Researchers working toward automating sedation in intensive care units
— 15 Feb 2011 16:30 | HealthResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Northeast Georgia Medical Centre are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive…
NRL scientists develop 3-D model of the ionosphere F-region
— 19 Jan 2011 17:56 | EnvironmentThe first global simulation study of equatorial spread F (ESF) bubble evolution using a comprehensive 3D ionosphere model, SAMI3, has been demonstrated. The model self-consistently…
Fruit fly nervous system provides new solution to fundamental computer network problem
— 14 Jan 2011 15:50 | TechnologyThe fruit fly has evolved a method for arranging the tiny, hair-like structures it uses to feel and hear the world that's so efficient a team of scientists in Israel and at Carnegie…
Google - an engine of knowledge creation?
— 26 Nov 2010 19:40 | TechnologySearch engines like Google have become part of everyday life, not least in the academic context. But if knowledge is power, then search engines themselves are gaining ground as power…
Researchers design machine learning technique to improve consumer medical searches
— 18 Nov 2010 11:03 | HealthMedical websites like WebMD provide consumers with more access than ever before to comprehensive health and medical information, but the sites' utility becomes limited if users use…