The aim of Molnar and colleagues' experiments was to test a computer algorithm's ability to identify and differentiate the acoustic features of dog barks, and classify them according…
Europeans are becoming more mobile and healthcare systems have to keep up. A research consortium is seeking to chart a road map for e-health interoperability that would eventually hook…
In the ESA 'Swarm' mission in 2010, GPS antennas will measure the Earth's magnetic field with extreme accuracy. Factors such as the right position on the satellite are particularly…
The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) runs on track. Main milestones like the development of the automatic data processing software SeisComP3,…
Once it launches in 2013, the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to communicate with the Earth thanks to a customised and modified 'off-the-shelf' system that has been recently…
Giant waves, also known as monster waves, have been talked about by sailors for centuries, often related to unexplained disappearances at sea, but no one quite believed them. They have…
Scientists and engineers have created and successfully tested a set of algorithms and software programs which are designed to enable the 19 individual mirrors comprising NASA's powerful…