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Key Component for Wireless Communication With Terahertz Frequencies

Oct. 4, 2016 — An ultrahigh speed, wireless communication network using THz instead of GHz frequencies is now one step closer. Researchers have shown that it is possible to effectively ... read more

Virtual Reality Training Improves Social Skills of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

Sep. 20, 2016 — Children with autism spectrum disorder, who participated in a virtual reality training program, improved social cognition skills and reported better ... read more

Setting Up a Decoy Network May Help Deflect a Hacker's Hits

Sep. 9, 2016 — Computer networks may never float like a butterfly, but information scientists suggest that creating nimble networks that can sense jabs from hackers could help deflect the stinging blows of those ... read more

Robotic Surrogates Help Chronically Ill Kids Maintain Social, Academic Ties at School

Sep. 7, 2016 — Chronically ill, homebound children who use robotic surrogates to “attend” school feel more socially connected with ... read more

Negative Experiences on Facebook Linked to Increased Depression Risk in Young Adults

Sep. 8, 2016 — Negative experiences on Facebook may increase the risk of depressive symptoms, suggesting that online social interactions have important consequences ... read more

Posting Personal Experiences on Social Media May Help You Remember Them in the Future

Sep. 7, 2016 — Posting personal experiences on social media makes those events much easier to recall, a new study -- the first to look at social media's effect on ... read more

Computer Simulation to Spare Children from Heart Surgery

Sep. 6, 2016 — Children with congenital heart defects often undergo a battery of strenuous examinations and interventions. Now, researchers have developed software to simulate certain ... read more

Swarm Robots Can Learn by Simply Observing

Aug. 30, 2016 — It is now possible for machines to learn how natural or artificial systems work by simply observing them, without being told what to look for, according to ... read more

The Brain Performs Feats of Math to Make Sense of the World

Aug. 29, 2016 — Researchers have found that the brain is quite good at rapidly and subconsciously calculating the likelihood of various events, and remain flexible enough to account for new information. They traced ... read more

Virtual Peer Pressure Works Just as Well as the Real Thing

Aug. 25, 2016 — Peer pressure is a proven social motivator. Researchers probed this decidedly human attribute and found that not only is virtual pressure from a computer-simulated peer just as motivating as the real ... read more

Virtual Reality On Six Flags Roller Coasters Seems A Little Pointless

How to Project Holograms From Your Smartphone

Hot Trend at Gamescom, Virtual Reality Headsets

E3 Sees Virtual Reality Going Mainstream

Typing While Driving Could Be More Safe With Simple Text Entry Technique

Oct. 11, 2016 — A combination of a head-up display and the keypad familiar to us from mobiles in the 2000s significantly improved the performance of drivers who were texting while ... read more

New 3D Viewer for Improved Digital Geoscience Mapping

Sep. 20, 2016 — Over the years, techniques and equipment for digital mapping have revolutionized the way geoscience field studies are performed. Now a unique new software for virtual model interpretation and ... read more

Beam Me Up to the Video Conference

Sep. 7, 2016 — When science fiction heroes communicate, they don‘t use landlines or cell phones. The caller simply appears in virtual form in the middle of the room; full sized and three dimensional. This vision ... read more

Virtually Reality Simplifies Early Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease

Sep. 2, 2016 — Scientists are developing an early diagnosis system for neurodegenerative disorders. The system is intended to such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and others. The diagnosis ... read more

Virtual World Improves Communication Following Stroke, Says Study

Aug. 12, 2016 — A virtual reality world called EVA Park can improve the communication of those who have impaired speech and language following a stroke, according to ... read more

Virtual Reality and Treadmill Training Could Help Prevent Falls in Older Adults

Aug. 11, 2016 — Combining virtual reality and treadmill training helps prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, according to a new randomized controlled trial. The authors say that the ... read more

New Hacking Technique Imperceptibly Changes Memory of Virtual Servers

Aug. 11, 2016 — For the first time ever a team of Dutch hacking experts managed to alter the memory of virtual machines in the cloud without a software bug, using a new attack ... read more

Silicon Brings More Color to Holograms

Aug. 12, 2016 — Silicon holograms harness the full visible spectrum to bring holographic projections one step closer, report scientists. A research team has now demonstrated the hologram of three flat images at ... read more

'Virtual Dental Homes' Prove Safe, Effective, Shows Six-Year California Study

Aug. 2, 2016 — Teledentistry can safely and effectively deliver dental care to people who lack it, according to a six-year demonstration. Bringing "virtual dental homes" to schools, nursing homes and ... read more

New Cloud-Computing Platform to Further the Analysis of Microbial Genomes

July 29, 2016 — A cloud-based microbial bioinformatics resource has been developed by researchers, which is believed to be the largest of its kind in the ... read more

Virtual Rocks: A New Spin on Virtual Geology

July 28, 2016 — Over the past decade, the number of virtual field trips created to simulate in-person field excursions has grown, but one aspect of physical fieldwork is not commonly replicated: Virtual explorers do ... read more

Pokémon Go Could Ease Type 2 Diabetes Burden

July 25, 2016 — Millions of people around the world have started to play Pokémon Go, a virtual reality treasure hunt where players must walk to places within the real world and catch, train and battle monsters ... read more

Computer Scientists Find Way to Make All That Glitters More Realistic in Computer Graphics

July 21, 2016 — Iron Man's suit. Captain America's shield. The Batmobile. These all could look a lot more realistic thanks to a new algorithm developed by a team of computer graphics experts. The ... read more

A Chair for Getting Fit and Trim

July 20, 2016 — Getting fit and athletic -- while sitting? Researchers are developing an active chair. At first glance, the chair looks just like another other reclining chair with a footrest you would find in a ... read more

Economics Study Finds Volume Discounts Don't Increase Profitability for Video Game

July 8, 2016 — Discounts tied to buying large quantities of virtual goods have little impact on profitability and do not increase the number of customers making purchases, A study by economists finds. The findings ... read more

Accelerating Research Into Dark Energy

July 7, 2016 — A quick method for making accurate, virtual universes to help understand the effects of dark matter and dark energy has been developed by scientists. Making up 95 percent of our universe, these ... read more

Better Quality Control With Digital Assistance Systems

July 6, 2016 — Errors can be spotted early and resources can be saved when many individuals share knowledge in a company. This is the case with a honing machine used to hone crankcases at VW’s engine plant in ... read more

Vision Through the Clouds

June 29, 2016 — Poor weather can often make the operation of rescue helicopters a highly risky business, and sometimes even impossible. A new helmet-mounted display may in the future be able to help pilots detect ... read more

Bitcoin: Energy-Efficient Security Mechanisms for Digital Currency

June 28, 2016 — A new cryptographic puzzle has been developed that might one day be used as a security mechanism for digital currency such as bitcoin. It consumes significantly less energy than the method used to ... read more

Want to Learn a New Language? Get a Partner and Play This Video Game

June 27, 2016 — Using a language-learning game called 'Crystallize,' created by computer science faculty and students, researchers found that when players are required to work together they learn more ... read more

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Typing while driving could be more safe with simple text entry technique

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

New 3D viewer for improved digital geoscience mapping

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Beam me up to the video conference

Friday, September 2, 2016

Virtually reality simplifies early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease

Friday, August 12, 2016

Virtual world improves communication following stroke, says study

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Friday, August 12, 2016

Silicon brings more color to holograms

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

'Virtual dental homes' prove safe, effective, shows six-year California study

Friday, July 29, 2016

New cloud-computing platform to further the analysis of microbial genomes

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Virtual rocks: A new spin on virtual geology

Monday, July 25, 2016

Pokémon Go could ease Type 2 diabetes burden

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Computer scientists find way to make all that glitters more realistic in computer graphics

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

A chair for getting fit and trim

Friday, July 8, 2016

Economics study finds volume discounts don't increase profitability for video game

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Accelerating research into dark energy

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Better quality control with digital assistance systems

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Vision through the clouds

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Bitcoin: Energy-efficient security mechanisms for digital currency

Monday, June 27, 2016

Want to learn a new language? Get a partner and play this video game

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Fighting virtual reality sickness

Friday, May 27, 2016

Using virtual users to develop accessible ICT-based applications

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Fighting the Zika virus with the power of supercomputing

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

'Virtual partner' elicits emotional responses from a human partner in real-time

Monday, May 16, 2016

Animal training techniques teach robots new tricks

Monday, May 9, 2016

Artificial intelligence course creates AI teaching assistant

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Strong interactions with voice-guided vehicles do not result in safer driving

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Victorian Age technology can improve virtual reality, study finds

Monday, April 18, 2016

Smartphone users are redefining privacy in public spaces

Friday, April 8, 2016

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Wireless communication between vehicles in a 5G world

Monday, April 4, 2016

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

FOMO: It's your life you're missing out on

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Study finds cessation program delivered on Twitter to be twice as effective as other methods for helping smokers quit

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Could free streaming ultimately cost consumers?

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Record-speed data transmission could make big data more accessible

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Smartphone security: Why doodling trumps text passwords

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

30-lane data highway in sight

Friday, March 4, 2016

First code of conduct for the use of virtual reality established

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Internet domain space overcrowded and stifling demand, suggesting a future ‘not-com’ boom

Friday, February 26, 2016

Smart glasses offer users a keyboard to type text

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Using thin or obese avatars in motion-controlled gaming can influence physical activity

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Revolutionary flexible smartphone allows users to feel the buzz by bending their apps

Monday, February 15, 2016

Virtual reality therapy could help people with depression

Monday, February 8, 2016

The future of gaming: Create your own character in just four minutes

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Professor creates video games that redefine art

Friday, January 29, 2016

Virtual reality makes its best users the most queasy

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Using virtual reality to make experiments more realistic

Monday, January 25, 2016

Using Artificial Intelligence and Evolution to Take Gaming to the Next Level

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Computer vision techniques for laparoscopic surgery training

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Bug eyes: Tiny 3D glasses confirm insect 3D vision

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Social, telepresence robots revealed by scientists

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Brain's mysteries unraveled through computational neuropsychiatry

Friday, December 18, 2015

Monday, December 7, 2015

What makes a celebrity look like a celebrity?

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Making cancer care personal

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Inkjet hologram printing now possible

Monday, November 23, 2015

Computers can perceive image curves like artists

Friday, November 20, 2015

First-in-human use of virtual reality imaging in cardiac cath lab to treat blocked coronary artery

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Friday, November 6, 2015

Self-levitating displays: Mid-air virtual objects

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Professors study legal, social complexities of an augmented reality future

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Sight set on tracking threatened species

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Player's performance in video games can steer attitudes about brands

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Man walks again after years of paralysis

Friday, September 4, 2015

Computer graphics: Less computing time for sand

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Technology won't replace collaboration among students

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Computer scientists introduce new graphics software

Friday, August 7, 2015

Study looks at Google Glass to bring toxicology specialists to remote emergency rooms

Monday, August 3, 2015

Bitcoin virtual currency users and motivations: A haven for criminals?

Friday, July 31, 2015

Brain-controlled prosthesis nearly as good as one-finger typing

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Nursing, medical students learn teamwork with virtual teammates

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

'Hop in the ocean' and swim with salmon

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Fewer women than men are shown online ads related to high-paying jobs

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Virtual training helps vets with PTSD, mentally ill get more jobs

Monday, June 29, 2015

Most internet anonymity software leaks users' details

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Computer simulation predicts development, progress of pressure sores