Technology

Around three and a half years ago, I posted an item in my personal blog about public key infrastructure. [1] In it, I mentioned two certificate authorities from which one could get free certificates for personal use: Thawte and CAcert. ...

Article - Barry Leiba - Oct 16 2009 - 2:57pm

On remembering passwords

Terry Zink, a spam-fighter at Microsoft, recently blogged about remembering passwords. His problem, a problem most of us share, is how to strike a balance between using distinct passwords for different services, and remembering myriad passwords: Why do I ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Oct 23 2009 - 6:02am

Hyperspectral Remote Sensor- Sensing Disasters From Space Before They Happen

One small step for mankind, one giant leap for... averting natural and man-made disasters? A new Tel Aviv University technology combines sensors in orbit with sensors on the ground and in the air to create what they call a "Hyperspectral Remote Sensor ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:57pm

Roadrunner- Superfast Supercomputer Makes World's Largest HIV Evolutionary Tree

On Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, the "Roadrunner" supercomputer exceeded a sustained speed of 1 petaflop/s, or 1 million billion calculations per second. "Petaflop/s" is computer jargon—peta signifying the number 1 followed by 15 zeros (s ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2009 - 12:59pm

Asimo:The Most Advanced Scientific Robot!!!

Asimo:The Most Advanced Scientific Robot!!! Lets watch a video!! ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - Oct 29 2009 - 7:47am

Korea's First Humanoid Robot Capable to Walk: Hubo!!!

Korea's First Humanoid Robot Capable to Walk: Hubo!!! Hey Guys? Hope you are interested in humanoid robots. Hubo can't climb the stairs but its movement of its fingers, the physical intelligence and physical force is great! Lets watch some vide ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - Nov 4 2009 - 7:57am

Robots At Hospitals!

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Blog Post - Anonymous - Nov 1 2009 - 3:50am

Robot Skier in America!!!

While it lacks the subtle charm of Alberto Tomba, this robot is just as much at ease flying down a slalom course. Designed by Bojan Nemec of the the Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, the robot utilizes two computers to stay upright and pointed downhill. ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - Nov 1 2009 - 4:08am

Telemedicine Gets A Speed Boost From Modified Bluetooth

Researchers at the PSG College of Technology Peelamedu in Coimbatore, India have devised a dedicated, embedded system that uses the short-range Bluetooth wireless networking protocol to connect patient data to the network in order to make it available to h ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 2 2009 - 11:06pm

MIT Researchers Develop Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA)

MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA)- a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our car. The project is a collaboration between the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media ...

Article - Anonymous - Nov 5 2009 - 6:00pm