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How I Helped Invent the Touchscreen in 1979 at Xerox PARC | Co.Design
It has been thirty-three years since I was thrown head first and feet kicking from the comforts of Xerox?s design lab into the world of brilliant psychologists and programmers working at Xerox PARC on the first touch-screen interface. It was 1979 and I had been tasked with developing the user interface on a computer touch-screen that was 5? x 7? and 16?
IBM researchers create nanomedicine to kill bacteria where antibiotics fail | VentureBeat
IBM and a research group in Singapore have engineered a new kind of synthetic, biodegradable nano particle that could be used to attack bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. The researchers believe that the nanomedicine breakthrough could eventually be used to fight infectious diseases better than antibiotics. If it works, the nanomedicine could save countless lives and protect people from illnesses that arise from bacterial infections, like staph. Using a trick from chip manufacturing, the researchers figured out how to isolate certain kinds of cells and attack them. That gets around the problem of many drugs today that kill off the good red blood cells at the same time that they eradicate bad cells. The researchers said the synthetic polymers they created can seek out bacteria cells and destroy their membrane walls.
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Graduates of MIT's electrical engineering and computer science department work in diverse industries and conduct research in a broad range of areas. Read more about Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT They improve the stability and security of computers and communications networks, and they increase the efficiency of solar panels. They create unique algorithms to analyze financial markets and design robots capable of thinking like human beings. Our community members continually make breakthroughs that enable people to communicate more easily, manage their environments more effectively, and lead more comfortable lives than ever before. MIT has awarded electrical engineering degrees for nearly 130 years, and our educational programs have been at the cutting edge since their inception.
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You've seen one quadrocopter juggle a ball autonomously while gliding through the air, but how's about a pair of them working cooperatively ? Yeah, we've got your attention now. The Zurich-based lab that brought us the piano-playing and ball-bouncing quadrocopter is back with a simply breathtaking display of robotic dexterity and teamwork.
Quadrocopters juggle balls cooperatively, mesmerize with their lethal accuracy (video) -- Engadget
ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2011) — A new laser device created at the University of Central Florida could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet. Professor Dennis Deppe's miniature laser diode emits more intense light than those currently used. The light emits at a single wavelength, making it ideal for use in compact disc players, laser pointers and optical mice for computers, in addition to high-speed data transmission. Until now, the biggest challenge has been the failure rate of these tiny devices. They don't work very well when they face huge workloads; the stress makes them crack. The smaller size and elimination of non-semiconductor materials means the new devices could potentially be used in heavy data transmission, which is critical in developing the next generation of the Internet.
Miniature lasers could help launch new age of the Internet
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25 Years of Computer Virus Evolution, Condensed to 9 Minutes
We're sure you're all familiar with Conficker , but that's just one blip in the long and storied history of computer viruses. F-Secure put together a nine-minute video tracing the evolution of viruses from the very first (Brain), to non-destructive joke viruses of the early '90s (Walker), all the way up to the nuclear plant-crippling cyber-weapons ( Stuxnet ).
In 2010 McAfee Labs processed an average of almost 55,000 pieces of new malware every day . That nearly mind-numbing amount makes it difficult for any particular attack to stand out. Today, however, I want to highlight one large scale attack that is a clear example of how cybercrime has evolved from something of a hobbyist affair to a very professional activity.
Global Energy Industry Hit In “Night Dragon” Attacks | Blog Central
Future of cloud: App Internet - connected business - management - FT.com
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Patent Office Struggles to Catch Up With Technology - NYTimes.com
That is only one of the signs that have many critics saying that the office has its head firmly in the 20th century, if not the 19th. Only in the last three years has the office begun to accept a majority of its applications in digital form. Mr. Obama astonished a group of technology executives last year when he described how the office has to print some applications filed by computer and scan them into another, incompatible computer system.Comprehensive Business Information Find the latest news, finance, web traffic, market competition, social footprint, and other business information from over 50 trusted sources.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog: California Supreme Court Rules That a ZIP Code is Personal Identification Information -- Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma
Plaintiff made a purchase at Williams-Sonoma and when she went to pay, the cashier asked for plaintiff's ZIP code. Thinking she was required to provide it in order to complete the transaction, plaintiff provided it. Plaintiff sued under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (the Credit Card Act) which prohibits a store that accepts credit cards from: request[ing], or requir[ing] as a condition to accepting the credit card as payment...the cardholder to provide personal identification information, which the [store] records upon the credit card transaction form or otherwise. The statutes defines personal identification information as:As global accounts director at Altus, Inc., Michelle Klatt's job is to visit Fortune 500 companies and demonstrate her firm's video management software. When the iPad came out a year ago, she was all over it. "I was one of the first salespeople to get one," she says.