‘Looks may decide whether to trust a person’
May 16th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 16 (IANS) Looks more likely decide who we would trust with our money rather than their reputation, says a new study.
Researchers from Britain's University of Warwick Business ... Read more...
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Robotic arm to reveal inner working of brain cells
May 7th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 7 (IANS) Gaining access to the inner workings of a brain cell (neuron) in real time offers a wealth of useful information. However, it is such a painstaking ... Read more...
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Children can read dog barks better than adults
October 14th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 14 (IANS) Scientists have found that 10-year-olds can interpret subtle noises made by dogs while adults find it easiest to distinguish when a dog is angry.
These results ... Read more...
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Click people, not places, for memorable photos
May 25th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) The most unforgettable photos are those that depict people, not static indoor scenes or landscapes, however beautiful or appealing they might be, a study suggests."Pleasantness ... Read more...
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Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, say scientists
April 7th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 7 (ANI): About 760 thunderstorms hit the Earth every hour, scientists have calculated.The figure is substantially lower than numbers that have been used for nearly a century.The new research uses ... Read more...
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New computer program could help identify missing kids, criminals on the run
March 12th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): A promising computer program could serve as a new tool in missing-child investigations and matters of national security.Khoa Luu, a Concordia graduate student, has developed a more ... Read more...
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Making 3-D face from 2D photo for security applications, forensics
January 20th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Scientists have found that it is possible to construct a three-dimensional face from flat 2D images.The discovery could be used for biometrics in security applications or in forensic ... Read more...
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Fruit fly nervous system ‘could pave way for wireless sensor networks’
January 14th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): A new study conducted in fruit flies could be used to effectively deploy wireless sensor networks and other distributed computing applications.Ziv Bar-Joseph at Carnegie Mellon University found that ... Read more...
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Inspired by “I, Robot,” Indian American student shares top US science prize
December 7th, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) Inspired by the science fiction movie "I, Robot," two high school students, one of them an Indian American, have developed a speech recognition technology that has ... Read more...
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NASA software could aid interpretation of medical imagery
October 15th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 15 (ANI): Researchers at the Yale University in New Haven, have said that NASA software used to enhance Earth science imagery could help interpret medical imagery."The use of this computer-based ... Read more...
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Now, software to detect sarcasm
May 20th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 20 (ANI): Israeli researchers have developed a computer algorithm capable of identifying sarcasm in written text.Devised by computer scientists at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the algorithm could pave the ... Read more...
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Scientists discover new genes for cancer, other diseases in plants, yeast and worms
April 14th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 14 (ANI): While studying the genomes of organisms as diverse as plants, worms and yeast, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin discovered new genes responsible for causing human ... Read more...
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Now, a computer algorithm that can record memories
March 12th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): A new computer algorithm can successfully record a person's memory just by looking at their brain activity, reveals a study.In the study, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre ... Read more...
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Brain’s codes for noun meanings deciphered
January 13th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): Combining brain imaging and machine learning techniques, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have determined how the brain deciphers meanings of nouns.Neuroscientists Marcel Just and Vladimir Cherkassky and computer ... Read more...
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Scientists decode how brain records thought-word connect
January 13th, 2010 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) Scientists have decoded how the brain records thoughts stimulated by words, paving the way for better treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders.
"In effect, we discovered how the brain's ... Read more...
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Scientists writing foolproof computer security code
December 30th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) We often see websites asking us to key in wavy letters into a box to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. But these codes, which ... Read more...
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New method to avoid hacking of “captcha” security codes
December 30th, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found a new way to fix the security holes linked with the popular "captcha" security mechanism- wavy letters websites ask us to ... Read more...
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Michelle Obama’s Offensive Ape Woman Picture Continues To Emerge On The Internet
December 3rd, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec.03, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Michelle Obama ape picture that emerges in the Google image search engine has sparked a controversy for quite some time now. Search engine, Google has found ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Google Red Faced Over Michelle Obama Controversial Picture
November 26th, 2009 - 6:39 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov,26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a recent development that created a stir in the political circles, Google, the Web search giant sought apology after a controversial image of Michelle Obama ... Read more...
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Now, an emergency medical service system that predicts caller’s fate
October 21st, 2009 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 21 (ANI): Japanese researchers have come up with a computer program, which can tell if you are about to die by listening to your voice when you make an emergency ... Read more...
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Indian-origin researcher virtually builds Rome in a day!
September 16th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 16 (ANI): The ancient city of Rome can now be virtually built within a matter of hours, thanks to a new computer algorithm developed by an Indian-origin University of Washington ... Read more...
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Indian-American helps conjure ancient Rome in 3-D
September 16th, 2009 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Ancient Rome was not built in a day. It took nearly a decade to build the Colosseum, and almost a century to construct the St. Peter's Basilica. Now ... Read more...
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New technology can predict severe storms 45 minutes earlier than radars
June 18th, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): A team of scientists has developed a way to measure temperature changes in the tops of clouds to improve forecast times for rapidly growing storms, by predicting severe ... Read more...
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Mind may be read by looking at ones brain activity
March 13th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by ANI
Washington, March 13 (ANI): Wellcome Trust scientists in Britain say that it may be possible to read a persons memories just by looking at his/her brain activity, as a study conducted ... Read more...
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Coming soon, a bicycle that tells riders when to change gear
January 14th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Taiwan researchers are developing a bicycle that would tell the riders when to change the gear.They are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when ... Read more...
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Gravity plays larger role in star formation than previously thought
January 1st, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 1 (ANI): New computer visualization technology developed by researchers at Harvard University has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously thought in deep spaces vast, ... Read more...
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Robot to attempt to break Rubiks cube world record
December 25th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 25 (ANI): A robot, called RuBot 2, is all set to participate in a contest to break a Rubiks cube world record.The RuBot 2 will go for the record ... Read more...
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Algorithm spots music’s next great superstar
December 9th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 9 (IANS) For every rock star who makes it big, there are thousands who are lost to failure and anonymity. Before Madonna was "Madonna", she was a local success in ... Read more...
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Now, software that can spot next great music superstar
December 9th, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec9 (ANI): Want to know whether youll make it big like Madonna, Britney Spears or King of pop Michael Jackson? Well, researchers from Tel Aviv Universitys School of Electrical Engineering ... Read more...
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Now, computer software that can tell age just by looking at your face
October 29th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): Women whore not comfortable revealing their age should stay miles away from University of Illinois-developed computer software that reveals a persons age just like humans doby looking ... Read more...
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New method to investigate the origin of life on Earth
September 3rd, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 3 (ANI): Scientists at Penn state University in the US have developed a new computational method that would help them investigate the origin of life on Earth.The teams method ... Read more...
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Google to buy social news site Digg: Report
July 24th, 2008 - 5:27 am ICT by IANS
DPA
San Francisco, July 24 (DPA) Internet search leader Google has signed a letter of intent with Digg to purchase the social news site for around $200 million, the influential technology blog TechCrunch ... Read more...
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Genes previously believed to be silent may hold key clues on disease, aging
March 30th, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): A new research from Colorado State University has suggested that genes, which were previously thought to be non-functional, are in fact working at a low level.According to ... Read more...
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New computer algorithm shows how bats classify plants according to their echoes
March 21st, 2008 - 1:34 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 21 (ANI): An international team of researchers has developed a computer algorithm that can imitate a bats ability to classify plants using echolocation.The study represents a collaboration between ... Read more...
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New maths model to predict companies success, failure at share market
March 16th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 16 (ANI): Taiwanese researchers have created a mathematical model, based on the principle of natural selection, which can enable people interested in share market to predict whether any company ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |