Tracking Cholera Outbreaks in Post-Earthquake Haiti
Technological tools have recently helped track epidemics of influenza and tropical diseases such as dengue fever. With a new project, researchers are using computer forecasting to predict outbreaks of cholera, a highly contagious and deadly disease....
Social Net Saves Fuel With Smartphone
Where previous experimental traffic-light advisory systems used GPS data or data from traffic sensors, SignalGuru uses visual data...
Smart Cities Will Require Smarter Sensors
In a smart city, all aspects of city infrastructure would be connected.
New Pipe Simulation Could Have Predicted Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The team’s simulation (bottom) closely matches real pictures taken from the Deepwater Horizon site (top).
Five Steps to Securing Internet-Enabled Devices
Wind River suggests taking a five-prong approach to securing Internet-enabled devices.
Channel Case Study: The Value of Cold Calls
It was the cold call that turned into a half-a-million dollar business deal.
Speed Bump on the Way to Exascale Computing
Argonne National Laboratory will use IBM's next-generation Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, a system touting a peak performance...
Quantum Tunneling Enables 3D Touch
Spiked nanoparticles aid in quantum tunneling to allow Peratech's film to sense a continuum between feather-light and heavy touches, thereby...
