Software Industry
Computer scientists develop video game that teaches java programming
April 8, 2013 6:21 pm | News | Comments
Java is one of the most common programming languages in use today, which is partly why researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an immersive, first-person player video game designed to teach students in elementary to high school how to use the language effectively, despite never having been exposed to programming previously.
Computational physics software supported presidential inauguration
April 19, 2013 12:41 pm | News | Comments
The Naval Research Laboratory aided both the 2009...
Wild, unregulated hacker currency gains following
April 11, 2013 3:16 am | by Raphael Satter, Associated Press | News | Comments
Bitcoins are a virtual currency whose oscillations have pulled geeks and speculators...
Computer scientists develop video game that teaches java programming
April 8, 2013 6:21 pm | News | Comments
Java is one of the most common programming languages in use today, which is partly why...
Graph Digitizing Software
April 10, 2013 1:29 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSilk Scientific Inc. has recently launched Version 7.0 of their UN-SCAN-IT software. This new version of the software contains many new features including a zoomable and scalable digitizing screen, making it easier to digitize graphs.
AB SCIEX enhances software to drive micro LC
March 20, 2013 10:10 am | News | CommentsNew software and service offerings to simplify and accelerate the integration of micro liquid chromatography (LC) technology into regulated bioanalytical laboratories was introduced this week by AB SCIEX. The new software module supports 21CFR Part 11 and the new IQ/OQ/PQ service to the Eksigent line of LC solutions gives research organizations a new validated approach to micro LC
Researchers find German-made spyware across globe
March 13, 2013 5:28 pm | by Raphael Satter, Associated Press | News | CommentsA Canadian research center said Wednesday that it had identified 25 different countries that host servers linked to FinFisher, a Trojan horse program which can dodge anti-virus protections to steal data, log keystrokes, eavesdrop on Skype calls, and turn microphones and webcams into live surveillance devices. This finding doesn't necessarily mean those countries' governments are using FinFisher, but it is an indication of the spyware's reach.
Mechdyne licenses CAVE2 from University of Illinois at Chicago
March 12, 2013 9:27 am | News | CommentsMechdyne Corporation has recently announced that it has licensed the CAVE2 hybrid reality environment developed by the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at University of Illinois at Chicago. The licensing agreement was signed in January of 2013, and continues the strong working relationship that began in 1994 when Mechdyne licensed the EVL-designed original CAVE technology.
Interactive Mathematics Initiative
March 8, 2013 3:55 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMaplesoft has announced a major new initiative to support teaching and learning. The Möbius Project is designed to help users create rich, interactive mathematical applications, share them with everyone, and grade them to assess understanding.
New modeling approach transforms imaging technologies
February 5, 2013 12:09 pm | by Emil Venere, Purdue University | News | CommentsResearchers are improving the performance of technologies ranging from medical computed tomography scanners to digital cameras using a system of models to extract specific information from huge collections of data and then reconstructing images like a jigsaw puzzle. The new approach is called model-based iterative reconstruction, or MBIR, and it is helping to greatly reduce the noise in data, providing great clarity at lower radiation intensities.
Virtual reality system is key to medical discovery
December 11, 2012 12:31 pm | News | CommentsBecause of the limited image spatial-resolution of even today's best-quality laptop and desktop computers, researchers and physicians often can’t see phenomena that are too large, too small, too complex, or too distant. CAVE2, a next-generation, large-scale virtual environment, combines the benefits of scalable-resolution display walls with virtual-reality system to create a revealing and seamless 2D and 3D environment that is becoming increasingly important in scientific discovery.
Predicting presidents, storms and life by computer
November 12, 2012 11:09 am | by Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsOver the course of two weeks this fall, computer models made a startling sequence of correct and useful predictions. By running thousands of simulations on polling data, Nate Silver correctly forecasted how all 50 states would vote for president. In the case of Hurricane Sandy, meteorologists identified the potential danger to the Northeast nearly a week before the storm arrived. Computer models of many kinds have improved in recent years, and the approach is finding new, unexpected uses.
Process Monitoring Multivariate Analysis Software
November 7, 2012 3:19 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSIMCA-online 13 from Umetrics is an off-the-shelf, Windows-based software solution which provides multivariate process monitoring for continuous and batch processes. The software’s key ability is its centralization of process data analysis.
Dealing with power outages more efficiently
November 7, 2012 2:58 pm | News | CommentsThe recent hurricane that struck the Northeast of the U.S. forced utility companies, public officials, and emergency services to work together quickly. But we aren’t alone in suffering widespread outages. Researchers in Germany have created a new planning software product that they believe will enable all participants responding to outages in that country be better prepared for emergency situations.
Children’s hospital, Silicon Valley to market medical research software
October 31, 2012 10:18 pm | News | CommentsThe latest significant biomedical informatics technology is not coming from the biotech industry or a university. In fact, it’s coming from a children’s hospital. Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and Transformatix Technologies, Inc., in Davis, California, have partnered to create BioLinQ, a new biomedical informatics company designed to supply advanced software solutions for disease diagnosis and medical research.
Complex composite study to use MSC Nastran, Marc sim tools
October 30, 2012 4:37 pm | News | CommentsMSC Software Corporation this week announced that Stanford University is using its MSC Nastran and Marc simulation tools to conduct a new study on the testing and analysis of complex composite materials. The goals of the study are to reduce extensive and expensive testing programs, optimize the design of testing configurations and redefine structural deformation and failure processes.
Online modeling tool helps engineers find best sealant
October 30, 2012 4:31 pm | News | CommentsDuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers’ latest online modeling tool helps packaging engineers and designers identify the most appropriate sealant. Used in combination with the DuPont SaVE (Sealant Value Estimator) tool, the new tool helps packaging engineers and designers quickly identify the “critical few” potential sealant resin options from the vast array of possible choices.
Where do I click, again? A guide to Windows 8
October 29, 2012 11:16 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsWith the launch of Windows 8, people are about to discover a computing experience unlike anything they've seen before. The Associated Press has written a brief guide to getting past some of the hurdles of this markedly different operation system experience.
Treading carefully: Footwear forensics works with partial prints
October 26, 2012 9:57 am | News | CommentsA new computer algorithm developed at the University of Buffalo can analyze the footwear marks left at a crime scene according to clusters of footwear types, makes and tread patterns. The tool is able to group recurring patterns in a database of footwear marks, even if the imprint recorded by crime scene investigators is distorted or only a partial print.
Study reveals impact of public DNS services
October 26, 2012 9:31 am | News | CommentsA new study by Northwestern University researchers has revealed that public domain name services (DNS) could actually slow down users’ web-surfing experience. As a result, researchers have developed a solution to help avoid such an impact: a tool called “namehelp” that could speed web performance by 40%.
New software is like a Rosetta Stone for spectrometry data
October 9, 2012 3:46 pm | News | CommentsAfter leading mass spectrometer manufacturers agreed to license technology that has enabled researchers to develop software allows scientists to easily use and share research data collected across proprietary instrument platforms. Called the ProteoWizard Toolkit, this cross-platform set of libraries and applications is expected to bolster large-scale biological research and help improve the understanding of complex diseases like cancer.
New software tool helps utilities monitor for network security
October 9, 2012 9:35 am | News | CommentsNamed for the Greek word for wisdom, Sophia is a software sentry developed at Idaho National Laboratory that can passively monitor communication pathways in a static computer network and flag new types of conversations so operators can decide if a threat is present. It is the first such cybersecurity technology for SCADA control system network administrators that is being evaluated for deployment to industry.
