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Students develop thought-controlled, hands-free computer for the disabled

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TechAndComputer (Apr. 19, 2011) — Ben-Gurion University of the Negev software engineering students have developed innovative technology that could enable people to operate a computer without using a keyboard or mouse -- only their brainwaves.

While there have been previous attempts to develop devices to read brainwaves and operate specific programs, they were cumbersome and not feasible outside of a laboratory setting.

The BGU technology features...

TechAndComputer (Apr. 19, 2011) — Ben-Gurion University of the Negev software engineering students have developed innovative technology that could enable people to operate a computer without using a keyboard or mouse -- only their brainwaves.

While there have been previous attempts to...

Tracing cancer back to its source using computer dissection

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TechAndComputer (June 25, 2011) — A new computer-based system discussed in the International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management can distinguish between apparently similar secondary tumours and allow a cancer specialist to trace the metastases back to the site of the original cancer in the patient's body.

Cancer can spread through the body without the patient knowing that they had a primary tumour in the colon, lung, breast, prostate...

TechAndComputer (June 25, 2011) — A new...

Open-source software designed to minimize synthetic biology risks

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TechAndComputer (Mar. 31, 2011) — A software package designed to minimize the potential risks of synthetic biology for the nation's defense and security is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic biology community in an open-source format.

Virginia Tech has licensed GenoTHREAT, a software tool that helps detect the use of synthetic DNA as bioterrorism agents. Developed as an open-source project by a team led by Jean Peccoud,...

TechAndComputer (Mar. 31, 2011) — A...

Better batteries for electric cars

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TechAndComputer (Mar. 15, 2011) — The breakthrough with electric cars is a long time coming -- not least on account of their key component, the battery. Lithium-ion batteries are still too expensive and their range too limited. New materials should pave the way for better batteries. Simulation software from researchers is helping speed up the development process.

Electric cars are the future -- a view shared by government and the automotive...

TechAndComputer (Mar. 15, 2011) — The...

Role of PARP enzyme in eukaryotes

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TechAndComputer (Mar. 8, 2011) — An Ohio State University molecular biologist leveraged a supercomputer to help better define the family tree of a group of enzymes that have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases and are important targets for anti-cancer therapies.

Along with several OSU colleagues, Rebecca S. Lamb, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Molecular Genetics, recently analyzed the evolutionary history of the...

TechAndComputer (Mar. 8, 2011) — An Ohio State University...