Carnegie Mellon Morphs 'Pop-up Buttons' Onto Multi-touch Display
2009-04-28 15:39:00 From Engadget: While attempts to add feedback to touchscreen displays via vibration and audible tones are laudable, these attempts are nothing by comparison to the tactile euphoria felt at the press of a well-designed button. Still, many of us are willing to sacrifice tactility in
Carnegie Mellon System Thwarts Internet Eavesdropping
2008-09-01 00:07:00 Carnegie Mellon System Thwarts Internet Eavesdropping Available as Free Download for Firefox BrowserPITTSBURGH?The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of Engineering have devised a low-cost system that can thwart these "Man-in-the-Middle" (MitM) attacks.The system, called Perspectives, also can protect against attacks related to a recently disclosed software flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS), the Internet phone book used to route messages between computers.The researchers ? David Andersen, assistant professor of computer science, Adrian Perrig, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and public policy, and Dan Wendlandt, a Ph.D. student in computer science ? have incorporated Perspectives into an extension for the popular Mozilla Firefox v3 browser than can be downloaded free of charg...
Randy Pausch The Ultimate Inner Architect And ?Antidote? Part 1
2008-07-26 18:37:00 The answer to the question: If you could have dinner with anyone in history who would you choose just changed for me. My choice would be Randy Pausch; but unfortunately that will not be possible.The Carnegie Mellon Professor, and Author of the remarkable and inspiring book “Last Lecture”, fought to the end but lost ...
By: innerarchitect
Carnegie Mellon West expands Wi-Fi for...
2008-05-21 09:38:00 Carnegie Mellon West expands Wi-Fi for mobility research New gear will support student and faculty research at graduate school campus (Computerworld) Carnegie Mellon West, a graduate school in Mountain View, Calif., is launching a Mobility Research Center on its campus that will include an upgrade to its Wi-Fi network for education and research. The campus, a branch of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, specializes in graduate programs for more than 100 students enrolled in software engineering, software management and related fields. The West Coast campus expects to increase the number of students and faculty in the fall and needs an increase in capacity and performance for Wi-Fi, said Martin Griss, associate dean for research, in an e-mail. "Our goal is to provide a much more extensive and flexible wireless infrastructure, both within the buildings and outside," Griss said. Because the campus, opened in 2002, has had a long relationship...
John McCain On The Economy Carnegie Mellon VIDEO
2008-04-16 02:19:00 John McCain On The Economy Carnegie Mellon VIDEO - FULL STREAMING VIDEOARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain delivered the following remarks as prepared at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, April 15, 2008 at 9:45 a.m. EDT:Thank you. I appreciate the hospitality of the Allegheny Business Conference... the Pittsburgh Tech Council... and the students and faculty of Carnegie Mellon University. We have a strong showing this morning from the Carnegie Mellon Naval ROTC unit as well. And I'm happy to be with all of you.This university has a fine reputation for its programs in business, finance, and other disciplines in the field of economics. And it's always worth recalling that economics is not a subject that can be wrenched apart from all the rest of life, or from the values that give life direction. When we debate economic policy, we are talking, after all, about the deepest hopes that carry us each along in the work we do... about all the things we wish for ourselves a...
Carnegie Mellon University - Sneakerology 101
2008-03-13 00:00:00 Sneakerology 101 is one of the first university level courses to deal with the whole culture and history of sneakers. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the university that will be offering the one of a kind class and the ideal class for anyone interested in sneakers. Sneakerology 101 ...
By: Sneakerfiles
Robot Snakes Scare The Indy Out Of Me
2008-03-07 01:04:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T62E-_pQt3c Unlike Indiana Jones, I generally don’t hate snakes. But seeing these modular mechanical snakes wriggling up some dude’s leg gave me shivers. The video gets scarier still when they start climbing walls and shimmying up the inside of pipes. According to the Carnegie Mellon-based developers, the elaborate “gaits” that let these robot snakes maneuver on ...
By: Gadgets Are Us
Carnegie Mellon's
2007-12-04 19:23:00 From Engadget: Filed under: Robots Carnegie Mellon's so-called "Crusher" unmanned military vehicle already had quite a bit going for it in its previous incarnation, but it now looks to set to expand its robotized arsenal even further, courtesy of a $14.4 million grant from the
Carnegie Mellon stomped Stanford in DARPA challenge
2007-11-06 00:52:00 Alright, so stomped is rather mean. Let’s just say that Stanford didn’t win the $2 million check. I always root for Carnegie Mellon, what with my step-daughter and her husband both attending the University of Pittsburgh and living walking distance from the colleges around Pitt. Never thought I’d like Pittsburgh, PA, btw. It is, surprisingly, ...
By: macewan
GM and Carnegie Mellon Win at DARPA
2007-11-05 07:01:00 GM and the Carnegie Mellon University Tartan Racing Team won yesterday the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge . The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge is a competition between vehicles that drive...
By: ZerCustoms
Carnegie Mellon wins the robotic Urban Challenge
2007-11-05 06:13:00 We are now one step closer towards complete laziness! Yes! haha…really though, this is a pretty good advancement in technology, and actually something I’ve dreamed about since the novelty of driving wore off. Once automatic driving cars hit the market I won’t have to beg my wife to drive so I can play video games ...
Anantara Solutions receives Carnegie Mellon authorisation
2007-10-10 00:00:00 Anantara Solutions receives Carnegie Mellon authorisation to provide eSCM-SP and eSCM-CL evaluation services.
Randy Pausch Farewell Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University
2007-09-21 14:12:00 This is a BRILLIANT man, a fantastic speech, and article that I want to personally remember but also to share. You can see a highlight video if you click Here. I bold faced the things that are important lessons to me, and maybe to you also. CMU professor gives his last lesson on life “If I ...
Carnegie Mellon signs up for robot space race
2007-09-17 17:42:00 LOS ANGELES–The Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the moon, has drawn its first contestant. Not even an hour after the prize was announced here Thursday at the Wired NextFest, Carnegie Mellon University robotics pioneer Red Whittaker said he’s putting together a team to build a rover that can snag the $20 million prize. ...
Carnegie Mellon Essay from EssayEdge.com
2007-08-29 11:08:00 A Greek philosopher once said, ?In argument, truth is born.? Even though sometimes feelings and emotions come into play that confuse the issue at hand, usually an argument results in a new insight on the subject. Even if a person holds strong views that are unshaken by anything his adversary may say, he may nevertheless ...
By: Essay at CMDN
Carnegie Mellon's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department …
2007-06-08 17:50:00 Forbes - PITTSBURGH, June 6 /PRNewswire/ — Carnegie Mellon University's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has received a $50,000 graduate fellowship from the Mao Yisheng... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Carnegie Mellon's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department …
2007-06-08 17:50:00 Forbes - PITTSBURGH, June 6 /PRNewswire/ — Carnegie Mellon University's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has received a $50,000 graduate fellowship from the Mao Yisheng... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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GM, Carnegie Mellon Team for DARPA Robot Car Race
2007-04-04 00:16:00 A self-driving Chevy Tahoe now being built by General Motors, Carnegie Mellon University, and other partners will compete in the DARPA 2007 Urban Challenge competition on 3 November. GM’s robot car will be equipped with radar, lasers, and cameras for “situation assessment.” The computer-driven vehicle will have to navigate a 60-mile urban race course in ...
GM and Carnegie Mellon team up to take on Volkswagen and Stanford in robot
2007-04-03 18:26:00 Remeber Stanley the world’s first self-driving robot car? For those of you that don’t, Stanley was developed by 39-year-old Stanford professor, Thurn, of electrical engineering and his graduate students. The group won the DARPA Grand Challenge, a 131-mile robot car race across the desert near Las Vegas organized by the Pentagon. Well now GM wants in ...
Carnegie Mellon University - Sneakerology 101
0000-00-00 00:00:00 If after reading Bobbito's Where'd You Get Those you thought that you just got a dose of Sneakerology 101, guess what, Carnegie Mellon University would agree. Bob's book is on the reading list of Sneakerology 101, a new course offered by Carnegie Mellon University. This course studies the impact that sneakers ... |
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