Computer scientists discover 14 key components of creativity
Creativity is a complex, multi-faceted concept encompassing a variety of related aspects, abilities, properties and behaviors.
In a recent study, scientists use a computational linguistic...
Scientists design a new E-textile that can integrate computers into clothing
E-textiles, also called smart clothing or e-fabrics, are fabrics that enable digital components and electronics to be embedded in them.
They can be used to...
What are the last 5 five websites that you visited?
Surveys have been used for more than 150 years to get data about all kinds of opinions, attitudes, but also behaviors.
Usually, a standardized questionnaire...
How dogs are using media devices
Since their introduction, TV devices have been a popular mass medium for entertaining in almost every home. These media entertainment systems have since been...
Deep Multitask Metric Learning for Offline Signature Verification
Among different methods of authentication, signature verification has a specific place. The reason is that signing procedure is simple and cheap.
Moreover, it is...
New model to interpret prisoner’s dilemma
Sometimes individual self-interest may conflict social benefit.
One of such situations is the Prisoner’s Dilemma, a hypothetical game set up that shows a situation where...
A better way to handle big health data
Big Data is helping us make a better world. One important example is its use in healthcare.
In 2012, the volume of global health data...
Era of smart energy
Nowadays we have increasing resource and environment problems, and it is urgent to improve energy management.
One question is how to use emerging IT technologies,...
Traffic models for self-driving and connected cars
Vehicles are evolving quickly nowadays.
For example, a self-driving car can detect surroundings with various techniques like radar, GPS, lidar, and computer vision.
The car has...
Big data in smart city
Nowadays, the word “smart” means two things: sophisticated computing ability and connection.
We use various smart devices in daily life, such as smartphones, smartwatches, tablets,...
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