Tag: computer science
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Code Language Developed for Building Lab-On-Chip Devices
17 June 2014. Engineers at University of California in Riverside developed a programming language to automate the design of lab-on-a-chip devices used in medical diagnostics and other life science applications. The team from the lab of computer science and engineering professor Philip Brisk published its results in a recent issue of the ACM Journal on…
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Mobile App/Sensor Designed to Help Parents Control Stress
4 June 2014. Computer scientists at University of California in San Diego and Microsoft Research designed a system for smartphones and tablets providing immediate research-based guidance for parents to control their stress. The team led by San Diego engineering Ph.D. candidate Laura Pina, with colleagues from Microsoft’s Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment group…
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Stress, Diet Apps Numerous but Offer Only Short Term Help
30 May 2014. Online and mobile apps for stress management and healthy eating are numerous and gaining more users, but their impact appears to be short lived, according to an analysis by a researcher in Finland. Kirsikka Kaipainen, a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre in Espoo, Finland, published her findings earlier this month…
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Diagnostic Software Developed to Analyze Video for Autism
22 May 2014. Computer scientists and medical researchers at Duke University in North Carolina developed software that uses computer vision to analyze video of an infant’s behavior for signs of autism spectrum disorder. The team from the lab of Duke computer engineering professor Guillermo Sapiro — with colleagues from Duke, University of Minnesota, and University…
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App Measures Health Status with Basic Smartphone Technology
8 May 2014. Computer scientists and medical researchers at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Chicago designed a mobile app that uses technology already built in today’s smartphones to track basic health indicators. The team led by Illinois computer scientist Bruce Schatz appears in the 10 May 2014 issue of the journal Telemedicine and e-Health.…
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Study Aims to Boost Wireless Channel Management, Performance
5 May 2014. Researchers from University at Buffalo and the engineering company Andro Computational Solutions in Rome, New York are analyzing a scheme to make better use of the wireless radio spectrum and boost performance for the burgeoning number of devices with wireless connections. The four-year, $2.72 million project is funded by the U.S. Air Force Research…
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Cisco Venture Arm Backing Internet-of-Things Start-Ups
1 May 2014. Cisco Investments, the venture capital division of the network technologies company, is taking minority stakes in start-up companies and an accelerator that add Internet connectivity to everyday devices and products, known as Internet-of-Things. The company also plans to make $150 million in early-stage investments over the next two to three years on…
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Tablet App Provides Feedback, Improves Drug Adherence
29 April 2014. Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh designed and tested a tablet app, connected to electronic sensors on a pillbox, that provides feedback to older adults and helps them stick to their medication schedules. Anind Dey, a professor in Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute, and former Ph.D. student Matthew Lee, now…
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Simple, Low-Cost Method Adds Microscope Lens to Smartphone
25 April 2014. Engineers at Australian National University in Canberra devised an inexpensive process to make an add-on lens that turns a smartphone into a high-powered microscope. The team led by ANU’s Woei Ming (Steve) Lee published its technique in the May 2014 issue of the journal Biomedical Optics Express. The university filed for a…
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Touch Screen Data Visualization App Developed for iPad
23 April 2014. Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh designed an app for the Apple iPad that allows data stored in worksheets to be manipulated on a touch screen with fingers. Ph.D. candidate Jeffrey Rzeszotarski and computer science professor Niki Kittur will discuss their app, called Kinetica, at next week’s ACM CHI Conference…