Web 2.0
Cazoodle Makes it Easy to Find Stuff on the Web; Unveils Its Shopping Search at DEMOfall 09
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ – Shoppers no longer need to visit so many websites to find the electronics of their dreams. Cazoodle Shopping Search is the first and only organic shopping search service that simultaneously provides comprehensive as well as precise product information. The first launch is for consumer electronic products including laptop and desktop computer, digital camera and camcorder, printer, television, mp3 player, etc. [Read more...]
Cool Stuff
Illinois Researchers Work Results in Face Recognition Breakthrough
Illinois Professor Yi Ma and his students have developed a facial-recognition algorithm that can identify an individual even if the image is corrupted or occluded. The algorithm works with 90% to 95% accuracy when the nose, eyes or mouth is obscured, either by disguise or a corrupted image. Kirk L. Kroeker reports for Communications of the ACM on the work. Link here
Energy
SmartSpark Energy Systems in $6.5M Dept. of Energy and Sandia Project
University of Illinois startup company SmartSpark Energy Systems won a contract to develop hardware designed to facilitate the mainstream adoption of solar energy in the United States.
The company will participate in the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) program which is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories. SmartSpark was awarded a stage one feasibility study contract of a possible three-year, three-phase project worth up to $6.25M. [Read more...]
Life Sciences
Researchers discover a new pathway that regulates inflammation
Inflammation, the body’s earliest response to damage or infection, can aid the healing process and trigger an immune response against invading pathogens. But inflammation gone awry can also undermine health, as in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or asthma. [Read more...]
Nanotech
Membrane penetrating nanoneedle developed at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells. In addition to ferrying tiny amounts of cargo, the nanoneedle can also be used as an electrochemical probe and as an optical biosensor. [Read more...]
Business
U. of I., Singapore establishing information technology center
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, or A*STAR, a Singapore government agency that oversees 22 research institutes, consortia and centers, are establishing a major research center in Singapore. The Advanced Digital Sciences Center will be focused on breakthrough innovations in information technology that are expected to have a major impact in transforming human beings’ utilization of information technology. [Read more...]
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