Science news articles about 'security applications'

  • Converting 2-D photo into 3-D face for security applications and forensics

    ... Journal of Biometrics this month. The discovery could be used for biometrics in security applications or in forensic investigations. Xin Guan and Hanqi Zhuang of Florida Atlantic University on Boca ...
  • Better business decisions with real-time data

    ... are and provide them with appropriate information,” says Jain. Security applications include tracking storage containers ... For the most part, Jain’s research has focused on manufacturing applications. “The decreasing cost of sensors – RFID, bar ...
  • Engineering researcher seeks answers to asteroid deflection

    ... orbital guidance and navigation and control, however, have other applications as well. These may include future advanced space vehicles that will carry astronauts to an asteroid or Mars and homeland security applications ...
  • Keeping up with your peers, securely

    Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications allow a team or group to create new levels ... co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal. But developing compelling and secure applications is a challenge. Now a platform developed ...
  • Moblie Peer-to-peer Applications: Keeping Up With Your Peers, Securely

    Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications allow a team or group to create new levels ... co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal. But developing compelling and secure applications is a challenge. Now a new platform ...
  • Scientists determine strength of 'liquid smoke'

    ... images to determine its strength and potential new applications. Aerogel is a form of nanofoam, an engineered material ... , Livermore has developed and improved aerogels for national security applications, synthesized electrically conductive inorganic ...
  • Controlling light with sound: new liquid camera lens as simple as water and vibration

    ... lens may be used and integrated into any number of different applications and devices." Results of the study were detailed in the paper ... being integrated into a new generation of unmanned and micro air vehicles used for defense and homeland security applications ...
  • A card-swipe for medical tests

    ... if pursued by certified laboratories. "We also think it has homeland security applications," Porter says. A card swipe device could be taken into the field, where a sample card or stick ...
  • Keeping an eye on the Inauguration

    ... a true virtual office environment. For the Inauguration application, the interface was the same, with each camera taking ... information and collaborate in real-time. While security applications are still new, the system's adoption ...
  • Engineers tune a nanoscale grating structure to trap and release a variety of light waves

    ... the tiny circuits of an electronic chip, they can bring about applications in spectroscopy, sensing and medical imaging. And they can hasten ... (1 micron is one-millionth of a meter) and are suitable for security applications. Wavelengths in the telecommunications range of the spectrum ...
  • Shifting sound to light may lead to better computer chips

    ... to generation of THz radiation for security, medical and other purposes," he said. "In this application, we would utilize acoustic-based technologies to generate THz." Security applications include explosives detection and medical ...
  • New MIT radio chip mimics human ear

    ... insight into the other," he says. For example, in addition to its use for radio applications, the work provides an analysis of why cochlear ... for voice identification have several applications in portable devices and security applications. The researchers have built circuits ...
  • Materials research advances reliability of faster 'smart sensors'

    ... " that allow for faster response times from military applications is important. Equally important is new research ... of infrared sensors that can respond more quickly in military or security applications. The creation of these smart sensors is possible ...
  • Nanowires for the electronics and optoelectronics of the future

    ... . "We were thinking in terms of a sort of electronic key for security applications, which would only react to certain optical ... "nanowire electric circuits" for electronic and optoelectronic applications such as solar cells, transistors and diodes. This is because ...
  • Quantifying human behavior one MoCap data point at a time

    ... insights they lead to about human behavior – but those that can be translated into useful applications," says Narayanan. "These are ongoing research challenges." Potential ... , customer care in business settings and global security applications where socio-cultural behaviors ...

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