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Better Software for Reconstructing Ancient Languages Developed While some would say that French is a language of romance, linguists would say that it is a Romance language, along with Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. The term 'Romance language' is used to describe those languages which are descended from Latin, the language of Rome, which is still understood and used today. Other ancient languages however have been lost, but their descendants survive, so linguists will compare these modern languages to reconstruct their ancestor. Now researchers at the University of British Columbia and University of California, Berkeley have developed a new computer system to perform this reconstruction for the linguists. Reconstructing a protolanguage involves grouping words with common meanings together, analyzing common features, and considering how phonics may change over time. This is a very tedious process, so effectively computerizing it is possibly something many linguists have been hoping for. However it is also a nuanced process, so actual linguists will likely always be superior to a computer program, though this system did achieve 85% accuracy, compared to actual linguists. The researchers who created the new system do not see it being used to replace linguists but to aid them, by doing the brunt of the work and allowing more languages to be compared at once. This would be similar to how computers and statistical analysis affected the field of evolutionary biology. Source: University of British Columbia Read More ...
UNIGINE Releases New Version of Heaven Benchmark UNIGINE has released version 4.0 of the popular Heaven benchmark which is one of the most intense tests for your GPU. This version of the benchmark "immerses a user into a magical steampunk world of shiny brass, wood and gears. Nested on flying islands, a tiny village with its cozy, sun-heated cobblestone streets, an elaborately crafted dirigible above the expanse of fluffy clouds, and a majestic dragon on the central square gives a true sense of adventure." Version 4.0 has support for DirectX 9 and 11, Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. There are three versions of the benchmark, each offering a different set of features and prices. The Basic edition is available for free, the Advanced edition costs $14.95 and the Professional edition carries a price tag of $495. Source: UNIGINE Read More ...
New Gaming Surfaces from Cooler Master Cooler Master has announced a trio of new mouse pads geared towards gamers, the RX Series. The Control-RX features a smooth Lycra surface with extra thickness for comfort, aimed at gamers that use low DPI mice. The Power-RX has an extra large surface area and is made with Surgical Strike Surface material for "precise and intricate movements." The Speed-RX rounds out the lineup with a microscopic synthetic mesh surface providing optimum precision for optical and laser sensors. Source: Cooler Master Read More ...
Complex Cellular Circuits Created A relatively common idea in science fiction is that of melding man and machine to give humans super strength, intelligence, and more. Typically this is achieved through implants of one kind or another, but in reality the distinction between the organic and technological may not be so discernible. Researchers at MIT have successfully blurred that line by creating cells with the ability to perform logical computations and remember the results. In some ways, the comparison between cells and computers can be easily made as signals within a cell can trigger a process to create or modify other signals. In fact cells have already been manipulated to perform computations, but these cells often fail to remember the results of their work and return to a neutral state once the stimulus is gone. The MIT cells however permanently remember their results and even pass them on to the next 90 generations, because the results are encoded into its DNA, causing the cell to potentially produce a protein until its death. This permanent memory should prove very useful as it will allow the results of the cellular circuit to be read either by sequencing the cells' DNA or by measuring how much of the protein they produce is in the sample. The researchers are looking at this technology for environmental sensors that activate in the presence of a specific material, and potentially stem cell medicine. Cellular circuits could be used to influence the development of stem cells into other, specific kinds of cells. Source: MIT Read More ...
Tactile Keyboard Technology Developed for Touchscreens A Californian company called Tactus Technology has developed a way to apply tactile keyboards to touchscreen devices. The technology uses a non-toxic liquid that moves around under the screen, through a number of small channels to specific areas. The liquid then increases pressure under the screen and causes the surface to rise. Employing this technology would allow touchscreen smartphones and tablets to compete with other devices that feature physical keyboards, such as BlackBerry devices. The technology has a lot of potential, however it is not yet refined. Tactus Technology aims to begin production of these screens in late 2013, but did not comment on any partnerships it is working on. Source: CNET.com Read More ...
How to Protect the Crowd Worker The Internet is a portal to the people of the world and for several years now, some have been taking advantage of that portal to get the people to do work for them. Such crowdsourced work can take on many forms, from the simple resource borrowing of Folding@Home to the massive human efforts needed for more complex jobs. Now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and other institutions are looking into how to ensure the crowdworker is not taken advantage, while also improving their quality. Some crowd-work vendors actually compensate their workers by paying them based on tasks, or having them compete for prizes, but as crowd work is not actually employment, the worker lacks the structure and support of an actual job. The researchers suggest three major steps to protecting and improving crowd workers: creating career ladders to identify the best workers; improved task design and communication; and tutoring to train the workers. At the heart of the matter is the researchers' desire to make sure the crowd includes the best workers and that they remain crowd works. To achieve this they wish to make crowdsourced work more attractive to the workers while also encouraging them to become more effective. Source: Carnegie Mellon University Read More ...
Hardware Roundup: Wednesday Edition In the past, OCC has reviewed both the Corsair Hydro Series H80 and the Corsair Hydro Series H100 CPU coolers. But that was a year and a half ago and Corsair has updated both with the new H80i and H100i models covered in a review in today's roundup. We have a review on a mid-tower case from Nanoxia, a German company that has been since 2006, but the Silence 1 is the company's initial foray into the case market. There is also a look at the G-CM mousepad from Zowie. Cases Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Case @ ThinkComputers Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H80i and H100i CPU Cooler @ [H]ardOCP Mousepads Zowie G-CM Mousepad @ LanOC Reviews Read More ...
Hardware Roundup: Tuesday Edition We have a couple of gadgets in today's roundup for you to examine. One device from Analogix allows you to connect your phone to your TV via an HDMI connector for gaming and viewing other apps. The other gadget is a watch from COOKOO that began as a Kickstarter project and allows you to receive alerts on your watch for incoming calls, Facebook announcements, missed calls and the like. We also have a couple reviews on more mainstream hardware such as the GALAXY GTX 660 GC video card and the Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G3 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive. Gadgets Analogix SlimPort adapter with the Nexus 4 @ LanOC Reviews ConnecteDevice COOKOO Watch @ Madshrimps Storage/Hard Drives Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G3 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ ThinkComputers Video GALAXY GTX 660 GC Video Card @ [H]ardOCP Read More ...
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