The art of smishing (SMS-Phishing) has been practiced for some time, but a discovery by the wizards at NC State University has uncovered a new vulnerability that could bring the aforesaid act back into the spotlight. Xuxian Jiang's research team recently identified the hole and confirmed that it impacts Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly … [Read more...]
Android ‘smishing’ vulnerability discovered by NCSU researchers; Google has a fix incoming
November 2, 2012 by
Utah researchers create ‘Spintronic’ LED, claim it’s ‘brighter, cheaper’ and eco-friendly
July 14, 2012 by
Spintronics? Not exactly a new term 'round these parts, but University of Utah physicists are applying it in a unique way that may eventually make TVs look even sharper than they do today. The entity is trumpeting a new "spintronic" organic light-emitting diode (that's OLED, for short) that's said to be "cheaper and more environmentally friendly … [Read more...]
BC researchers help locate what could be “God particle”
July 4, 2012 by
With the discovery of a new subatomic particle that could be the long sought after "God particle," there is plenty for Canadians to be proud of. The director of TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, says they have been involved in the search for the Higgs boson since the beginning - helping build the accelerator at … [Read more...]
University researchers develop 50 gigapixel camera, hope it hits the mainstream in five years
June 21, 2012 by
Gigapixel cameras aren't exactly hot-off-the-presses, but a few wizards at Duke and the University of Arizona may be close to getting that sort of technology into your future point-and-shoot. Reportedly, electrical engineers with gobs of free time and an imagination the size of Coach K's ego have managed to synchronize 98 minuscule cameras in a … [Read more...]
Researchers want to know how texting affects our writing
April 8, 2012 by
Is text messaging ruining the English language? Researchers at Simon Fraser University are trying to figure how technology influences our writing habits. Professor Christian Guilbault says the Text4Science project has collected more than 8,000 messages. Guilbault says his team is at how Canadians are adapting their language as they text. And he's … [Read more...]
Researchers find fewer words being added to languages, fewer ways to tell you precisely that
March 19, 2012 by
What if one of the words in this post means absolutely nothing in the year 2094. It's possible, and more possible than ever before. That's according to recently published research from a group at the Institutions Markets Technologies' Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies in Italy, who have found that fewer new words are being added to languages … [Read more...]
Researchers demo 3D face scanning breakthroughs at SIGGRAPH, Kinect crowd squarely targeted
August 11, 2011 by
Lookin' to get your Grown Nerd on? Look no further. We just sat through 1.5 hours of high-brow technobabble here at SIGGRAPH 2011, where a gaggle of gurus with IQs far, far higher than ours explained in detail what the future of 3D face scanning would hold. Scientists from ETH Zürich, Texas A&M, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, … [Read more...]
