Phishing
New online scams exploit your own behavior to get you to give up personal information
Smell Roundup
A computer that sends smells over the Internet, and a cannon that shoots odors from 12 feet away.
Voting Roundup
Internet voting is not secure, and politician spin is eroding public trust.
Virtual Burn Therapy
Virtual reality can distract burn patients from their painful wound care.
Bacterial Builders
Engineered bacteria make a protein that can lay down a pattern of circuits on a computer chip.
Folds and Scrolls
Using home computers to determine the structure of a protein, a 2,200-year-old scroll stuffed in a mummy
Wildfire Warnings
A new system analyzes weather satellite data to spot wildfires as small as one acre in size.
Computer Accompanist
A computer system provides accompaniment to musicians in real time.
Eye Imaging
Technology developed to sharpen astronomical images can be used on images of the retina.
Computer Linguistics
Teaching computers to understand ordinary language
Marble Map
Researchers are scanning an ancient marble map of the city of Rome into the computer, in hopes of piecing much of it back together.
Plants on the Internet
A new system that uses the internet and cell phone techonolgy to alert farmers to a crop's needs.
Cancer Screensaver
A new screensaver screens molecules for cancer-fighting ability on your desktop.
Picture Passwords
Picture-style passwords offer greater security than traditional passwords and PINs.
Optimizing Airplanes
How advanced computers are helping engineers develop better designs for existing technology- like airplane wings.
Parallel Computing
NSF Center for Research in Parallel Computation: Writing programs for parallel supercomputers