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Inside the SpinVox Brain
Comment the system uses the words it can pluck out of the mire to hazard a guess on the identity of the words it can't. How much human interaction powers SpinVox's voicemail-to-text conversion system? Natasha Lomas was invited... [06 Aug 2009]
Photos: The firefighting robots taking to London's streets
Photo According to QinetiQ, standard Fire & Rescue Service procedure is to impose an initial hazard zone of 200m for up to 24 hours if acetylene gas cylinders have been involved in fire. Four robots designed to tackle... [29 Jul 2009]
Web security warnings being ignored - even by the most tech-savvy
News Of the 59 per cent of Firefox 2 users who understood the significance of a 'domain mismatch' warning, 19 per cent said they would ignore the hazard. Digital certificate warnings in web browsers are not an effective... [28 Jul 2009]
Fitting Cox Model Using PROC PHREG and Beyond in SAS
White Paper Cox proportional hazard model has been widely used for survival analysis in many areas in investigating time-to-event data. PROC PHREG in SAS has been a powerful tool used for construction of a Cox model. [30 May 2009]
Analysis of Survival Data With Clustered Events
White Paper In the second model, the baseline hazard could be either a priori determined (e.g. Two methods to analyzing survival data with clustered events are presented. The first method is a proportional hazards model which adopts... [29 May 2009]
Test for Linearity Between Continuous Confounder and Binary Outcome First, Run a Multivariate Regression Analysis Second
White Paper The paper suggests that, prior to entry in the multivariate analysis, one should test whether or not the continuous confounding variable is linearly related to log-odds of the binary outcome or hazard ratios of the... [29 May 2009]
Photos: Honda kick starts motorcycle safety tech
Photo The warning indicator display varies in intensity, colour and position of the lights to inform the rider of the seriousness and direction of the hazard ahead. Honda has demonstrated motorcycle safety technology for the... [29 Oct 2008]
Natural Hazard Database Application - A Tool for Pipeline Decision Makers
White Paper This paper describes how the database provides TMPL employees across British Columbia and Alberta access to the current results of the hazard assessment plus supporting information such as multi-temporal images and... [21 Oct 2008]
RFID could disrupt medical devices, say researchers
News The study by six Dutch scientists has found electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by the track and trace chips has the potential to cause disruption to medical devices - which could be a potential hazard to patients. [25 Jun 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo That means if there is a potential hazard, the unit can be deployed immediately. The Grand Challenge is a science and technology competition set up by the Ministry of Defence to address military challenges faced by the... [06 May 2008]
Fast-Paced Design and Analysis of an Optical Imaging Platform
White Paper Trex Enterprises was contracted to develop a prototype generic Laser Hazard Detection System (gLHDS) for use on a UH-1 Huey helicopter. Trex Enterprises wanted challenging thermal requirements, high vibration input, and... [15 Jan 2008]
CIO Essentials: Nerdy techies, SaaS and social networks
News Many of us in the corporate world are prone to dismissing social networks as at best a nuisance, drain on staff time and security hazard. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature... [25 Sep 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Unfair fallout
Comment True, nuclear radiation is a much bigger hazard than your mobile, which poses such a small threat we can't even measure it. Written at a hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free... [20 Sep 2007]
Q&A: Nicholas Negroponte, founder, One Laptop Per Child
Comment For people it's like the hazard of being a beautiful blonde - people pay attention to the wrong thing. As head and founder of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, Nicholas Negroponte is aiming to bridge the digital... [05 Dec 2006]
$100 laptops: Rich countries to buy for poor
News For people it's like the hazard of being a beautiful blonde - people pay attention to the wrong thing. Professor Nicholas Negroponte, head of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, responsible for the $100 laptop, has... [05 Dec 2006]
