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  March 12 , 2001: Highlights

Terascale computing system Internet Voting is no "Magic Ballot," Distinguished Committee Reports
Trials should proceed in which Internet terminals are used at traditional polling places, but remote voting from home or the workplace is not viable in the near future. So says a new report, commissioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF), in which a committee of experts calls for further research into complex security and reliability obstacles that for now impede the Internet's use in public elections. In December 1999, the White House directed NSF to lead a study of Internet voting. With a grant from NSF, the Internet Policy Institute (IPI, a nonprofit, nonpartisan institute) and the University of Maryland organized an October 2000 workshop whose results are summarized in the report. More... (posted Mar 6 2001)

Virtual Tutor Helps Hearing-Impaired Children to Learn Speech
Image of 3-D animated conversational agent Information technology (IT) research has created a 3D computerized tutor that helps profoundly deaf children to develop their conversational skills. "Baldi," the animated instructor, converses via the latest technologies for speech recognition and generation, showing students how to understand and produce spoken language. The conversational agent for language training was developed through a three-year, $1.8 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. More... (posted Mar 6 2001)

Image of predatory dog-sized dinosaur Animated 3-D Boosts Deaf Education
Andy is a "SigningAvatarTM" one of a pool of Internet-enabled virtual people that translate English into sign language and help deaf and hard-of-hearing children develop language and reading skills. The SigningAvatarä software, developed with assistance from the National Science Foundation (NSF), represents a step forward in providing universal access to technology. More... (posted Mar 6 2001)

Image of open sea Nano-Structured Diamond Coating Will Reduce Wear in Mechanical Devices
Your future disk drive or artificial hip could be coated with a nano-sized film of synthetic diamond. National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have developed a patented process to deposit diamond particles on metal that has the potential to significantly reduce surface friction and wear. More... (posted Feb 26 2001)

 


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