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Detail: hand & computer

Democratising design

07 Jun 2013

A new simulator could help the elderly or disabled users engage more effectively with electronic devices, including websites, smartphones and digital...

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CrontoSign device and image

New system to combat online banking fraud

18 Apr 2013

A security solution which protects against the most serious threat to online banking customers, responsible for millions in annual losses, is being...

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A normally developed child engaged in pretend play with the Augmented Reality system

The land of make-believe

14 Mar 2013

Using augmented reality to encourage autistic children to engage in imaginative play.

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Alan Turing aged 16

Marking the centenary of Turing's birth

23 Jun 2012

Saturday 23 June marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing - mathematical genius, hero of the WWII code breakers of Bletchley Park, and father...

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Circuit board

The next generation of computing

04 Jul 2011

Progress in electronics has relied heavily on reducing the size of the transistor to create small, powerful computers. Now spintronics, hailed as the...

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hitachi

Research lays foundation for new era of electronics

10 Jan 2011

Physicists from the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, the University of Cambridge and other institutes have successfully developed technology to enable...

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Computer projected

Cambridge Ideas - The Emotional Computer

10 Jan 2011

Cambridge University film provides a glimpse of how robots and humans could interact in the future...

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