Artificial Intelligence - Where Are We Today?

Indeed, we hear a lot about Artificial Intelligence these days, but few people really understand what artificial intelligence really is. Even more confusing to newcomers and novices is that many folks that are in the artificial intelligence field debate its definition. Still compounding the issue is when commercial ventures begin touting their technologies as artificially intelligent driven, when actually they are not.

Top Two Reasons You Need to Buy A Router

Believe it or not, even though you may only have one computer at your home, you can benefit from having a router on your home network. With the amount of spyware and other forms of malware running rampant on the Internet, any step that you can take to help protect your computer is certainly worth the time and effort to do so.

Home Office Minus PC - Can it be Done? You'd be Surprised

Until recently, everyone was certain a home-office (or *any* office) for that matter could make it without a home computer. Now we know different. And you might be surprised what many home-office owners are using.

Person Identification With Dental Images By Striae Patterns In Radiographs

The Identification of people using their dental records, mainly as radiograph images searches the database of Postmortem (PM) and antemortem (AM) radiographs to determine the identity of the person associated with the PM image. We use a semi-automatic method to extract shapes of the teeth from the AM and PM radiographs, and find the affine transform that best fits the shapes in the PM image to those in the AM images. The shape extraction is a difficult problem for dental radiographs, especially for poor quality images where some tooth contours are indiscernible. Fortunately, the radiographs not only give us the information about the shape of the teeth, but also other information such as the artificial prothesis of the teeth, the striae patterns and trabecular patterns developing an image restoration algorithm to handle poor quality radiographs. The proposed format is to work similar to the synthesis algorithm of diatoms where the striae are formed gradually, the ones near the centre of the diatom start growing first and may be partially completed by the time the striae further away from the centre start forming. The attempt is to model this process similar to iterative synthesis algorithm of diatom.

Running a Successful Proxy Site

There are 5 main key concepts to running a successful proxy sites. Don't make the same mistakes that I did. And plus my personal story.

Computer Equipment Dealer - Technology Guidelines

Do you know how to find the right Computer Equipment Dealer? Find out the guidelines you need to go by for the right IT person and dealer.

Decision Support Systems(DSS) - Is it becoming a Decision Making Systems(DMS)?

Decision making is most fundamental job of managers. Managers are provided certain tools for decision-making and DSS tools are one of them. DSS are interactive computer-based systems and subsystems intended to help decision makers use communications technologies. The center issue of this article is to find that ho much DSS tools help in making decisions and what should be the limit of their use.The secondary objective of this paper is to define work area for typical management skills & DSS tools.

How To Start A Website

A step by step process of starting a website for people new to being a webmaster.

Flash Games Are Ruling The Market

Gradually with time and technology, the days of video games at arcades are not only fading but also almost facing extinction. And taking over the rule is none other than the most sought after and established free online flash and shockwave games! In fact, online games are being perceived as the future of the interactive entertainment industry.

IT Security and You! Part 2 - Wireless Networks

Along almost every street and often at least once on every estate my mobile merrily beeps away at me, would I like to join an un-secured network? I never do, but I could and anyone with hardly any technical knowledge and a laptop can! even neighbours! This is the second of four articles designed to help improve IT security.

Pros and Cons of RFID Technology

In the late 1990's demand for RFID increased once companies saw the advantages of RFID, as compared to the simple bar-code. The RFID tag stored all the necessary information about a given pallet, box or product and was readable without line of sight. The time saved checking in shipments and waiting around for shipments to arrive decreased significantly. RFID enables companies to save money by utilizing time more efficiently. EPCGlobal was established in 2003 to offer a set of standards on use of Electronic Product Code. Retail stores using RFID can decrease out-of-stock items, as well as being more informative when talking to customers about product information and product arrival dates. For producers and consultants of the technology, a lot of money is being made with new breakthroughs, cheaper RFID prices and new applications of the technology. Companies can stand to gain and lose with companies using RFID, as companies can now do research on a product level with RFID possibly invading consumer’s privacy rights. If RFID stayed only on larger ticket items and on pallets and boxes consumers would enjoy the technology as it makes their shopping experiences go smoother.

Father's Day Reflections- My Dad, the Electronics Enthusiast

My dad's predilection to buy the latest electronics makes it that much more difficult to figure out what to get him for his birthday, Christmas, and Father's Day.

Ergonomics and Office of the Future - Part 1

What will the office look like in future in order to increase comfort and productivity and reduce pain?

Nanotechnology - Just What the Doctor Orders

What if you were terminally ill and your doctor informed you that the venom from a snail could save your life?

Blu ray VS. HD DVD, Who Will Win the Battle?

Blu ray technology and HD DVD technology are fighting each other to become the DVD format of the next generation. Who do you want to win?