Can WhatsApp messages be secure and encrypted—but traceable at same time?
Cryptographers love an enigma, a problem to solve—and this one has it all. Indestructible codes, secret notes, encryption and decryption.
Aug 10, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Boston University
Boston University (often initialized as BU) is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers. The university is nonsectarian, but is historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church. BU is categorized as an RU/VH Research University (very high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. In 2009–2010, BU had research expenditures of $407.8 million, or $553 million if the research led by the Medical School faculty at Boston Medical Center is included. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education. Among its faculty and alumni, BU counts 7 Nobel Prize winners, including Martin Luther King, Jr. (PhD '55); 22 Pulitzer Prize winners, and numerous Guggenheim and MacArthur fellows.
- Address
- One Silber Way, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America 02215
- Website
- http://www.bu.edu/
- Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_University
Engineering
Beware using telemedicine for voice and speech therapy
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, people across the world have experienced how teleconferencing platforms like Zoom help folks stay connected—playing games with friends, hosting virtual weddings, and even visiting ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Automotive
Autonomous vehicles learning to drive by mimicking others
Self-driving cars are powered by machine learning algorithms that require vast amounts of driving data in order to function safely. But if self-driving cars could learn to drive in the same way that babies learn to walk—by ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Software
Contact tracing app warns of COVID-19 exposure while protecting privacy
Three Boston University computer scientists and engineers are working on a smartphone app that could let people know if they have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, while protecting the privacy ...
Apr 16, 2020
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Engineering
Mining bacteria parts to build around-the-clock biosensors
Imagine a Fitbit that measures much more than steps, heart rate, and calories burned. It continually tracks all of the indicators of physiological health that currently require expensive and time-consuming analyses of blood ...
Apr 16, 2020
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Robotics
Meet Jaco and Baxter, machine learning robots who cook perfect hot dogs
Craving a bite out of a freshly grilled ballpark frank? Two robots named Jaco and Baxter can serve one up. Boston University engineers have made a jump in using machine learning to teach robots to perform complex tasks, a ...
Feb 18, 2020
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Engineering
New digital-camera-based system can 'see' around corners
What if your car possessed technology that warned you not only about objects in clear view of your vehicle—the way that cameras, radar, and laser can do now in many standard and autonomous vehicles—but also warned you ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Engineering
Researchers illuminate the path to a new era of microelectronics
A new microchip technology capable of optically transferring data could solve a severe bottleneck in current devices by speeding data transfer and reducing energy consumption by orders of magnitude, according to an article ...
Apr 21, 2018
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