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Jih-Fang Wang, a doctoral candidate in computer science, is working on head-mount technology. He has created a device called an optic tracker, equipped with small cameras that relay information about a virtual-environment user’s position to a computer.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 7 Issue 3, Spring 1990, p12-13, por Periodical Website
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Charlotte based computer software and services company Broadway and Seymour struggled as it fell in stocks. Nonetheless, the company has always been able to win new business without always making money.
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The One Laptop Per Child project is creating a for use by children in developing countries. The laptop will use Red Hat’s Linux operating system and will serve as a textbook, library, telephone, camera, and a link to the internet those children. The Raleigh based company hopes individuals will use its open source software to improve the operating system for those who will use the laptop in countries like Rwanda, Uruguay, Libya, Brazil, and Nigeria. Developers are excited to work on the innovative software for the project and help improve the lives of less fortunate children.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 8, February 2007, p19 Periodical Website
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Sageworks Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, is a runner-up in the 2006 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. The company was founded in 1998 and employs 120 people. CEO Brian Hamilton projects revenues of $7.5 million in 2006. The business creates financial-analysis software. Accountants make up 90 percent of the software's users. Sageworks has ten products. Six analyze for-profit companies; two, industry data; one each for nonprofit companies and personal finances.
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27113
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Chris Kolmar and Nick Johnson are the creators of Chasing Chains, a business clickbait site that produces advertisements based on viral internet content and data mines. Kolmar created an algorithm that examines census data and internet trends to decipher which ads attract the most clicks and shares.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 17, April 2016, p10-13, il, por Periodical Website
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Political scientist Terry Sullivan and seven of his doctoral students created a new computer software program called Nomination Forms Online. The software simplifies and speeds completion of forms that presidential appointees submit for approval.
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Cary-based Virtus Corp. is a six-year-old company that is pioneering 3-D virtual reality software, which allows users to create realistic images on their computer screens. Chairman David Smith discusses how the company plans to pull off a successful 3-D software business.
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25820
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Computer scientists Ming Lin and Dinesh Manocha developed a modeling and simulation program that is being used to train military soldiers how to stay alive in the combat zone. Other software is being developed to train first responders, emergency response, and police, and to simulate hurricane evacuations.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 3, Spring 2008, p30-33, por Periodical Website
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