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Internet domains

Overcrowded Internet domain space is stifling demand, suggesting a future ‘not-com’ boom

01 Mar 2016

New research suggests that a lack of remaining domain names with easy to remember – and consequently valuable – word combinations is restricting...

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Storica allows users to revisit any aspect of their lives in extreme detail, producing digital stories and an array of graphs and data which may help people to find out more about what is influencing their feelings and behaviour.

Dear digital diary…

12 Aug 2013

A powerful life-logging tool which captures and stores memorable moments in people’s lives is being developed by two researchers who argue that it...

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Fryderyk Chopin's manuscript of the Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1

The un-Limited Edition

21 May 2013

Emerging new digital editions at Cambridge are effecting a sea-change in the nature of the scholarly edition, radicalising access to vital source...

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Pitoti engraving, Valcamonica valley

Major motion pictures from our prehistoric past

17 May 2013

Cambridge archaeologists are illuminating some of the oldest graphic art of the past, by applying some of the most advanced graphic technology of the...

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Creativity that counts

14 May 2013

In a digital world, literature, art and music are often the result of collaborative efforts. But who owns what, and can copyright law cope? New...

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Detail of the Byzantine Emprire from a 14th-century world atlas created by Abraham and Jehuda Cresques

Clickable history

09 May 2013

Geographic information systems – once limited to the domain of physical geographers – are emerging as a promising tool to study the past, as...

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Left to right: Simon Goldhill and John Rink

Forging connections: digital humanities in Cambridge and beyond

01 May 2013

To launch our month-long focus on digital humanities research, Professor John Rink and Professor Simon Goldhill – Co-Directors of Cambridge’s Digital...

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The virtual talking head, “Zoe”, uses a basic set of six simulated emotions which can then be adjusted and combined.

Face of the future rears its head

19 Mar 2013

Meet Zoe: a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand with “unprecedented realism” and could herald a new era of human-computer...

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Graphic from mypersonality app

Digital records could expose intimate details and personality traits of millions

11 Mar 2013

Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from ‘traces’ left by seemingly innocuous digital...

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Isaac Newton's 'Waste Book'

University Library project helps preserve digital legacies

31 Jul 2012

'Store it safely', 'Explain it', 'Share it' and 'Start early' – four key signposts to follow for successfully managing and preserving your digital...

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Kodak Color Film.

The rise and fall of Kodak's moment

14 Mar 2012

On a shelf in his office in Cambridge Judge Business School, Dr Kamal Munir keeps a Kodak Brownie 127. Manufactured in the 1950s, the small Bakelite...

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From left: Bill Adams, Bruno Monteferri, Chris Sandbrook

Games for nature

24 Feb 2012

Can digital games and virtual worlds help us save nature? Conservation scientists Bruno Monteferri, Chris Sandbrook and Bill Adams explore whether...

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