Laboratory Equipment points the way for the next big breakthrough in thinking machines:
… Read the rest “Quantum computers can work.”Many quantum algorithms require that particles’ spins be “entangled,” meaning that they’re all
Laboratory Equipment reveals how computers can now ID you by watching you walk:
… Read the rest “The way you walk is just the way YOU walk. And the computer knows it.”he National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed a walking gait recognition system that, in combination
Machines, BBC reports, are one step closer to personhood, thanks to Yale researchers inventing Nico, a robot who knows himself:
… Read the rest “The robot knows itself.”“It is a spatial reasoning task for the robot to understand
In all likelihood, that is. New Scientist doesn’t actually *know* your password, of course. But they know that if you’re over 55, you’re more likely to be secure than… Read the rest “Grandad’s got a better password than you, kiddo.”
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These symbols show steps in various chemical processes – the things you can do to change substances. Well, the things chemical engineers can do, one… Read the rest “Science Art: Pfd-symbols, from the free open source program, Dia.”
Time reveals more of the Pentagon’s social media warfare research:
… Read the rest “The Twitter trenches”The new Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) program was submitted under the Defense Advanced Research
That’s what DARPA launched to test new ways to use the internet – and social media specifically, the Guardian says – to solve problems rapidly (and to locate targets,… Read the rest “10 red balloons.”
BBC News tells the story of a blind man whose life has been changed by his bionic eye:
… Read the rest “My Bionic Eye.”Ron, who has not revealed his surname, told the BBC: “For 30 years I’ve seen absolutely nothing
Nature’s Nascent blog has a call for volunteers to help evaluate abstracts and comments on PLoS ONE, the Public Library of Science:
… Read the rest “Help us speak science.”I agree with Deepak’s assessment:
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The New York Times shares an interesting theory about the Antikythera Mechanism, the ancient clockwork computer recovered from the Mediterranean. Instead of being some kind of mathematical… Read the rest “The Olympic Computer.”
New Scientist senses the tiniest air currents by a synthetic whisker:
… Read the rest “Twitch of a (bionic) whisker.”The design consists of an artificial hair deposited on a silicon substrate and connected to it by a flexible hinge.
New Scientist is living in The Jetsons:
… Read the rest “Robot chef!”“If you want to interpret and understand everyday activities using vision data, it’s very complicated, error-prone, and resource
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