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Robots Strike Fear in the Hearts of Fish: Anxious Zebrafish Help Researchers Understand How Alcohol Affects Fear
The latest in a series of
experiments testing the
ability of robots to
influence live animals shows
that bio-inspired robots can
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Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space
On June 17 and July 26, NASA
tested the Surface
Telerobotics exploration
concept, in which an
astronaut in an orbiting
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Impaired Visual Signals Might Contribute to Schizophrenia Symptoms
By observing the eye
movements of schizophrenia
patients while playing a
simple video game, a
researcher has discovered a
... > full story
Molecular Robots Can Help Researchers Build More Targeted Therapeutics
Many drugs such as agents
for cancer or autoimmune
diseases have nasty side
effects because while they
kill disease-causing cells,
... > full story
- Robots Strike Fear in the Hearts of Fish: Anxious Zebrafish Help Researchers Understand How Alcohol Affects Fear
- Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space
- Impaired Visual Signals Might Contribute to Schizophrenia Symptoms
- Molecular Robots Can Help Researchers Build More Targeted Therapeutics
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Recognizing People by the Way They Walk
July 30, 2013 — Recognizing people by the way they walk can have numerous applications in the fields of security, leisure or medicine. A new technique offers significant advantages as recognition can be done ... > full story -
Cells Move as Concentration Shifts
July 29, 2013 — Sheets of biological cells move along the organs they cover by altering the external concentrations of specific molecules. What do wound healing, cancer metastasis, and bacteria colonies have in ... > full story -
Microchips That Mimic the Brain: Novel Microchips Imitate the Brain's Information Processing in Real Time
July 22, 2013 — Neuroinformatics researchers have demonstrated how complex cognitive abilities can be incorporated into electronic systems made with so-called neuromorphic chips: They show how to assemble and ... > full story -
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'Fat Finger' Compensator: Scientists Use Game to Generate Database for Analysis of Drawing
July 22, 2013 — The fingers of thousands of people who created sketches of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on their iPhones can collectively guide and correct the drawing strokes of subsequent touchscreen users in a ... > full story -
Could HYCCUPS Boost Phone Battery Life?
July 22, 2013 — A new system that goes by the name of "hybrid contextual cloud in ubiquitous platforms comprising of smart phones" or HYCCUPS for short, has been developed by computer scientists. The system boosts ... > full story -
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Move Like an Octopus: Underwater Propulsion from a 3-D Printer
July 22, 2013 — Octopods, which are also known as octopuses or squid, generally move along the ocean floor with their eight arms, they flee by swimming head-first, in line with the principles of propulsion. When the ... > full story -
Helping Robots Become More Touchy-Feely, Literally: Paper-Thin E-Skin Responds to Touch by Lighting Up
July 21, 2013 — Engineers have created a new e-skin that responds to touch by instantly lighting up. The more intense the pressure, the brighter the light it emits. The material is the first sensor network on ... > full story -
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Computer System Automatically Generates TCP Congestion-Control Algorithms
July 18, 2013 — Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times as high as those designed by ... > full story -
Bird Brain? Birds and Humans Have Similar Brain Wiring
July 17, 2013 — You may have more in common with a pigeon than you realize, according to ... > full story -
Eye-Tracking Could Outshine Passwords If Made User-Friendly
July 16, 2013 — Engineers found in a recent study that the user's experience could be key to creating an authentication system that doesn't rely on ... > full story
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