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Photonic Quantum Computers: A Brighter Future Than Ever
Harnessing the unique
features of the quantum
world promises a dramatic
speed-up in information
processing as compared to
the fastest classical
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More Than a Good Eye: Robot Uses Arms, Location and More to Discover Objects
A robot can struggle to
discover objects in its
surroundings when it relies
on computer vision alone.
But by taking advantage of
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Robots Take Part in a Space Simulation
The two robots Flobi and Nao
worked full time for three
weeks in an isolation study
in Cologne. Scientists were
studying how these
intelligent assistance
systems can help astronauts
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Robotic Insects Make First Controlled Flight
In the very early hours of
the morning, in a Harvard
robotics laboratory last
summer, an insect took
flight. Half the size of a
paperclip, weighing less
... > full story
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Technique Helps Robotic Vehicles Find Their Way, Help Humans
May 14, 2013 — Engineers have developed a technique called LOBOT that provides accurate, real-time, 3-D positions in both indoor and outdoor ... > full story -
Sense of Touch Reproduced Through Prosthetic Hand
May 9, 2013 — Neurobiologists have shown how an organism can sense a tactile stimulus, in real time, through an artificial sensor for the first ... > full story -
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Cyberbullying Rampant Among High School Students: Nearly One-Third of Youths Also Report Playing Video/computer Games for More Than 3 Hours a Day
May 5, 2013 — Step into a class of 30 high school students and look around. Five of them have been victims of electronic bullying in the past year. What's more, 10 of those students spend three or more hours on an ... > full story -
Want to Slow Mental Decay? Play a Video Game
May 1, 2013 — A new study shows that older people can put off the aging of their minds by playing a simple game that primes their processing speed skills. The research showed participants' cognitive skills ... > full story -
Gentle Touch and the Bionic Eye: Using Haptics to Improve Outcomes for People Given Visual Prosthetics
May 1, 2013 — Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development. Training with haptic, touch, technology could improve outcomes for the blind ... > full story -
Talking Tissue Boxes and Other Smart Objects May Be Welcomed by Most People
May 1, 2013 — Just as people have embraced computers and smart phones, they may also give their blessing to talking tissue boxes and other smart objects, according to ... > full story -
How Would You Like Your Assistant -- Human or Robotic?
April 29, 2013 — More than half of healthcare providers interviewed for a new study said that if they were offered an assistant, they preferred it to be a robotic helper rather than a human. However, they don’t ... > full story -
'Taxels' Convert Mechanical Motion to Electronic Signals
April 25, 2013 — Using bundles of vertical zinc oxide nanowires, researchers have fabricated arrays of piezotronic transistors capable of converting mechanical motion directly into electronic controlling signals. The ... > full story -
Computer Game Could Improve Sight of Visually Impaired Children
April 24, 2013 — Visually impaired children could benefit from a revolutionary new computer game being developed by a team of neuroscientists and game ... > full story -
FlipperBot: Sea Turtles and Flipper-Driven Robot Reveal Principles of Moving on Sand and Other Granular Media
April 23, 2013 — Based on a study of both hatchling sea turtles and "FlipperBot" -- a robot with flippers -- researchers have learned principles for how both robots and turtles move on granular surfaces such as ... > full story
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