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  Artificially Intelligent Game Bots Pass the Turing Test on Turing's Centenary

  September 26, 2012 — An artificially intelligent virtual gamer has won the BotPrize by convincing a panel of judges that it was more human-like than half the humans it competed against. The victory comes 100 years after ... > full story
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  Computers Match Humans in Understanding Art

  September 26, 2012 — Understanding and evaluating art has widely been considered as a task meant for humans, until now. Computer scientists tackled the question "can machines understand art?" The results were very ... > full story
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  Language Use Is Simpler Than Previously Thought, Study Suggests

  September 25, 2012 — For more than 50 years, language scientists have assumed that sentence structure is fundamentally hierarchical, made up of small parts in turn made of smaller parts, like Russian nesting dolls. But a ... > full story
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  Intuitive Visual Control Provides Faster Robot Operation

  September 25, 2012 — Using a novel method of integrating video technology and familiar control devices, a research team is developing a technique to simplify remote control of robotic ... > full story
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  Wearable Sensor System Automatic Maps Building While Wearer Is Moving

  September 24, 2012 — Researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is ... > full story
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  Using Precisely-Targeted Lasers, Researchers Manipulate Neurons in Worms' Brains and Take Control of Their Behavior

  September 24, 2012 — In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a major threshold. Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers have been able to take over ... > full story
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  Sociable Trash Box: Proxemics in Dynamic Interactions

  September 24, 2012 — Researchers in Japan are using "robotic social trash boxes" to investigate interactions between humans and robots for improving robot-to-human ... > full story
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  NASA App Features Inflatable Spacecraft for Returning Station Cargo

  September 20, 2012 — Want to try your hand at landing an inflatable spacecraft? All you need is a smart phone, a computer or a ... > full story
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  Dyslexia Cause May Be Different Than Previously Thought

  September 19, 2012 — Dyslexia may result from impairment of a different linguistic system than previously thought, according to new ... > full story
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  Protecting Our Harbors and Ships With a Robotic Tuna Fish

  September 19, 2012 — For constricted and hard-to-reach underwater places where inspection and security is necessary, Homeland Security's BIOSwimmer is the perfect ... > full story

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