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New Survey Shows Widespread Opposition to ‘killer Robots,' Support for New Ban Campaign
June 19, 2013 — The results of a new survey show that a majority of Americans across the political spectrum oppose the outsourcing of lethal military and defense targeting decisions to machines. The opposition to ... > full story -
What Makes People Click on News Stories -- Not Terms Like Public Affairs or Politics
June 18, 2013 — A new study has analyzed tens of thousands of articles available to readers of online news and created a model to find out 'what makes people ... > full story -
Cheetah-Cub: A Robot That Runs Like a Cat
June 17, 2013 — Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, a four-legged "cheetah-cub robot" has the same advantages as its model: it is small, light and fast. Still in its ... > full story -
New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand With Brain-Computer Interfaces
June 11, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated that when humans use brain-computer interfaces, the brain behaves much like it does when completing simple motor skills such as kicking a ball, typing or waving a hand. ... > full story -
How Does Inbreeding Avoidance Evolve in Plants?
June 10, 2013 — Inbreeding is generally deleterious, even in flowering plants. Since inbreeding raises the risk that bad copies of a gene will be expressed, inbred progeny suffer from reduced viability. A case study ... > full story -
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When Will My Computer Understand Me?
June 10, 2013 — For more than 50 years, linguists and computer scientists have tried to get computers to understand human language by programming semantics as software, with mixed results. Enabled by supercomputers, ... > full story -
New Theory Proposes Solution to Long-Running Debate as to How Stable the Earth System Is
June 10, 2013 — Researchers have proposed an answer to the long-running debate as to how stable the Earth system is. Earth, with its core-driven magnetic field, oceans of liquid water, dynamic climate and abundant ... > full story -
Firefighting Robot Paints 3-D Thermal Imaging Picture for Rescuers
June 5, 2013 — Engineers have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by small Segway-like robotic vehicles. A sophisticated on-board software system ... > full story -
Helicopter Takes to the Skies With the Power of Human Thought
June 5, 2013 — A remote controlled helicopter has been flown through a series of hoops around a college gymnasium in Minnesota. It sounds like your everyday student project; however, there is one caveat -- the ... > full story -
Common Control Patterns Govern Swimming Animals
June 4, 2013 — What do swimmers like trout, eels and sandfish lizards have in common? According to a new study, the similar timing patterns that these animals use to contract their muscles and produce undulatory ... > full story
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