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Using Virtual Worlds to 'Soft Control' People's Movements in the Real One
March 16, 2012 — Computer science researchers have developed a way to exert limited control on how people move, pushing them out of their regular travel patterns. The key: tapping into some of their cell phone ... > full story -
Who Wouldn't Pay a Penny for a Sports Car? The Right Strategy Doesn't Guarantee Advantage in Auctions, Real Estate or Stock Market
March 16, 2012 — In a study of lowest unique bid auctions, researchers asked: Who wins these auctions, the strategic gambler or the lucky one? The answer is the lucky. But, ironically, it's a lucky person using a ... > full story -
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Scientists Tap the Cognitive Genius of Tots to Make Computers Smarter
March 13, 2012 — People often wonder if computers make children smarter. Scientists are now asking the reverse question: Can children make computers smarter? It appears ... > full story -
Tracking Pedestrians Indoors Using Their Smart Phones
March 9, 2012 — The next generation of smart phone could combine the data from its gyroscopes with a built-in compass to allow you to track your movements when indoors even without GPS. Such a system could be useful ... > full story -
Teach Your Robot Well
March 8, 2012 — A new study identifies the types of questions a robot can ask during a learning interaction that are most likely to characterize a smooth and productive human-robot ... > full story -
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Computer Processors: Saving Power, Saving Money
March 8, 2012 — Engineers have proposed a method of cutting power use and costs in computer processors. Called fine-grained power gating, the method would shut off energy to unused portions of datapath and memory ... > full story -
Social Media: Finding Your Friends and Following Them to Where You Are
March 6, 2012 — Computer scientists have shown that a great deal can be learned about individuals from their interactions in online social media, even when those individuals hide their Twitter messages and other ... > full story -
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New Computers Respond to Students' Emotions, Boredom
March 2, 2012 — Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students' cognitive and emotional states -- including frustration and boredom -- has now been ... > full story -
In Space and on Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It for You?
March 1, 2012 — Like something straight out of “Star Wars,” armies of robots could nimbly be crawling up towers and skyscrapers to make repairs in the not-so-distant future, so humans don’t have ... > full story -
Graphene-Based Optical Modulators Poised to Break Speed Limits in Digital Communications
March 1, 2012 — In yet another astounding application of the "wonder material" graphene, scientists have discovered that it makes an excellent active media for optical modulators. Graphene-based modulators are ... > full story -
Schizophrenia Patients' Ability to Monitor Reality May Be Helped by Computerized Training
February 29, 2012 — People with schizophrenia who completed 80 hours of intensive, computerized cognitive training exercises were better able to perform complex tasks that required them to distinguish their internal ... > full storyMore: -
Mysterious Electron Acceleration Explained: Computer Simulation Identifies Source of Aurora-Causing High-Speed Electrons in Space
February 28, 2012 — A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with details of spacecraft observations. The ... > full story
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