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Gesture Recognition Will Allow People With Disabilities To Interact More Easily With Computers
December 18, 2008 A system that can recognize human gestures could provide a new way for people with physical disabilities to interact with computers. A related system for the able bodied could also be used to make ... > full story -
Strategic Video Game Improves Critical Cognitive Skills In Older Adults
December 11, 2008 A desire to rule the world may be a good thing if you're over 60 and worried about losing your mental faculties. A new study found that adults in their 60s and 70s can improve a number of cognitive ... > full story -
New System Can Improve Video-Sharing Web Sites Like YouTube
December 8, 2008 As video sharing websites like YouTube continue to grow in popularity, so do challenges around proper labeling of videos and monitoring for copyright infractions. But one student from the University ... > full story -
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Virtual Faces Created With Emotions, Moods And Personality
December 4, 2008 Computer scientists developed a computer model that enables the creation of faces which for the first time display emotions and moods according to personality ... > full story -
'Huge Opportunities' For Newspapers In Web Video, Survey Suggests
November 23, 2008 New research has found that newspaper editors believe that adding video to their websites provides "huge opportunities" to increase revenues as TV ad spend moves ... > full story -
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Sleep Helps People Learn Complicated Tasks
November 17, 2008 Sleep helps the mind learn complicated tasks and helps people recover learning they otherwise thought they had forgotten. Using a test that involved learning to play video games, researchers showed ... > full story -
Extreme Makeover: Photos Realistically Embedded Within Videos
November 14, 2008 Stanford artificial intelligence researchers have developed software that makes it easy to reach inside an existing video and place a photo on the wall so realistically that it looks like it was ... > full story -
Violent Video Games Affect Boys' Biological Systems, Study Finds
November 13, 2008 Both heart rate and sleep in boys are affected by violent video games. In the study boys (12-15) were asked to play two different video games at home in the evening. The boys' heart rate was ... > full story -
Violent Video Game Feed Aggression In Kids In Japan And U.S.
November 3, 2008 It's not just American kids who become more aggressive by playing violent video games. A new study showed effects of violent video games on aggression over a 3-6 month period in children from Japan ... > full story -
Baseball: Professor Sees 59 Percent Chance Of Rays Win Over Phillies In World Series
October 20, 2008 A mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Rays and Phillies winning the World Series now ... > full story
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