New dressing robot can 'mimic' the actions of care workers
Scientists have developed a new robot that can 'mimic' the two-handed movements of care workers as they dress an individual.
Mar 4, 2024
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Robotics
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Hardware
Tailoring a comfort-fit police jacket
In collaborative work between police organizations and experts in ergonomics and biomechanics, a new equipment vest has been developed to address the issue of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly lower back pain, among ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Hardware
As auto industry deadlines loom for impaired-driver detection tech, researchers offer low-cost solution
Cameras similar to those already on newer model cars, combined with facial recognition tools, could read the "tells" of impairment in the face and upper body of a driver, University of Michigan engineers have shown.
Mar 4, 2024
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Engineering
Bubble simulation: Model improves prediction of cavitation nuclei
Small gas bubbles that form and collapse in a liquid—a process known as cavitation—can cause big problems for equipment like ship propellers. Imploding bubbles create noise and vibration, interfering with acoustic sensors, ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Business
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines cancel merger after blocked by US court
JetBlue and Spirit Airlines formally pulled the plug Monday on their merger, about six weeks after a federal judge ruled it violated US antitrust law.
Mar 4, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Do AI video-generators dream of San Pedro? Madonna among early adopters of AI's next wave
Whenever Madonna sings the 1980s hit "La Isla Bonita" on her concert tour, moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds play on the giant arena screens behind her.
Mar 4, 2024
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Computer Sciences
AI bias: The organized struggle against automated discrimination
In public administrations across Europe, artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision making (ADM) systems are already being used extensively.
Mar 4, 2024
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Telecom
Three Red Sea data cables cut as Houthis launch more attacks in the vital waterway
Three cables under the Red Sea that provide global internet and telecommunications have been cut as the waterway remains a target of Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, a Houthi missile attack set a ship ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Business
Apple hit with 1.8-bn-euro EU fine for music streaming restrictions
The EU on Monday hit Apple with a more than 1.8-billion-euro fine ($1.9 billion) for violating the bloc's laws by preventing European users from accessing information about alternative, cheaper music streaming services.
Mar 4, 2024
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Engineering
Want a noninvasive health monitor? Put a ring on it.
University of Waterloo engineers have invented a powerful antenna small enough to fit in a ring and capable of transmitting critical medical data to health care workers and individual patients.
Mar 4, 2024
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