From bus routes to gutters, tech-savvy youth map Mali's capital
Under a blazing sun in Mali's capital, Amadou Menta leant over to measure a gutter then jotted down the results on a mapping app on his smartphone.
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Exploring how people adapt to virtual-reality-induced cybersickness
While virtual reality has been around for decades, a combination of higher-resolution graphics, smoother tracking of the user's movements and cheaper, sleeker headsets has propelled the immersive technology into arenas beyond ...
Aug 16, 2022
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Effective crew resource management vital to police air support, research shows
Real-world research has shown, for the first time, that the theory of effective crew resource management makes an "invaluable contribution" to the safety and efficiency of police air support in England and Wales.
Aug 10, 2022
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How brain-monitoring tech advances could change the law
A world-first report from Dr. Allan McCay scrutinizes advances in neurotechnology and what it might mean for the law and the legal profession. The paper calls for urgent consideration of how the new technology is to be regulated.
Aug 9, 2022
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Equity and exclusion issues in cashless fare payment systems for public transportation
Researchers Aaron Golub, John MacArthur and Sangwan Lee of Portland State University, Anne Brown of the University of Oregon, and Candace Brakewood and Abubakr Ziedan of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have published ...
Jul 29, 2022
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Gaming does not appear harmful to mental health, unless the gamer can't stop
Societies may tremble when a hot new video game is released, but the hours spent playing popular video games do not appear to be damaging players' mental health, according to the largest-ever survey of nearly 40,000 gamers ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Motion capture reveals why VAR in football struggles with offside decisions
New research by the University of Bath has used motion capture technology to assess the accuracy of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technologies in football. The study suggests that VAR is useful for preventing obvious mistakes ...
Jul 20, 2022
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'True balance': Japan's quiet telework revolution
Posted far from home for his job at Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, father of two Tsutomu Kojima was "really lonely" until he began working remotely during the pandemic for the first time.
Jul 15, 2022
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Human-like robots may be perceived as having mental states
When robots appear to engage with people and display human-like emotions, people may perceive them as capable of "thinking," or acting on their own beliefs and desires rather than their programs, according to research published ...
Jul 7, 2022
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Teaching algorithms about skin tones
When Ellis Monk's wife became pregnant in 2019, the couple became curious about what skin tone their child might have. The subject was of more than passing interest to the sociology professor, some of whose work involves ...
Jul 6, 2022
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