Consumer & Gadgets
A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that a placebo effect is at play when people expect their performance to be enhanced by augmentation technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI). The researchers ...
May 17, 2023
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Computer Sciences
A machine can only "do whatever we know how to order it to perform," wrote the 19th-century computing pioneer Ada Lovelace. This reassuring statement was made in relation to Charles Babbage's description of the first mechanical ...
May 12, 2023
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Automotive
Around 25-30% of the population regularly suffers from motion sickness—a figure which some reckon to be conservative. Symptoms of this poorly understood illness include nausea, sweating, pallor, hypothermia, headaches and ...
May 4, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Most kids know it's wrong to yell or hit someone, even if they don't always keep their hands to themselves. But what about if that someone's name is Alexa?
Apr 10, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Research in the International Journal of Arts and Technology has looked at how generative adversarial networks (GANs) might be used to transform an artistic image with a given style into a similar image with a different style. ...
Jan 30, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is planning to create a version of itself in the metaverse, as a response to the existential threat of rising sea levels. Tuvalu's minister for justice, communication and foreign affairs, Simon ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Robotics
Robots are gradually being introduced in a wide range of real-world settings, including malls, manufacturing facilities, and healthcare facilities. A way in which robots could be particularly useful is in assisting seniors ...
Robotics
A research group from Robotics Institute of Beihang University, China has developed a novel multifunctional hexapod robot with leg-arm integration, named ALLOMAN (Arm-Leg Locomotion and Manipulation). This robot possesses ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Over the past decade or so, computer scientists have developed a growing number of computational models that can generate, edit and analyze texts. While some of these models have achieved remarkable results, some aspects ...
Computer Sciences
Imagine you're having friends over for lunch and plan to order a pepperoni pizza. You recall Amy mentioning that Susie had stopped eating meat. You try calling Susie, but when she doesn't pick up, you decide to play it safe ...
Aug 18, 2021
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