Engineering
For the 285 million visually impaired people worldwide, assistive technology has come a long way since the white cane was popularized in the 1920s. Yet high-tech solutions to help these individuals navigate the world around ...
Jul 30, 2020
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Robotics
Many children with autism face developmental delays, including communication and behavioral challenges and difficulties with social interaction. This makes learning new skills a major challenge, especially in traditional ...
Feb 27, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Samsung at CES showed its ball-shaped rolling robot that follows you around, beeps and performs tasks as your personal assistant. The company posted a video showing just how Ballie would help out in your home.
Consumer & Gadgets
You: "Alexa, I'm lonely."
Nov 11, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Is the way we bark out orders to digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant making us less polite? Prompted by growing concerns, two Brigham Young University information systems researchers decided to ask.
Aug 15, 2019
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Robotics
Identifying with someone is an exercise that helps us understand them deeply, empathize with them, and helps us overcome mistrust and prejudice. And this occurs even when that someone is a robot. These interpersonal dynamics ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Robotics
According to a survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau, around 12.3 million Americans require assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), one of which is feeding. ...
Robotics
In a step toward home-helper robots that can quickly navigate unpredictable and disordered spaces, University of Michigan researchers have developed an algorithm that lets machines perceive their environments orders of magnitude ...
May 24, 2019
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Robotics
The world's elderly population is booming. The number of older people—those age 60 years or older—is expected to more than double by 2050 and is growing faster than all younger age groups across the globe.
Apr 8, 2019
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Robotics
For a newborn giraffe or wildebeest, being born can be a perilous introduction to the world—predators lie in wait for an opportunity to make a meal of the herd's weakest member. This is why many species have evolved ways ...
Mar 11, 2019
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