'Garbatrage' spins e-waste into prototyping gold
To Ilan Mandel, a Cornell robotics researcher and builder, the math didn't add up. How could a new, off-the-shelf hoverboard cost less than the parts that compose it?
Sep 14, 2023
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News tagged with human-computer interaction
Computer Sciences
Know your audience: Why data communication needs to pay attention to novice users
Computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently found that data-visualization experts have no agreed-upon understanding of who makes up one of their largest audiences—novice users. The work, which ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Robotics
Researchers expand ability of robots to learn from videos
New work from Carnegie Mellon University has enabled robots to learn household chores by watching videos of people performing everyday tasks in their homes.
Jun 20, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
New virtual moderators could oversee 3D virtual spaces and intervene against bad behavior
New forms of artificially intelligent moderators that oversee 3D virtual spaces and intervene against bad behavior could help protect children from online bullying and harassment, a new study suggests.
Jun 19, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Adaptive spatio-temporal attention neural network for cross-database micro-expression recognition
Many intelligent applications and systems, including biomedical hardware and devices, require human computer interaction technology. This technology enables intelligent hardware to obtain physiological and behavioral information ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Robotics
Researchers develop interactive 'Stargazer' camera robot that can help film tutorial videos
A group of computer scientists from the University of Toronto wants to make it easier to film how-to videos.
May 22, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Chat AIs can role-play humans in surveys and pilot studies
Studying people in human-computer interaction (HCI) research can be slow. That's why researchers at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) recently harnessed the power of large language models (LLMs), specifically ...
May 9, 2023
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Engineering
Cybersickness more likely to affect women, ongoing research to understand why
Iowa State researchers in psychology and engineering found women experience cybersickness with virtual reality headsets more often than men. Their ongoing work explores why this difference exists and options to help individuals ...
May 2, 2023
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Internet
Young social media users help train machine learning program to flag sexual conversations
In a first-of-its-kind effort, social media researchers from Drexel University, Vanderbilt University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Boston University are turning to young social media users to help build a machine ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Tactile tattoos to make virtual worlds tangible
Virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), often combined under the term 'extended reality (XR)', are increasingly losing their niche status and entering the mass market. Think of the metaverse, gaming, applications in industry ...
Mar 9, 2023
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