Robot reminds Japan shoppers to wear masks
Asking someone to put on a mask is a touchy subject, so one shop in Japan has enlisted a robot to make sure its customers wear them during the pandemic.
Nov 19, 2020
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Robotics
Asking someone to put on a mask is a touchy subject, so one shop in Japan has enlisted a robot to make sure its customers wear them during the pandemic.
Nov 19, 2020
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Computer Sciences
In case of an emergency, first responders like the fire brigade need up-to-date information. Two-dimensional maps are a common source of information, but they can be difficult to read in an emergency situation. UT Ph.D. student ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Computer Sciences
What if you could watch a CT scan live, rather than analyzing the images afterward? Thanks to the work of Leiden mathematician Jan-Willem Buurlage, that will soon be reality. He is developing methods to make the algorithms ...
Jun 29, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Normally, it takes pricey equipment and expertise to create an accurate 3-D reconstruction of someone's face that's realistic and doesn't look creepy. Now, Carnegie Mellon University researchers have pulled off the feat using ...
Apr 01, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Those apps that scan for devices using Bluetooth could sound great. The AirPods have fallen out of the ear and they're somewhere in the house. Whip open the app to find them. Or that lost phone, missing tablet or even camera. ...
Jan 24, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Whatever our hands do—reaching, grabbing or manipulating objects—it always appears simple. Yet your hands are one of the most complicated, and important, parts of the body.
Sep 26, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Fingerprint sensors—modern tools of convenience or awkwardly placed tools that are just plain difficult for instant use?
Jan 19, 2019 weblog
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Consumer & Gadgets
As the year gets under way a lot of talk encircles the word autonomous and it is not confined to the big Ds of driving and drones. Add an R for retail and you have a growing concept of autonomous shopping.
Jan 13, 2019 weblog
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Engineering
Researchers commonly study brain function by monitoring two types of electromagnetism—electric fields and light. However, most methods for measuring these phenomena in the brain are very invasive.
Oct 22, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Facebook is working with the NYU School of Medicine to shorten the length of time patients must spend in MRI scanners.
Aug 21, 2018
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