Engineering
Light provides all our visual information, but it reaches our eyes in different ways. Direct light comes unperturbed, straight from the source, whereas indirect light bounces off different surfaces, such as walls or ceilings, ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Robotics
Recent advancements in robotics have enabled the development of systems to assist humans in a variety of tasks. A type of robotic system that has gained substantial popularity over the past few years is wearable robotic arms ...
Telecom
In an era when the average U.S. household has five internet-connected devices, web surfers may often feel like they're always fighting over scraps of WiFi. How can a whole family all binge their favorite shows without somebody's ...
Aug 19, 2019
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Software
Researchers have developed a new voice assistant that allows people with visual impairments to get web content as quickly and as effortlessly as possible from smart speakers and similar devices.
Aug 19, 2019
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Internet
The results are in: Teens turn to YouTube to keep up with current events instead of established news organizations.
Aug 14, 2019
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Robotics
Insects are inspiring University of South Australia researchers to create new technology based on their extraordinary vision.
Aug 2, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A company focused on a bionic vision system sees hope for improvements in patients by means of a wireless sub-retinal implant together with augmented reality glasses.
Computer Sciences
Heat maps or points on a map can be simple and typically effective ways to visualize spatial data sets. But when that data involves many different types of objects—such as planning resources for a city or tracking possible ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Robotics
In Canadian author Margaret Atwood's book The Blind Assassin, she says that "touch comes before sight, before speech. It's the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth."
Jun 17, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed an interactive tool that, for the first time, lets users see and control how automated machine-learning systems work. The aim is to build confidence in these systems and find ...
Jun 3, 2019
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