http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. While computers can replicate many aspects of human behavior, they do not possess our ability to recognize distorted images, according to a team of Penn State researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news171719932.html Technology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:59:41 EST news171719932 (AP) -- Americans tired of having their dinners interrupted by phone calls touting car warranties or vacation packages will soon get some relief. http://www.physorg.com/news170604626.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:11:02 EST news170604626 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other. Could fleets of high throughput rapid transit systems soon be cruising our cities? http://www.physorg.com/news170075917.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:30:02 EST news170075917 The appropriate placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) is critical to optimize their use in public places, according to two studies published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news167936124.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:01 EST news167936124 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers in robotics, psychology and cognitive sciences have developed a robot that can predict the intentions of its human partner. This ability to anticipate (or question) actions could make human-robot interactions more natural. http://www.physorg.com/news163418352.html Electronics Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:00:12 EST news163418352 Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a test facility to evaluate and enhance sensors designed to detect buried land mines. The unique automated system measures the response of individual electromagnetic induction sensors or arrays of sensors against land mines buried at many possible angles. http://www.physorg.com/news161440527.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 13:36:03 EST news161440527 The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May. http://www.physorg.com/news160663280.html Space & Earth Mon, 04 May 2009 13:41:46 EST news160663280 Overworked crime scene investigators can take heart at the results of recent tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of new technologies that automate the manual portion of latent fingerprint identification. Prototype systems evaluated by NIST performed surprisingly well for a developing technology: half of the prototypes were accurate at least 80 percent of the time and one had a near perfect score. Automating the manual portion of the work frees up time for trained examiners to spend time on very difficult images that the software has little hope of processing. http://www.physorg.com/news159705001.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:30:35 EST news159705001 (PhysOrg.com) -- As science fiction plot lines go, the unintended consequences of yielding tasks too complicated or dangerous for human hands to computers and robots is a popular one. Yet real life scientists are increasingly doing just that, creating automated systems and devices that can not only help collect, organize and analyze scientific data, but that are also able to intelligently and independently draw up new hypotheses and approaches to research based on the data they receive. http://www.physorg.com/news157916054.html Technology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:35:03 EST news157916054 Google has confirmed that a software bug exposed documents thought to be privately stored in the Internet giant's online Docs application service. http://www.physorg.com/news155889352.html Technology Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:36:24 EST news155889352 Caterpillar, the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment, is starting to support research on the "Contour Crafting" automated construction system that its creator believes will one day be able to build full-scale houses in hours. http://www.physorg.com/news139161727.html Technology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:02:07 EST news139161727