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Robots Detect Behavioral Cues to Follow Humans
Aug 21, 2008 |
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Robots can be ironic. Even though they might not have emotions of their own, they can still detect and respond to humans’ emotions. A recent study has shown that, by picking up on human emotional traits, as ...
Teaching ants: First demonstration of 'teaching' in non-human animals
Jan 12, 2006 |
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Certain species of ant use a technique known as ‘tandem running’ to lead another ant from the nest to a food source. Signals between the two ants control both the speed and course of the run. It is believed ...
Trailblazers don't always come out ahead
Jan 23, 2008 |
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It’s not always best to be first, finds a new study from the Journal of Consumer Research. Researchers from Purdue, Indiana University, and UConn examine how consumers will evaluate new products when they are released by an ...
No such thing as a 'born leader,' study in fish finds
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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Followers are just as important to good leadership as are the leaders themselves, reveals a new study of stickleback fish published online on January 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Following the leader can be a drag, research shows
Nov 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the Tour de France to NASCAR, competitors and fans know that speed is only part of the equation. Strategy -- and the ability to use elements like aerodynamic drafting, which makes it ...
Actor Ashton Kutcher, CNN in Twitter duel
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has challenged CNN to an online duel.
Research finds being first in marketplace not always key to success
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Marketing research from three universities suggests it's not always best to be first. Products from well-known brands may benefit from entering the market as followers rather than as the first of their kind because consumers ...
Microsoft adds selected 'tweets' to Bing
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.
Pass the popcorn! Study finds that film enjoyment is contagious
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Loud commentary and cell phone fumbling may be distracting, but new research from the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that the presence of other people may enhance our movie-watching experiences. Over the course of ...
Sculptor plugs Greek classics into iPod Age
Sep 02, 2009 |
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With an iPhone, Zeus could have saved time to call on lightning from the heavens -- so says California-based sculptor Adam Reeder, who seeks to merge classical Greek iconography with 21st century gadgets.
Too much information? Study shows how ignorance can be influential
Mar 24, 2008 |
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In the current issue of The RAND Journal of Economics, USC researchers provide a challenge to the classic economic model of information manipulation, in which knowing more than anybody else is the key to influence.
Ten Thousand Cents a picture of cheap online labor
Mar 16, 2009 |
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A penny can go a long way on the Internet.
Speech-recognition technology is rapidly improving
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Maybe I watched too much "Star Trek" when I was younger, but I love the idea of being able to command things in my house or in my car by talking to them.
Jordan Palmer helping players develop iPhone apps
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A small icon of Chad Ochocinco's smiling face is the doorway to the receiver's latest media venture.
Probing Question: Are artists born or taught?
Aug 17, 2007 |
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In 17th century Rome, the Baroque painter Orazio Gentileschi gave all his children the finest art education available. But only one of them -- his daughter Artemisia -- developed into an artist. In fact, Artemisia matched ...
