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Moving video to 'captcha' robot hackers

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

We see the popular "captcha" security mechanism often ― wavy letters websites ask us to type into a box. It's used by web pages and newsletter sign-up forms to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. ...


Cockroaches offer inspiration for running robots

Cockroaches offer inspiration for running robots

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is also a biological and engineering marvel, and is providing researchers at Oregon State University with what they call "bioinspiration" ...


The robot may be used to help rescue people trapped in destroyed buildings, Ryu said

Japanese researcher unveils 'hummingbird robot'

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 2

Japanese researchers said Monday they had developed a "hummingbird robot" that can flutter around freely in mid-air with rapid wing movements.


Glider robot a sleek ocean explorer

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 2

The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and ...


Motorized knee can make you run faster

Motorized knee can make you run faster

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 6 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Tsukuba University in Japan have come up with a motorized knee you can attach to your leg to make you run faster and use less muscle power.


The next medical frontier: nano-surgery

The next medical frontier: nano-surgery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering professor's nanorobot could be performing non-invasive surgical procedures on patients with tumors within the next decade.


Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos

Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- As elements of the integrated circuits running our computers, phones and electronics, silicon wafers are everywhere. An ESA-led effort is establishing an out-of-this-world use for these ...


An undated photo shows then director of Sukhumi's monkey nursery, Sergei Ardzimba, feeding his monkeys

War-torn 'nursery' hopes to send monkeys to Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6

The monkeys at this run-down research centre which was once the pride of Soviet science have seen it all -- a brutal civil war, freezing winters and starvation.


Supermarket robot to help the elderly

Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.


Researchers from France and Turkey scanned the Marmara's seabed over six weeks

Underwater gas may hold clues on Turkey quake risk

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Natural gas that lies under Turkey's Marmara Sea close to Istanbul could provide advance warning of an earthquake experts believe will hit the country's largest city, scientists said on Tuesday.


Slam dunk for future smart robots

Slam dunk for future smart robots

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- 'What does the world look like' and 'where am I' are two questions robots must solve if they are to act autonomously in an unknown environment. Work by European researchers will help future ...


Japanese robot

Japanese Store Selling Custom-Made Robots That Look Like Their Owners

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 5 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Department store competition is fierce in Japan during the winter holidays, with every store trying to come up with the most attention-catching promotional campaign. This year, the department ...


Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic pieces ...


People surround the battery-powered underwater glider "Scarlet Knight" after its arrival at the port of Baiona

Robot completes first underwater crossing of Atlantic Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Spain on Wednesday handed back to the United States a robot which last week completed the first underwater crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to help monitor climate change by tracking temperatures.


Coin tosses can be easily rigged: study

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 12

The ubiquitous coin toss is not so random after all, and can easily be manipulated to turn up heads, or tails, a Canadian study has found.