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Intel Research Chip Advances 'Era Of Tera'
Feb 12, 2007 |
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Intel researchers have developed the world's first programmable processor that delivers supercomputer-like performance from a single, 80-core chip not much larger than the size of a finger nail while using ...
Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory
Nov 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and ...
Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "In 1981, a 37-year-old factory worker named Kenji Urada entered a restricted safety zone at a Kawasaki manufacturing plant to perform some maintenance on a robot. In his haste, he failed ...
A Perfect Female Companion: Project Aiko
Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Aiko is a humanoid robot with a built in Biometric Artificial Intelligence Neural System (Brain) designed by Le Trung in Canada. Aiko is slightly less than 5-feet high with 32.24-inch bust, ...
Northeastern University researchers solve Rubik's Cube in 26 moves
May 31, 2007 |
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It’s a toy that most kids have played with at one time or another, but the findings of Northeastern University Computer Science professor Gene Cooperman and graduate student Dan Kunkle are not child’s play. ...
Computer Program Can't Lose at Checkers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Game over. Computer scientists at the University of Alberta have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C.
Scientists reveal secret of girl with 'all seeing eye'
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered how a 10-year-old girl born with half a brain is able to see normally through one eye. The youngster, from Germany, has both fields of vision in one eye and is the ...
Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 01, 2008 |
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Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. ...
Scientists Write Guide to Build Supercomputer from Sony Playstation 3
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UMass Dartmouth Physics Professor Gaurav Khanna and UMass Dartmouth Principal Investigator Chris Poulin have created a step-by-step guide to building a home-brewed supercomputer that can reduce the cost of ...
Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory
Jun 27, 2008 |
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A new publication answers centuries' old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and ...
Nanosoccer debuts at RoboCup 2007
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Imagine a mechanical Pelé or David Beckham six times smaller than an amoeba playing with a “soccer ball” no wider than a human hair on a field that can fit on a grain of rice. Purely science fiction? Not anymore.
Japan child robot mimicks infant learning
Apr 05, 2009 |
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The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.
Bringing Second Life To Life: Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities of a Child
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Troy, N.Y. – Today’s video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your ...
Scientists Model Words as Entangled Quantum States in our Minds
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When you hear the word “planet,” do you automatically think of the word’s literal definition, or of other words, such as “Earth,” “space,” “Mars,” etc.? Especially when used in sentences, ...
Understanding the nervous system by walking in a neuron's shoes
Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to understand and predict the behavior of your young daughter, explains neurobiologist Christopher Fiorillo, you might observe how she reacts to various environmental factors. ...
