News tagged with automated
Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots
Dec 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.
Machines can't replicate human image recognition, yet
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 09, 2009 |
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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.
Predictive powers: a robot that reads your intention? (w/Video)
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Google software bug shared private online documents
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Google has confirmed that a software bug exposed documents thought to be privately stored in the Internet giant's online Docs application service.
USC's 'print-a-house' construction technology
Aug 28, 2008 |
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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 ...
Gov't addresses 'robocall' annoyance with new ban
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Americans tired of having their dinners interrupted by phone calls touting car warranties or vacation packages will soon get some relief.
Cooperative cybercars, a question of priorities
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(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?
New testing facility helps researchers improve land mine detection equipment
May 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2009 |
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The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May.
Researchers Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Proper placement of defibrillators key to effective use
Jul 28, 2009 |
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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.
Researchers give high marks to new technology for fingerprint identification
Apr 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
