News tagged with human player


RoboCup competition

'Cyber footballers' cloned

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of IT scientists from the Carlos III University in Madrid (UC3M) has managed to programme clones that imitate the actions of humans playing football on a computer, according to the online version of ...





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Using your mood to operate a computer game

Using your mood to operate a computer game

Technology / Other

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain Computer Interfaces measure electrical signals from the brain and convert them into data that can be used by a computer. You can move a cursor on your screen, for example, simply by ...


Waseda Flutist Robot

Musical robots perform duets (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flute playing robot unveiled by Waseda University last year has been joined by a robot saxophonist in a Classical music duet. The aim of the project was to design robots that could respond ...


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Birth order affects cooperation in later life

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new scientific study has found that at least some of the stereotypes associated with older siblings are true: the oldest sibling is often less trusting, less cooperative, and less reciprocating ...


Game provides clue to improving remote sensing

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE© could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives.


Music file compressed 1,000 times smaller than mp3

Technology / Software

created Apr 01, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (57) | comments 10

Researchers at the University of Rochester have digitally reproduced music in a file nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file. The music, a 20-second clarinet solo, is encoded in less than a single kilobyte, and ...


Mind May Be MVP on the Diamond

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 09, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

“Hope springs eternal” in the heart of every baseball fan and nothing trumps the feeling of emerging from the turnstile to absorb the comforting vision of fresh grass, manicured infield dirt and crisp white foul lines. The ...


Game utilizes human intuition to help computers solve complex problems

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new computer game prototype combines work and play to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many computer hardware design tasks.


Sensor-equipped footballs could help refs and players

Sensor-equipped footballs could help refs and players

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Dr. Priya Narasimhan moved to Pittsburgh seven years ago, she fell in love with the people, the city, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although the Carnegie Mellon computer engineering professor ...


Geneticist reveals molecular view of key epigenetic regulator

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Michael Kobor reported the structure and function of a key player in regulating chromatin in yeast and humans.


Child's play may revolutionize video gaming, police work

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What do hide-and-seek, police searches and video games such as Half-Life 2 have in common? More than you would think, say two University of Alberta researchers.



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