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Robot on Command

Wag the Robot? Brown scientists build robot that responds to human gestures

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a day when you turn to your own personal robot, give it a task and then sit down and relax, confident that your robot is doing exactly what you wanted it to do.





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Gates approves creation of new cyber command

Technology / Internet

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has formally ordered the creation of a new military cyber command that will coordinate the Pentagon's efforts to defend its networks and conduct cyberwarfare.


High school put-downs make it hard for students to learn, study says

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

High-school put-downs are such a staple of teen culture that many educators don't take them seriously. However, a University of Illinois study suggests that classroom disruptions and psychologically hostile school environments ...


Menopause transition may cause trouble learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The largest study of its kind to date shows that women may not be able to learn as well shortly before menopause compared to other stages in life. The research is published in the May 26, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the me ...


Review: Moshi voice control alarm clock

Review: Moshi voice control alarm clock

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Product: Moshi voice control alarm clock


Walking, talking and memory

Walking, talking and memory

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- How easy is it to walk, talk and remember what was said? Dr Dee Way studied how actors learn a script and whether walking affects their memory performance.


Sources: Pentagon planning new cybercommand

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Pentagon is planning to create a new military command to focus on cyberspace and protect its computer networks from cyberattacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday.


Handwriting-based tool offers alternate lie detection method

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual's personality traits, or in most cases, gauge their innocence in the case of a ...


Alzheimer's disease -- crosses boundaries of education and gender

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A postgraduate researcher at the University of Hertfordshire has found that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) results in greater language impairments in more highly-educated than less learned patients.


SKorea military networks under growing cyber attack

Technology / Internet

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

South Korea's military computer networks are under ever-growing cyber attack with 95,000 cases reported daily on average, officials said Tuesday.


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New research demonstrates humans' right ear preference for listening

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left. In a series of three studies, looking at ear preference ...



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