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AI Approach Yields 'Athletically Intelligent' Robotic Dog
An international team of researchers developed a vision-based algorithm enabling off-the-shelf quadruped robots to move from obstacle to obstacle autonomously and...
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Scientists Use Drones to Land Sensors on Threatened Glaciers
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Southampton built a climate change-monitoring sensor that can be airlifted by drone onto glaciers to measure the effects...
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Microsoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as Cloud Storage Solution
Microsoft said its Project Silica glass media storage technology can retain roughly 1.75 million songs or about 3,500 movies on a palm-sized glass sheet for 10,000...
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Bionic Hand Integrates with Woman's Nerves, Bones, Muscles
An international research team reported that a robotic hand attached to a Swedish woman in 2017 has fully integrated with her nerves, bones, and muscles since the...
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A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate.
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Can AI Crave a Favorite Food?
Pennsylvania State University' researchers emulated taste's influence on food cravings with an electronic "tongue" and "gustatory cortex" made from two-dimensional...
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Insect Cyborgs: Towards Precision Movement
Researchers explored how electrical stimulation in stick insects' leg muscles relate to the resulting torque for enabling precise motor control of hybrid insect...
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Wearables Track Parkinson's Better Than Human Observation, Study Finds
The study's authors concluded the sensors proved more effective at tracking the disease progression "than the conventionally used clinical rating scales." ...
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Quantum Repeaters Use Defects in Diamond to Interconnect Quantum Systems
Scientists are now leveraging defects in diamonds to construct quantum repeaters.
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Medical Imaging Fails Dark Skin. Researchers Fixed It
A team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a way to produce clear images of anyone's internal anatomy, no matter their skin tone.
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Glasses Transcribe Speech in Real Time
Several companies have started marketing "live-captioning glasses" to help hearing-impaired users communicate by overlaying real-time transcribed speech on the...
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Optical Chip Self-Configures to Perform Various Functions
A team led by researchers at China's Huazhong University of Science and Technology developed a self-configuring optical chip for applications requiring optical...
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Disney Packs Big Emotion into Little Robot
A team of Disney Research scientists last week unveiled a bipedal robotic character combining a child-size frame with stubby legs, wiggling antennae, and an expressive...
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This Robot Could Be the Key to Empowering People With Disabilities
It's simple to use and gives users—and their caregivers—much needed independence.
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'Impossible' Millimeter Wave Sensor Has Wide Potential
A proof-of-concept sensor for millimeter wave radars can detect vibrations 1,000 times smaller and target-position changes 100 times smaller than a strand of human...
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Robot Learns to Clean Space Just the Way You Like It
Roboticists developed a robot that can clean spaces based on users' personal preferences.
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Chinese Scientists Claim Record Smashing Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Paper says JiuZhang 3 is a million times faster than its predecessor and light years ahead of the world's fastest supercomputer
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Dubai to Start Robotaxi Trials
The U.A.E. city of Dubai will launch its first wave of robotaxis this month in a bid to reduce congestion and accidents.
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3D Printing Method Shows Promise for Repairing Brain Injuries
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Oxford three-dimensionally (3D)-printed human neural cells to emulate the cerebral cortex's architecture.
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