ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Can Networked Human Computation Solve Computer Language Comprehension?
February 01, 2009 04:10 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Researchers at the University of Essex hope to answer this question by getting more volunteers to take part in their online game, Phrase Detectives. Jon Chamberlain, from Essex's School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, explains: ‘Human language is not an unconnected series of words, phrases and sentences but a series of people, objects and ideas that refer to each other in different ways.
Can Networked Human Computation Solve Computer Language Comprehension?
February 01, 2009 04:10 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Researchers at the University of Essex hope to answer this question by getting more volunteers to take part in their online game, Phrase Detectives. Jon Chamberlain, from Essex's School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, explains: ‘Human language is not an unconnected series of words, phrases and sentences but a series of people, objects and ideas that refer to each other in different ways.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Robotics Integrated With Human Body In Near Future?
February 01, 2009 03:56 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Spanish researchers have carried out a study looking into the potential future impact of robots on society. Their conclusions show that the enormous automation capacity of robots and their ability to interact with humans will cause a technological imbalance over the next 12 years between those who have them and those who do not.
Robotics Integrated With Human Body In Near Future?
February 01, 2009 03:56 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Spanish researchers have carried out a study looking into the potential future impact of robots on society. Their conclusions show that the enormous automation capacity of robots and their ability to interact with humans will cause a technological imbalance over the next 12 years between those who have them and those who do not.
MILITARY TECH
Reapers make trip with pilots on ground
February 01, 2009 03:23 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Members from the 432d Wing completed a successful test flight from New Mexico Jan. 15 after flying an MQ-9 Reaper over Fort Irwin, Calif., training air space using remote split operations.
Reapers make trip with pilots on ground
February 01, 2009 03:23 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Members from the 432d Wing completed a successful test flight from New Mexico Jan. 15 after flying an MQ-9 Reaper over Fort Irwin, Calif., training air space using remote split operations.
ENTERTAINMENT TECH
A Talking Robot Sounds Like Humans
February 01, 2009 03:05 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
The Takanishi Laboratory, at Waseda University, Japan, is home for many robotic projects, including a flutist I wrote about a while ago. Today, let's look at a talking robot, the Waseda Talker No. 4, or WT-4. This anthropomorphic talking robot was built to better understand how the human vocal mechanism creates speech. The WT-4 has 19 degrees of freedom (DOF) for lungs, vocal cords, tongue, lips, teeth, nasal cavity and soft palate. With its vocal cords, it can produce Japanese vowels that are similar to human ones. The next version, the WT-5, will have even more sophisticated vocal cords.
A Talking Robot Sounds Like Humans
February 01, 2009 03:05 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
The Takanishi Laboratory, at Waseda University, Japan, is home for many robotic projects, including a flutist I wrote about a while ago. Today, let's look at a talking robot, the Waseda Talker No. 4, or WT-4. This anthropomorphic talking robot was built to better understand how the human vocal mechanism creates speech. The WT-4 has 19 degrees of freedom (DOF) for lungs, vocal cords, tongue, lips, teeth, nasal cavity and soft palate. With its vocal cords, it can produce Japanese vowels that are similar to human ones. The next version, the WT-5, will have even more sophisticated vocal cords.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Beetle biomimicry could allow robots to climb vertical glass walls
February 01, 2009 02:25 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Metals Research are developing adhesives based on biomimicry of beetles' feet. The design enables the materials to stick to smooth walls without any adhesives. The researchers say the technology, which uses microhairs "reminiscent of tiny mushrooms", could someday allow robots to climb vertical glass walls and refrigerator magnets to be replaced by non-magnetic objects.
Beetle biomimicry could allow robots to climb vertical glass walls
February 01, 2009 02:25 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Metals Research are developing adhesives based on biomimicry of beetles' feet. The design enables the materials to stick to smooth walls without any adhesives. The researchers say the technology, which uses microhairs "reminiscent of tiny mushrooms", could someday allow robots to climb vertical glass walls and refrigerator magnets to be replaced by non-magnetic objects.
MILITARY TECH
A fin-tuned design
February 01, 2009 01:53 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
A new kind of aquatic beast will start making waves in 2009. Spawned by a team of researchers from Boston’s Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and Boston Engineering, GhostSwimmer is the latest in biomimetics, which involves looking to nature for clues in solving technical conundrums.
A fin-tuned design
February 01, 2009 01:53 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
A new kind of aquatic beast will start making waves in 2009. Spawned by a team of researchers from Boston’s Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and Boston Engineering, GhostSwimmer is the latest in biomimetics, which involves looking to nature for clues in solving technical conundrums.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
A Computer that Thinks Like Me == Scary
February 01, 2009 01:39 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Computers can calculate at speeds and scales that far outstrip what an ordinary person can manage, but they still aren't anywhere near as complex as a human brain. IBM and five major universities plan to change that through a DARPA-funded initiative designed to build a computer that can mimic the way the mind works.
A Computer that Thinks Like Me == Scary
February 01, 2009 01:39 PM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Computers can calculate at speeds and scales that far outstrip what an ordinary person can manage, but they still aren't anywhere near as complex as a human brain. IBM and five major universities plan to change that through a DARPA-funded initiative designed to build a computer that can mimic the way the mind works.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Self-Aware Robot Can Adapt To Environment
February 01, 2009 06:20 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
A new robot, dubbed "Starfish" because of its size and shape, has the unusual ability, in the mechanical world, that is, of fixing itself. The Starfish is programmed to recognize its parts, but not how they're arranged or meant to be used. It figures that out for itself, using trial and error.
Self-Aware Robot Can Adapt To Environment
February 01, 2009 06:20 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
A new robot, dubbed "Starfish" because of its size and shape, has the unusual ability, in the mechanical world, that is, of fixing itself. The Starfish is programmed to recognize its parts, but not how they're arranged or meant to be used. It figures that out for itself, using trial and error.
SPACE EXPLORATION
Robotic Vehicles to Look for Life in Arctic Depths
February 01, 2009 06:14 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has designed three new robotic vehicles for a rare expedition to look for life on the floor of the Arctic Ocean. A 30-member research team will depart with the new vehicles on July 1 to study the Gakkel Ridge, an area that is believed to have been mostly cut off from other ecosystems for at least 26 million years.
Robotic Vehicles to Look for Life in Arctic Depths
February 01, 2009 06:14 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has designed three new robotic vehicles for a rare expedition to look for life on the floor of the Arctic Ocean. A 30-member research team will depart with the new vehicles on July 1 to study the Gakkel Ridge, an area that is believed to have been mostly cut off from other ecosystems for at least 26 million years.
ENTERTAINMENT TECH
New Games Powered By Brain Waves
February 01, 2009 06:06 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
An elderly Chinese woman wearing a headset concentrates intensely on a small foam ball and it begins to rise slowly into the air. It's not magic, but rather the latest game from toy maker Mattel, which allows players to move a ball around an obstacle course by using just their powers of concentration.
New Games Powered By Brain Waves
February 01, 2009 06:06 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
An elderly Chinese woman wearing a headset concentrates intensely on a small foam ball and it begins to rise slowly into the air. It's not magic, but rather the latest game from toy maker Mattel, which allows players to move a ball around an obstacle course by using just their powers of concentration.
MILITARY TECH
Aeroacoustics Research Could Quiet Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
February 01, 2009 05:53 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are playing increasingly important roles in many fields. Ranging in size from the huge Global Hawk aircraft to hand-held machines, these remotely controlled devices are growing ever more vital to the U.S. armed forces in roles that include surveillance and reconnaissance.
Aeroacoustics Research Could Quiet Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
February 01, 2009 05:53 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are playing increasingly important roles in many fields. Ranging in size from the huge Global Hawk aircraft to hand-held machines, these remotely controlled devices are growing ever more vital to the U.S. armed forces in roles that include surveillance and reconnaissance.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
A Gizmo That Saves Lives
February 01, 2009 05:47 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
When Javier Rodriguez Molina visited the Atocha Train Station Memorial in Madrid in the wake of the train bombings, the Barcelona native felt a great sadness for the victims of the 11 March 2004 tragedy. But he also felt some hope that his advanced emergency technology work at University of California, San Diego can some day save lives in similar disasters.
A Gizmo That Saves Lives
February 01, 2009 05:47 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
When Javier Rodriguez Molina visited the Atocha Train Station Memorial in Madrid in the wake of the train bombings, the Barcelona native felt a great sadness for the victims of the 11 March 2004 tragedy. But he also felt some hope that his advanced emergency technology work at University of California, San Diego can some day save lives in similar disasters.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
New Software To Improve Design Tools
February 01, 2009 04:49 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
A team of Carnegie Mellon University engineers led by Levent Burak Kara and Kenji Shimada have developed software that will let engineers design new products by simply sketching their ideas on a tablet computer.
New Software To Improve Design Tools
February 01, 2009 04:49 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
A team of Carnegie Mellon University engineers led by Levent Burak Kara and Kenji Shimada have developed software that will let engineers design new products by simply sketching their ideas on a tablet computer.
ENTERTAINMENT TECH
Robots To Clean Your Kitchen And Play A Game Of Hockey?
February 01, 2009 04:43 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Alexander Stoytchev and his three graduate students recently presented one of their robot's long and shiny arms to a visitor. Here, they said, swing it around. And so the visitor tentatively gave the robot's left arm a few twists and twirls. The metal arm was heavy, but still moved easily at its shoulder, elbow and wrist joints.
Robots To Clean Your Kitchen And Play A Game Of Hockey?
February 01, 2009 04:43 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Alexander Stoytchev and his three graduate students recently presented one of their robot's long and shiny arms to a visitor. Here, they said, swing it around. And so the visitor tentatively gave the robot's left arm a few twists and twirls. The metal arm was heavy, but still moved easily at its shoulder, elbow and wrist joints.
MEDICAL ROBOTICS
Virtual Patient Helps Train Pharmacists Of The Future
February 01, 2009 03:30 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Keele University has developed a "virtual patient" to help train the pharmacists of the future. Learners talk with the "patient" via voice recognition technology or by typing questions into a standard computer interface and the "patient" responds verbally or with a range of non-verbal gestures to indicate emotions such as pain, stress or anxiety. At the end of the session the "patient" gives feedback to the trainee about their performance.
Virtual Patient Helps Train Pharmacists Of The Future
February 01, 2009 03:30 AM EST - submitted by Daniel Shope
Keele University has developed a "virtual patient" to help train the pharmacists of the future. Learners talk with the "patient" via voice recognition technology or by typing questions into a standard computer interface and the "patient" responds verbally or with a range of non-verbal gestures to indicate emotions such as pain, stress or anxiety. At the end of the session the "patient" gives feedback to the trainee about their performance.
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