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Giving Robots Social Skills
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Giving Robots Social Skills

MIT researchers have incorporated social interactions into a framework for robotics, enabling machines to estimate whether their actions will help or hinder another...

Works Well With Robots?
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Works Well With Robots?

University of Georgia professor Aaron Schecter has received two grants totaling nearly $2 million from the U.S. Army to study the interplay between human and robotic...

How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World
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How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World

Six recommendations to take CS education to scale at primary and secondary school levels

Collaborators Launch AI-Robotics Initiative to Aid Older Adults in Daily Care
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Collaborators Launch AI-Robotics Initiative to Aid Older Adults in Daily Care

University of Massachusetts Lowell researchers are among the scientists behind a new initiative to develop robotics and artificial-intelligence systems designed...

A.R. In the O.R.
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A.R. In the O.R.

Surgical education is getting an update as the University of North Dakota's departments of Surgery and Computer Science have teamed up to experiment with augmented...

U.K. Schools Are Using Facial Recognition for Student Lunch Payments
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U.K. Schools Are Using Facial Recognition for Student Lunch Payments

Nine schools in North Ayrshire in the U.K. are using facial recognition technology to take lunch payments, citing the lack of touch for COVID safety and increased...

As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole
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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Coders are set to cash in.

Now We're Cooking With Lasers
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Now We're Cooking With Lasers

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have digitized food creation and cooking processes, using 3D printing technology to tailor food shape and texture and lasers...

Younger Drivers Benefit More from Crash Avoidance Tech
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Younger Drivers Benefit More from Crash Avoidance Tech

Crash avoidance systems, especially those with automatic emergency braking, reduce major insurance claims for drivers under 25 years old more so than for older...

Researchers Awarded $4.5 Million to Develop Non-GPS Location Finder
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Researchers Awarded $4.5 Million to Develop Non-GPS Location Finder

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has awarded the University of Central Florida a $4.5 million grant to develop an AI and machine learning-based vision navigation...

Algorithm Finds Personalized Sound Zones in Cars for Driver, Passengers
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Algorithm Finds Personalized Sound Zones in Cars for Driver, Passengers

Researchers from Stellantis and Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Universite du Mans have developed an algorithm that makes personalized sound zones in vehicles a reality...

Model That Predicts How to Build Muscle Could Become a Software Product
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Model That Predicts How to Build Muscle Could Become a Software Product

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle, and could form...

Twitter's Bug Bounty Competition Aims to Find Biased Algorithms
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Twitter's Bug Bounty Competition Aims to Find Biased Algorithms

Twitter has enrolled external researchers in a algorithm bias bounty competition to find hidden biases in its own algorithms.

AI Helps Vehicles Detect Potholes in Real-Time
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AI Helps Vehicles Detect Potholes in Real-Time

A research team at led by Seungki Ryu of the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed an AI-based system that automatically detects...

84% of Tech Workers Report Their Products Aren't Inclusive
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84% of Tech Workers Report Their Products Aren't Inclusive

A report on inclusivity in tech from the Capgemini Research Institute reveals that 84% of all tech employees say their products are not inclusive.

MLB to Test Electronic System for Catchers to Give Signals to Pitchers
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MLB to Test Electronic System for Catchers to Give Signals to Pitchers

Major League Baseball will begin testing new technology next month that allows catchers in the Low-A West minor leagues to electronically communicate signals to...

Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life of a Freelance JavaScript Developer
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Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life of a Freelance JavaScript Developer

Being a developer requires more than just being good at coding. Here's how one full-stack developer gets the job done.

Finger Wrap Can Power Electronics While You Sleep
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Finger Wrap Can Power Electronics While You Sleep

Engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a thin, flexible strip that can be worn on a fingertip and generate small amounts of electricity when...

Brain-Computer Interface Enables Ability to 'Feel' Virtual Objects
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Brain-Computer Interface Enables Ability to 'Feel' Virtual Objects

Johns Hopkins researchers have demonstrated the ability to "feel" virtual objects in a mixed-reality environment as part of a study exploring new modes of perception...

How To Improve the Virtual Classroom
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How To Improve the Virtual Classroom

Researchers examined faculty and student attitudes towards online learning and possible avenues for improvement.
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