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Slime Mold Could Make Memristors For Biocomputers
Researchers say the feeding fronds of the slime Physarum polycephalum could be used to build exotic computers.
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Echolocating App Will Let You Map a Room with Sound
Bats, dolphins, and even some blind people use echoes to create a mental 3D map of their environment and where they are in it. A smartphone's chirp could soon let...
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Graffiti Codes Let You Surf With a Wave of Your Phone
Researchers want to enable people to create quick response (QR) codes on the spot, like graffiti.
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Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton Lets Paralyzed People Walk
MindWalker is the first exoskeleton that aims to allow paralyzed people to walk using only their minds.
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Robot Arm Wrapped in Sensitive Skin Has Gentle Touch
Researchers have developed a robot arm that navigates by using the sense of touch, rather than trying to avoid bumping into people and objects.
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Tingly Projections Make Beamed Gadgets Come Alive
Researchers have developed a system that can beam the outline of computer keyboards or cellphones onto any surface, including the hand.
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AI Gets Involved With the Law
The application of artificial intelligence to the law aims to let automated systems handle arguments in which the logic is not clear.
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Parcels Find Their Way to You Via the Crowd
A potential crowd-powered delivery system called TwedEx would deliver packages to consumers without requiring them to deviate from normal routes.
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Face-Reading System Watches You Watching Ads
Researchers have developed a system assess how muscles in the face move in response to watching a video.
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Kepler Telescope's Planet-Hunting Days Crunch to a Close
"Kepler was my North, my South, my East and West, my working week, no weekend rest, my noon, my midnight, my talks, my song; I thought Kepler would last forever...
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App Helps Blind Photographers Take the Perfect Snap
Researchers are developing a smartphone application that helps visually impaired users take pictures.
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AI Card Game Knows How to Bend the Rules
A new artificial intelligence system generates new card games from scratch.
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Kinect Plus Projector Makes Anything a Remote Control
WorldKit is a system under development that combines cameras, projectors, and computers to allow everyday surfaces to host controllers for electronic devices.
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E-Tattoo Monitors Brainwaves and Baby Bump
A transparent patch containing electronic circuits as thin as a human hair could be used to monitor rudimentary brain activity.
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Google Glass's Word on the Street Now Easier to Read
Wearable displays post information in users' field of view, but the text will need to stand out from the constantly changing background.
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Crowd Diagnosis Could Spot Rare Diseases Doctors Miss
A new Web-based tool uses crowdsourcing techniques to help solve difficult medical cases.
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Linked Smartphones Catch the Action From All Angles
A new software system that wirelessly links smartphones together enables multiple users to share their phones' features with other devices around them.
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Virtual Traveller: Beam a Live, 3D You Into the World
A new virtual reality system combines 3D glasses and a hack of Microsoft's Kinect to enable life-sized images of people to be recreated in a virtual space.
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