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AI Can Stop the Cybersickness Some People Get When Using VR Headsets
Researchers at U.K. startup Kagenova have developed a system that can reduce nausea or cybersickness induced by virtual reality.
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Fire Safety App Simulates Wildfires, Shows Route to Avoid Them
Researchers have built a mobile wildfire simulation application that provides personalized evacuation routes to anyone in the path of a fire.
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Eagle-Inspired Robot Flies by Flapping Its Feather-Covered Wings
Researchers in China were inspired by a golden eagle to build a robotic bird with flapping wings covered in actual feathers.
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Magnetic Boost Helps to Squeeze More Data Onto Computer Hard Disks
A short-term technology may help clear a path toward next-generation computer hard disks by utilizing microwaves with existing platter material.
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AI Smashes Videogame High Scores by Remembering Its Past Success
Artificial intelligence has achieved record high scores on videogames played on classic Atari consoles, by recalling previous successes.
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Google Uses Underwater Fiber-Optic Cable to Detect Earthquakes
A submarine fiber-optic cable owned by Google was used by researchers to detect earthquakes and ocean waves generated by storms.
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Sharing Your Route in Advance Could Cut Electric Car Charging Queue
Researchers have developed a computer model that could reduce wait times for charging electric cars by using information about each vehicle’s planned journey.
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AI Can Use the Veins on Your Hand Like Fingerprints to Identify You
Researchers at the University of New South Wales trained a neural network to identify individuals using the unique pattern of veins on the back of their hands. ...
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Robot Can Understand What a Hug Is
A prototype soft robot developed by researchers at Cornell University is imbued with sensory perception.
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Flying Robots Suggest Bees Can't Rely on Instinct to Land on Flowers
Researchers used small drones to study how bees land on a flower.
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AI Could Train Your Dog How to Sit
A prototype artificial intelligence developed by Colorado State University researchers could train dogs while their owners are out.
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Quantum Internet Signals Beamed Between Drones a Kilometer Apart
Researchers have sent entangled photons between two 35-kilogram drones located a kilometer apart, a development that could pave the way for quantum encryption. ...
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Robot Foresters Could Plant Thousands of Trees a Day
Two types of autonomous robot foresters developed by Estonia's University of Tartu and robot manufacturer Milrem are planting trees from Milrem's driverless ground...
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Voice Assistant Recordings Could Reveal What Someone Nearby Is Typing
A machine learning system can be used with voice assistants to detect typing on touchscreens nearby, using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to determine what...
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AI Can Turn Spoken Language Into Photorealistic Sign Language Videos
Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Surrey employed a neural network to render spoken language as sign language.
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Robots Now Can Understand What You Are Saying to Follow Commands
University of Michigan researchers have developed a model that simplifies robots' ability to follow commands by allowing them to understand what people are saying...
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Software Can Spy on What You Type in Video Calls by Tracking Your Arms
A new model can track the movement of the shoulders and arms of a person typing during a video call to determine what they are typing.
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Smartwatches Could Predict Your Marathon Time With Increased Accuracy
Researchers at the French National Center for Scientific Research have developed a mathematical model for more accurately predicting race times from the data assembled...
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AI Camera Can Tell What Surfaces Feel Like with Just a Glance
Rutgers University researchers have trained a camera-linked artificial intelligence to read the tactile properties of an object when presented with a photograph...
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