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Teaching Robots to Teach Other Robots
Most robots are programmed using one of two methods: learning from demonstration, in which they watch a task being done and then replicate it, or via motion-planning...
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Internet of Things Sensors Could Connect via Ambient Radio Waves
A new ultra-low-power system of sensors can transmit data to a central receiver by reflecting the ambient radio waves already in office environments.
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Device Allows sers to Manipulate 3D Virtual Objects More Quickly
CAPTIVE is an inexpensive controller for manipulating virtual objects in a computer program in three dimensions.
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ci Calteach and Ics Partner With Google to Train Computer Science Teachers
A new partnership aims to address the shortage of computer science teachers by developing a training program for pre-service math and science educators.
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Geniuses Wanted: Nasa Challenges Coders to Speed p Its Supercomputer
To improve the performance of one of the world's biggest supercomputers, NASA is crowdsourcing some new ideas about an old coding language. And there are cash prizes...
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Pocket Laboratories
As spring turns to summer along the east coast of the United States, thoughts turn to holidays, beaches, picnics—and mosquitoes.
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Nasa Rover Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars
As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete the...
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Dartmouth-Led Team Develops Smartwatch With All The Moves
Cito is a prototype smartwatch face that moves in five directions.
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Does My Algorithm Work? There's No Shortcut For Community Detection
New research questions the validity of the community-detection algorithm testing model.
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Red Light, Green Light Invention Prevents Work Interruptions
FlowLight is a desk light that automatically switches from green to red when a user should not be disturbed by co-workers.
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Powerpoint & Led Projector Enable New Technique For Self-Folding Origami
Researchers are using PowerPoint slides to generate self-folding three-dimensional origami structures from photocurable liquid polymers.
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In Memoriam Harry D. Huskey 1916-2017
Huskey's work included building innovative hardware and novel software, and educating computer scientists worldwide.
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Planetariums, Not Just For Kids
Most researchers think of planetariums, if they think of them at all, as a place to take schoolchildren for whizzy trips through the stars, with nothing to offer...
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Hand That Sees Offers New Hope to Amputees
Researchers are developing a new generation of prosthetic limbs that will enable the wearer to automatically reach for objects without thinking.
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Holography With the Wi-Fi Router
Researchers in Germany have developed a holographic imaging process that depicts the radiation of a Wi-Fi transmitter to generate three-dimensional images of the...
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An Ostrich-Like Robot Pushes the Limits of Legged Locomotion
The Planar Elliptical Runner is a two-legged robot that will help explore how mechanical design can be used to enable sophisticated legged locomotion.
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Artificial Intelligence Prevails at Predicting Supreme Court Decisions
A study led by the Illinois Institute of Technology suggests artificial intelligence can outperform legal scholars in the prediction of U.S. Supreme Court rulings...
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When Autonomous Machines Can Do More Than Just Vacuum
Rapidly aging populations will drive growth in home-based robotics, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Rodney Brooks.
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The Shock Tactics Set to Shake p Immunology
Six times a day, Katrin pauses whatever she's doing, removes a small magnet from her pocket and touches it to a raised patch of skin just below her collar bone....
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