Bizarre Things: Computers & Math
November 20, 2024
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Nov. 20, 2024 — Trust between humans and robots is improved when the movement between both is harmonized, researchers have ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool can now utilize this knowledge for the first time to make robots move more ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — It turns out gaming is good for you! New research indicates massive multiplayer online gamers learn by gaming and their skills in the workplace are enriched by those seemingly endless hours previously thought of as frittering away ...
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Nov. 16, 2024 — Quantum-science advances using AI can measure very small surfaces and distances -- opening a world of medical, manufacturing and other ...
Nov. 16, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that in a foraging ant's search for food, it will leave pheromone trails connecting its colony to multiple food sources when they're available, successfully creating the ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have created a headphone prototype that allows listeners to hear people speaking within a bubble with a programmable radius of 3 to 6 ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Scientists have advanced their NeuroMechFly model, simulating fruit fly movement in the real world. With integrated vision and smell, NeuroMechFly v2 helps us understand brain-body coordination, ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by 'touching' their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as surface ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Researchers have developed PanoRadar, a new tool to give robots superhuman vision by transforming simple radio waves into detailed, 3D views of the ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Research describes a computational model that captures the intricate muscular architecture of an octopus ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — The discovery, centred around controlling tiny hurricanes of light and electromagnetic fields, could revolutionise how much information we can ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — An AI model could accurately identify goats in pain, opening up better treatment opportunities for animals and non-verbal ...
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Nov. 7, 2024 — Scientists have created a robot that can learn tasks like cleaning a washbasin just by watching humans. A special sponge with sensors is used to show the robot how to clean. Using an advanced machine ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Automated vehicles promise to improve urban mobility, but passenger trust remains a challenge. Providing timely, passenger-specific explanations for automated vehicle decisions can bridge this trust ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Researchers have developed AI-driven mobile robots that can carry out chemical synthesis research with extraordinary efficiency. Researchers show how mobile robots that use AI logic to make decisions ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Thin, flexible device could help people with visual impairments 'feel' surroundings. Device comprises a hexagonal array of 19 actuators encapsulated in soft silicone. Device only uses ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — Today, a research team has proposed a new reinforcement learning framework with autonomous drones to find sperm whales and predict where they will ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated a network connection between quantum processors over metropolitan distances. Their result marks a key advance from early research networks in the lab towards a future ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — A video game in which participants herded virtual cattle has furthered our understanding of how humans make decisions on movement and navigation, and it could help us not only interact more ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Inspired by large language models, researchers developed a training technique that pools diverse data to teach robots new ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — A team of scientists has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — Readers find automated news articles poorer than manually-written texts in relation to word choice and use of ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — Researchers created MobiPrint, a mobile 3D printer that can automatically measure a room and print objects onto the floor. The team's graphic interface lets users design objects in a space that ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — Researchers give robots a sense of touch by 'listening' to vibrations, allowing them to identify materials, understand shapes and recognize objects just like human hands. The ability to ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — AI-written stories are getting better, but people still distrust AI-generated ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — In a new study, humans displayed sympathy towards and protected AI bots who were excluded from ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — A new study opens the door to cutting-edge solutions that could contribute to the realization of a system capable of processing quantum information in a simple yet powerful way. The work presents a ...
Oct. 15, 2024 — Engineers have developed a new system for full-body motion capture -- and it doesn't require specialized rooms, expensive equipment, bulky cameras or an array of sensors. Instead, it requires ...
Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled a vision system inspired by feline eyes to enhance object detection in various lighting conditions. Featuring a unique shape and reflective surface, the system reduces glare ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — Artificial Intelligence has learned to master language, generate art, and even beat grandmasters at chess. But can it crack the code of abstract reasoning --t hose tricky visual puzzles that leave ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — Using peptides and a snippet of the large molecules in plastics, materials scientists have developed materials made of tiny, flexible nano-sized ribbons that can be charged just like a battery to ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — Researchers have developed a soft robotic 'finger' with a sophisticated sense of touch that can perform routine doctor office examinations, including taking a patient's pulse and ...
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Scientists Unveil Strategies to Make Self-Driven Vehicles Passenger-Friendly
- AI-Driven Mobile Robots Team Up to Tackle Chemical Synthesis
- New Haptic Patch Transmits Complexity of Touch to the Skin
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- New Methods for Whale Tracking and Rendezvous Using Autonomous Robots
- A Rudimentary Quantum Network Link Between Dutch Cities
- How Virtual Cows Could Help Us Improve Human-Robot Interactions
Monday, October 28, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Scientists Develop Grain-Sized Soft Robots Controlled by Magnetic Fields for Targeted Drug Delivery
- AI-Generated News Is Harder to Understand, Study Finds
- From Accessibility Upgrades to a Custom Cat-Food Bowl, This Mobile 3D Printer Can Autonomously Add Features to a Room
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- People Sympathize With Bullied AI Bots
- Quantum Research Breakthrough Uses Synthetic Dimensions to Efficiently Process Quantum Information
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- New App Performs Real-Time, Full-Body Motion Capture With a Smartphone
- Researchers Develop System Cat's Eye-Inspired Vision for Autonomous Robotics
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Can Advanced AI Can Solve Visual Puzzles and Perform Abstract Reasoning?
- Nature and Plastics Inspire Breakthrough in Soft Sustainable Materials
- Ultra-Sensitive Robotic 'finger' Can Take Patient Pulses, Check for Lumps
- Over 160,000 New Viruses Discovered by AI
- A Matter of Taste: Electronic Tongue Reveals AI 'inner Thoughts'
- New Breakthrough Helps Free Up Space for Robots to 'think', Say Scientists
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Stronger Together: Miniature Robots in Convoy for Endoscopic Surgery
- Feet First: AI Reveals How Infants Connect With Their World
Friday, September 27, 2024
- Sharing Biosignals With Online Gaming Partners to Enhance a Mutual Sense of Social Presence Between Complete Strangers
- Orbitronics: New Material Property Advances Energy-Efficient Tech
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- Invisibility Cloaks? Wave Scattering Simulation Unlocks Potential for Advanced Metamaterials
- Quantum Researchers Cause Controlled 'wobble' In the Nucleus of a Single Atom
- Researchers Discover Building Blocks That Could 'revolutionize Computing'
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
- Microscale Robot Folds Into 3D Shapes and Crawls
- Researchers Combine the Power of AI and the Connectome to Predict Brain Cell Activity
- Researchers Develop a Stretchable, Wearable Device That Lights Up an LED Using Only the Warmth of Your Skin
Monday, September 9, 2024
- New AI Can ID Brain Patterns Related to Specific Behavior
- Artificial Muscles Propel a Robotic Leg to Walk and Jump
Friday, September 6, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Friday, August 23, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- DNA Tech Offers Both Data Storage and Computing Functions
- Hydrogels Can Play Pong by 'remembering' Previous Patterns of Electrical Simulation
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Adaptive 3D Printing System to Pick and Place Bugs and Other Organisms
- Analyzing 'Finnegans Wake' For Novel Spacing Between Punctuation Marks
Friday, August 16, 2024
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
- Smart Fabric Converts Body Heat Into Electricity
- How Air-Powered Computers Can Prevent Blood Clots
- Engineers Conduct First in-Orbit Test of 'swarm' Satellite Autonomous Navigation
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024
- Engineers Make Tunable, Shape-Changing Metamaterial Inspired by Vintage Toys
- AI Poses No Existential Threat to Humanity, New Study Finds
- Engineers Bring Efficient Optical Neural Networks Into Focus
Friday, August 9, 2024
- New Technology Uses Light to Engrave Erasable 3D Images
- Achieving Quantum Memory in the Hard X-Ray Range
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- X-Ray Imagery of Vibrating Diamond Opens Avenues for Quantum Sensing
- Turning Unused Signals Such as Wi-Fi Into Energy for Electronics
Monday, August 5, 2024
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
- Bright Prospects for Engineering Quantum Light
- Super-Black Wood Can Improve Telescopes, Optical Devices and Consumer Goods
- Breaking MAD: Generative AI Could Break the Internet, Researchers Find
Monday, July 29, 2024
- Dark Matter: A Camera Trap for the Invisible
- Shape-Shifting 'transformer Bots' Inspired by Origami
- Robotics: Self-Powered 'bugs' Can Skim Across Water to Detect Environmental Data
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024
Friday, July 19, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Ant Insights Lead to Robot Navigation Breakthrough
- Want to Spot a Deepfake? Look for the Stars in Their Eyes
- Completely Stretchy Lithium-Ion Battery for Flexible Electronics
- Enzyme-Powered 'snot Bots' Help Deliver Drugs in Sticky Situations
Monday, July 15, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Monday, July 1, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
- 'World Record' For Data Transmission Speed
- Soft, Stretchy Electrode Simulates Touch Sensations Using Electrical Signals
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Microrobot-Packed Pill Shows Promise for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mice
- Mechanical Computer Relies on Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024
Friday, June 21, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
- Researchers Leverage Shadows to Model 3D Scenes, Including Objects Blocked from View
- Breakthrough May Clear Major Hurdle for Quantum Computers