Posts Tagged ‘artificial intelligence’
Artificial ‘brain’ network hunts for fossils
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Artificial intelligence is giving paleontologists a leg up in locating fossils—usually a task akin to finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Continue…
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:26 - 0 Comments
Top Stories - Oct 27, 2011 9:27 - 2 Comments
Codebreakers decipher 300-year-old secret
USC (US) — Scientists have cracked the code of a 300-year-old, 75,000-character manuscript that is handwritten in abstract symbols and Roman letters and fills 105 pages. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 14, 2010 16:59 - 3 Comments
Choosing the news that’s fit to print
CARDIFF U. (UK) — News outlets in Europe choose daily content based on national biases, and cultural, economic, and geographic links between countries, a new analysis finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 23, 2010 9:28 - 0 Comments
Surgery sans doctor: Robots do it all
DUKE (US)—As physician-guided robots routinely operate on patients at most major hospitals, the next generation robot could eliminate a surprising element from the scenario—the doctor. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 28, 2010 13:10 - 0 Comments
Why would fish follow a robot?
NYU (US)—Forget artificial intelligence. How about artificial leadership? A mechanical engineer at New York University is combining smart materials and mathematics to build robots that lead schooling fish. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 13:43 - 6 Comments
Computer learns to think like a child
U. PENN (US)—Computer scientist Ben Taskar says one of the biggest stumbling blocks in terms of artificial intelligence is the fact that computers learn slower than children. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 16, 2009 9:24 - 0 Comments
Better bidding strategy bodes well for markets
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Computer scientists at the University of Michigan have developed what they say is the best bidding strategy by combining game theory and artificial intelligence. (more…)
