Posts Tagged ‘machine learning’
Touched by a robot. Creepy or cool?
GEORGIA TECH (US) — If a robot touched your arm, would you like it or would you feel a little uncomfortable? New research suggests your reaction depends on how you perceive the robot’s intentions. Continue…
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:59 - 1 Comment
Top Stories - Jan 14, 2011 12:56 - 3 Comments
Deploy wireless networks like fly bristles
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Fruit flies feel and hear using sensory bristles. It turns out the method they have evolved for arranging bristles on their bodies is very efficient, and computer scientists have taken notice. (more…)
Best of 2010, Science & Technology - Dec 9, 2010 13:01 - 3 Comments
How rare is your fingerprint?
U. BUFFALO (US) — A computer scientist has figured out a way to determine how rare a fingerprint is—and how likely it is to belong to a particular crime suspect. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2010 18:05 - 0 Comments
Brain’s version of Merriam-Webster
CARNEGIE MELLON—Two hundred years ago, archaeologists used the Rosetta Stone to understand the ancient Egyptian scrolls. Now scientists has discovered the beginnings of a neural Rosetta Stone. (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…)
