Zeno "boy" robot: Let me introduce myself (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Hanson Robotics is showing its new humanoid robot boy that belongs in its Robokind portfolio of robots, a 2012 reincarnation of its earlier cartoonlike Zeno boy but this time more humanoid with ...
Aug 04, 2012
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Pigeons never forget a face
New research has shown that feral, untrained pigeons can recognise individual people and are not fooled by a change of clothes.
Jul 03, 2011
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Marketing a 'spoonful of sugar'
Your kids won't wear their seatbelts, take their vitamins or brush their teeth? A new study by Tel Aviv University offers a simple formula that will get better compliance in the kid department -- and has implications for ...
Dec 15, 2009
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Tactile input affects what we hear: study
Humans use their whole bodies, not just their ears, to understand speech, according to University of British Columbia linguistics research.
Nov 30, 2009
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Skin-disease patients show brain immunity to faces of disgust
(PhysOrg.com) -- People with psoriasis - an often distressing dermatological condition that causes lesions and red scaly patches on the skin - are less likely to react to looks of disgust by others than people without the ...
Aug 27, 2009
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Second face transplant in US performed
Surgeons in Boston have performed the second-ever partial face transplant in the United States, replacing some 80 percent of a disfigured man's face.
Apr 10, 2009
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Our faces, not just our ears 'hear' speech: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A McGill-led study has found that the perception of speech sounds is modified by stretching facial skin in different directions. Different patterns of skin stretch affect how subjects perceive different words.
Jan 20, 2009
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