News tagged with human character

Zynga unleashes zombies on smartphones

Zombies stalked San Francisco streets on Thursday as social game maker Zynga ghoulishly introduced a game that lets iPhone or iPod Touch users slash and hack the undead.

Technology / Software

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Virtual humans appear to influence ethical decisions in gender-specific ways

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual humans are increasingly taking on roles that were once reserved for real humans. A study by researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue ...

Technology / Other

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Too scary to be real, research looks to quantify eeriness in virtual characters

(PhysOrg.com) -- Indiana University's Karl MacDorman has been to the valley -- the uncanny valley of virtual humans so lifelike they give us real humans the creeps. What he's found is that things don't look ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

What is 'Real'? How Our Brain Differentiates Between Reality and Fantasy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people can easily tell the difference between reality and fantasy. We know that characters in novels and movies are fictitious, and we also understand that historical figures - even if ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (24) | comments 24 feature




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Aliens don't want to eat us, says former SETI director

Alien life probably isn’t interested in having us for dinner, enslaving us or laying eggs in our bellies, according to a recent statement by former SETI director Jill Tarter.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 54

Top 10 new species list draws attention to diverse biosphere

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists from around the world announced their picks for the top 10 new species described in 2011. This ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wearing two different hats: Moral decisions may depend on the situation

An individual's sense of right or wrong may change depending on their activities at the time – and they may not be aware of their own shifting moral integrity — according to a new study looking at why people make ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

SpaceX readies ambitious ISS launch

California-based company SpaceX was poised to launch its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station Saturday in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launch

SpaceX on Saturday aims to become the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International Space Station, a feat that only a handful of world governments have pulled off.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change' envisions the good life in a harsher world

Think like a planet - and reorganize society to reflect it, says Case Western Reserve University's environmental ethicist Jeremy Bendik-Keymer. That's a new way of thinking about reversing the tide of climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers create dynamic view of city based on Foursquare check-in data

The millions of "check-ins" generated by foursquare, the location-based social networking site, can be used to create a dynamic view of a city's workings and character, Carnegie Mellon University researchers say. In contrast ...

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The robot revolution is just beginning

When industrial robots were first introduced in the early 1960s — initially on automobile assembly lines — computers were still in their infancy, so the robots were designed to perform only the most ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

From ventriloquist's dummies to turkey dinners, 3-D printing is heading home

When the ventriloquist Jeff Dunham wanted to make a new dummy for his show, he designed the character's head on his home computer and then printed it out in his workshop.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 16 | with audio podcast


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