News tagged with human interaction

The Origin of Artificial Species: Creating Artificial Personalities

(PhysOrg.com) -- Does your robot seem to be acting a bit neurotic? Maybe it's just their personality. Recently, a team of researchers has designed computer-coded genomes for artificial creatures in which a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 6 feature

It's All Relative: UCSD's Einstein Robot Has 'Emotional Intelligence' (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Albert Einstein may have written his last scientific theory more than half a century ago, but he's still honing his emotional intelligence in a laboratory at the University of California, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 6

Montpellier team turns tables on robot-human interactions (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have entered a newer phase of serving, not obeying. for use in medical settings. Chapter one in robotics history encouraged a perception of clever little machines skating around with ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Wearable depth-sensing projection system makes any surface capable of multitouch interaction (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- OmniTouch, a wearable projection system developed by researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, enables users to turn pads of paper, walls or even their own hands, arms ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Bacterial protein caught in the act of secreting sticky appendages

(PhysOrg.com) -- New atomic-level "snapshots" published in the June 2, 2011, issue of Nature reveal details of how bacteria such as E. coli produce and secrete sticky appendages called pili, which help the mi ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teaching robots to move like humans (w/ Video)

When people communicate, the way they move has as much to do with what they're saying as the words that come out of their mouths. But what about when robots communicate with people? How can robots use non-verbal ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | 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

Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people

(PhysOrg.com) -- Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Wag the Robot? Brown scientists build robot that responds to human gestures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a day when you turn to your own personal robot, give it a task and then sit down and relax, confident that your robot is doing exactly what you wanted it to do.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

New findings reveal how influenza virus hijacks human cells

Influenza is and remains a disease to reckon with. Seasonal epidemics around the world kill several hundred thousand people every year. In the light of looming pandemics if bird flu strains develop the ability ...

Biology /

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind

University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists show how social interaction and teamwork lead to human intelligence

Scientists have discovered proof that the evolution of intelligence and larger brain sizes can be driven by cooperation and teamwork, shedding new light on the origins of what it means to be human. The study appears online ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Teamwork made Man brainier, say scientists

Learning to work in teams may explain why humans evolved a bigger brain, according to a new study published on Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Bioengineers develop artificial chip for testing how drugs interact with ion channels

(Phys.org) -- Ion channels, proteins embedded in cell membranes, are central to many of the human body's physiological processes, including cardiac activity. For this reason, they are also important targets for cardiac drugs. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell protein interactions favor fats

For cells to signal each other to carry out their vital work, could the cell membrane's lipids -- or fats -- play a role in buttering-up the process? A research group led by University of Illinois at Chicago chemistry professor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast