News tagged with human sensory

Computer scientists form mathematical formulation of the brain's neural networks

As computer scientists this year celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the mathematical genius Alan Turing, who set out the basis for digital computing in the 1930s to anticipate the electronic age, they still quest ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

The nose knows: UF to help train experts in sniffing out oil spill-contaminated seafood

(PhysOrg.com) -- To keep consumers safe from seafood that could be tainted by the Gulf oil spill, regulatory officials will rely on an incredibly sophisticated, delicate tool: the human nose.

Chemistry / Other

created May 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Odors classified by networks of neurons

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), are unraveling how odors are processed by the brain. As they report in Nature, odors in the olfactory brain are cl ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teaching computers to recognise

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recognising objects and groups of objects is something we humans take for granted. For computers, this is far from straightforward. A European project has come up with novel solutions to this conundrum.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0