Since the early 20th century, an unheralded star of genetics research has been a small and essentially very annoying creature: the fruit fly.
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2015
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Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, provides a lot of information about the objects with which it interacts, from aerosols in the atmosphere to the magnetic field of stars. However, because this quality ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 18, 2022
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Groundbreaking tracking technology that has revealed new insights into how desert ants navigate their complex worlds could inspire the next generation of smart, efficient robots.
Ecology
Apr 23, 2023
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Machine vision systems have many applications, including self-driving cars, intelligent manufacturing, robotic surgery and biomedical imaging, among many others. Most of these machine vision systems use lens-based cameras, ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 29, 2021
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(Phys.org)—Hold on, is that a pirate ship in your office? An airplane flying over your washing machine? A robot guarding the doorway? Minecraft, a runaway hit with game players, even topping Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ...
(Phys.org) —Computer vision algorithms that enable Samsung's latest humanoid robot, Roboray, to build real-time 3D visual maps to move around more efficiently have been developed by researchers from the University of Bristol.
Robotics
Jul 2, 2013
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Computers will someday soon automatically provide short video digests of a day in your life, your family vacation or an eight-hour police patrol, say computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin.
Computer Sciences
Sep 13, 2013
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A 3-D facial recognition system could be used commercially in the UK for the first time as part of a Government-backed project.
Computer Sciences
Jun 14, 2017
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Experts from the University of the West of England, UK, are teaming up with Aralia Systems Ltd, a specialist security company, to take cinema piracy detection technology forward and develop software systems that will revolutionise ...
Engineering
Nov 1, 2010
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Fusion, which promises practically unlimited, carbon-free energy using the same processes that power the sun, is at the heart of a worldwide research effort that could help mitigate climate change.
Plasma Physics
Nov 1, 2022
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