News tagged with navigation grid
Rats to robots - brain's grid cells tell us how we navigate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rats and robots can tell us how the brain maps out familiar environments and navigates in them, Queensland University of Technology robotics researchers have found.
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Is sense of direction hard wired, or is it learned?
Are we born with an innate sense of direction, or is it learned? Research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience suggests that the brain comes hard-wired ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Theory: Stone Age People had Sophisticated Navigation Networks
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new theory based on studies of locations of large landmarks in Britain, such as stone structures, hill forts and earthworks, suggests they were part of a grid used for navigation around ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 18, 2009 |
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TV's double vision, when 1 screen isn't enough
(AP) -- As a kid, I dreamed of having a telephone that was plugged into my family's TV and would let me ring up whoever I was watching. With this special phone, I could reach my favorite TV stars, introduce myself and talk ...
May 04, 2012 |
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NOAA releases new views of Earth's ocean floor
NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. Anyone with Internet access can now explore undersea features and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2012 |
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IBM, partners enable smarter charging for electric vehicles
IBM announced that it has teamed with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Plastic electronics: a neat solution
(Phys.org) -- A breakthrough in the development of a new generation of plastic electronic circuits by researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory brings flexible and transparent intelligent materials – such ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Storms from the sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- Space weather starts at the sun. It begins with an eruption such as a huge burst of light and radiation called a solar flare or a gigantic cloud of solar material called a coronal mass ejection ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Full Titanic site mapped for 1st time
Researchers have pieced together what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Space Weather Center to add world's first 'ensemble forecasting' capability
Improved Forecasting to Coincide with Peak in Solar Activity
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2012 |
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Managing research information: one size does not fit all
Research councils, publishing houses, libraries and learned societies need to tailor their efforts to help physical scientists gather, manage and share research information.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Clever math could enable a high-quality 3-D camera for cellphones
When Microsoft’s Kinect -- a device that lets Xbox users control games with physical gestures -- hit the market, computer scientists immediately began hacking it. A black plastic bar about 11 inches wide ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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2012: Killer solar flares are a physical impossibility
(PhysOrg.com) -- Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather – great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun – ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2011 |
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