News tagged with pointing gestures

3-year-olds get the point

Dogs and small children who share similar social environments appear to understand human gestures in comparable ways, according to Gabriella Lakatos from Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary, and her team. Looking at how ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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ShakeID tracks touch action in multi-user display

(Phys.org) -- How do you determine who is doing the touching with a multi-user touch display? Microsoft Research has published a paper that presents a technique for doing so. The researchers make their attempt ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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Exploring Mars in the Austrian Alps

In the largest ice caves on Earth, spacesuits and remote-controlled planetary rovers were for the first time tested in a five-day odyssey in the Alps designed to mimic potential future missions on Mars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Research shows cue-giving robots help students learn

(Phys.org) -- The well-known fact is that humans can teach robots, but the newer turn in educational circles is all about how robots can teach humans. The stepped-up robots are “animated” and "adaptive" agents that ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Google patent sends ring signals to Project Glass

(Phys.org) -- Google's September 2011 patent that was filed for a wearable display device was granted this week, which suggests that its envisioned heads-up display device can be controlled by infrared markers ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Study shows religion is a potent force for cooperation, conflict

Across history and cultures, religion increases trust within groups but also may increase conflict with other groups, according to an article in a special issue of Science.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 119 | with audio podcast

Researchers use Doppler Effect for computer gesture control

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have together created a system whereby a computer user can use hand gestures to instigate a limited set of computer commands such as ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Revolutionary technology enables objects to know how they are being touched (w/ Video)

A doorknob that knows whether to lock or unlock based on how it is grasped, a smartphone that silences itself if the user holds a finger to her lips and a chair that adjusts room lighting based on recognizing if a user is ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Learned, not innate human intuition: Study finds twist to the story of the number line

Tape measures. Rulers. Graphs. The gas gauge in your car, and the icon on your favorite digital device showing battery power. The number line and its cousins – notations that map numbers onto space and ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

How do I love me? Let me count the ways - and excel in a job interview

(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to excelling in a job interview may not hinge on how much your interviewers like you, but in how much you like yourself.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Can a machine tell when you're lying? Research suggests the answer is 'yes'

Inspired by the work of psychologists who study the human face for clues that someone is telling a high-stakes lie, UB computer scientists are exploring whether machines can also read the visual cues that give away deceit.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 14 | with audio podcast


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