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Your Next Computer May Know How You Feel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Friends, loved ones and pets can sense your mood almost instantly - and one day your computer may be able to do so pretty quickly as well.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scanning the brain for impending error

(Phys.org) -- UA computer science doctoral student Federico Cirett is using new technology to predict, in advance, when people will make a mistake. He's been testing subjects taking the SAT exam in math.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New computers respond to students' emotions, boredom

Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students’ cognitive and emotional states – including frustration and boredom – has been developed by University of Notre Dame Assistant ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft previews Windows 8, stresses tablets (Update 2)

Microsoft pulled back the curtain on new Windows computer operating software designed to power not only personal computers but also rivals to Apple's iPad.

Technology / Software

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Revisiting ADHD and Ritalin

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, a pediatrician from Walnut Creek, Calif., ignited a national debate over the steep rise in children being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and treated with ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

UA preparatory math goes virtual

The University of Arizona's math department is experimenting with a novel approach to early math instruction – one with a heavy emphasis on technology and peer-to-peer tutoring.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

ONR's digital tutors give Naval recruits, high school students an academic edge

When President Obama underscored the importance of a college education to eighth-graders during their April 11 visit to the White House, he was echoing the collective sentiment among the nation's educators ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows year-end test scores significantly improved in schools using Web-based tutor

Year-end test scores of Massachusetts middle school students whose teachers used a Web-based tutoring platform called ASSISTments as a central part of their mathematics instruction were significantly better than those of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Songbird's strategy for changing its tune could inform rehab efforts

It takes songbirds and baseball pitchers thousands of repetitions – a choreography of many muscle movements -- to develop an irresistible trill or a killer slider. Now, scientists have discovered that the male Bengalese ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The human touch, in robots

In 2005, when Martin Saerbeck was studying computer science at Bielefeld University in Germany, he programmed a service robot called BIRON. Mounted with a pan-tilt camera on top, BIRON was able to follow a ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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