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Fla. boaters urged to look out for missing robot

(AP) -- Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished.

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny eye motions help us find where Waldo is

(PhysOrg.com) -- To recognize faces in a crowd, the brain employs tiny eye movements called saccades and microsaccades to help us search for objects of interest. While researchers know that these movements ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 weblog




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Testing vintage US bridges for vulnerability -- and finding ways to protect them

It took only 13 seconds for the bridge to collapse into the Mississippi River in a thunderous rain of concrete and steel. When the Minneapolis I-35W bridge – an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge – ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

DARPA sets aside $7 million for 'Avatar' robot pals in battle

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced this week that it will be setting aside $7 million out of its $2 billion budget to work on a next-step robotics program called ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

The quest for the tiny carbon nanotube

(PhysOrg.com) -- As he tailors one of the world’s finest imaging instruments to tackle one of science’s most baffling challenges, Tom Flores feels like he’s playing a microscopic game of Where’s Waldo.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GigaPan technology can capture a crowd in detail

The next time you head out to the concert event of the year - or even a sporting event - make sure you're well-coiffed and ready for your close-up.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

$1.3B award against SAP overturned in Oracle case

A federal judge on Thursday threw out a "grossly excessive" $1.3 billion verdict that Oracle won against SAP in a landmark intellectual property case, possibly setting the stage for another circus-like showdown ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Intelligent construction practices developed for roads also apply to river levees

The same technologies that Iowa State University's David J. White is developing to build better roads and foundations could also be used to build better river levees.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U-M develops a potential 'game changer' for pathologists

Ulysses Balis, M.D., clicks a mouse to identify a helicopter in a satellite photo of Baghdad, Iraq. With another click, an algorithm that he and his team designed picks out three more choppers without highlighting any of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even in a crowd, you remain unique, life scientists report

"Am I just a face in the crowd? Is that all I'll ever be? ... Do you think I stand out?"
—The Kinks, "A Face in the Crowd"

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hands on high-tech moviemaking (w/ Video)

"Lights, camera, action!" is more than the quintessential phrase that describes the moment filming begins on a movie set -- it also embodies the heart and soul of moviemaking.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

See where your money is going -- literally

Kathy Williamson was over in the Pigeon Forge area in early December and stopped into a Harry & David store in Sevierville, Tenn., to buy candy. The change she received from the clerk was correct, but she noticed something ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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