People are prepared to save a robot at the cost of human lives under certain conditions. One of these situations is when we believe the robot can experience pain. This has been indicated in research led by the team of Sari ...
Robotics
Feb 8, 2019
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Scientists have many tools at their disposal to study, manipulate and copy genes.
Plants & Animals
Feb 1, 2019
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When you're lost, Siri can be your best friend. But if she can't retrieve the right address from your contacts, she can drive you crazy.
Other
Jan 15, 2019
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The market testing that helped give us the Google search we know today is being emulated by industries from hospitality to manufacturing to help better focus their products and services and meet customer needs. So what did ...
Business
Nov 21, 2018
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A major study into maths attainment has found that boys and girls perform equally in the subject, dispelling long-held myths around gender and education.
Education
Oct 30, 2018
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Communication could step beyond reading a cellular phone screen with a new technique by Purdue College of Engineering researchers to learn and read messages through a person's sense of touch.
Engineering
Jun 18, 2018
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Blow into the tube, please. In the future, the procedure will not just be used by police checking for alcohol intoxication, but also for testing the condition of athletes and for people who want to lose that extra bit of ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 10, 2017
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TU Graz researchers develop new brain-computer interface application that allows music to be composed by the power of thought. They have published their results in the current issue of the journal PLOS ONE.
Engineering
Sep 11, 2017
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It is a known fact that adhesives may smell unpleasant. However, as Fraunhofer researchers have recently discovered, this doesn't need to be the case. Through extensive research on acrylic adhesives they were able to identify ...
Materials Science
Sep 1, 2017
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Researchers at Bielefeld University have developed a grasp system with robot hands that autonomously familiarizes itself with novel objects. The new system works without previously knowing the characteristics of objects, ...
Robotics
Jun 9, 2017
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