Google is turning some NC school buses into rolling study halls
Thanks to an initiative from Google, some North Carolina students are receiving homework help from an unlikely source their school buses.
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Are there two pilots in the cockpit?
Ever since the early days of commercial aviation, flight safety has steadily improved. Considering the number of flights, accidents are now extremely rare, and 70% of them are attributable to human factors. This has led to ...
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Apr 12, 2018
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Calling for better police body cam design
Challenges reported by both police and the public surrounding usability issues with the vast array of body cams and recording functionality prompted a study by human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) researchers from Wichita State ...
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Apr 12, 2018
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Autonomous driving – hands on the wheel or no wheel at all
Vehicles on the road today are getting smarter, safer and more capable. But even the newest vehicles vary widely in their advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which aim to enhance safety and make driving more comfortable. ...
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Apr 12, 2018
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7 things you may not know about new car warranties
Most of us know the new-car basic warranty, often referred to as the "bumper-to-bumper warranty," is designed to protect the owner against any factory defects during the first few years of ownership. But did you know this ...
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Apr 11, 2018
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A guide to poker scams – how not to get stung
Winning in a casino is difficult enough when you have the house edge to contend with, but there are people who want to make it even harder. There are legitimate ways that other players can make life difficult for you, even ...
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Apr 11, 2018
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Curious to know what it's like to be in the line of fire?
University of South Australia researchers and the SA Country Fire Service (CFS) have joined forces to give residents a searing experience of a bushfire – all from the safety of a virtual reality headset.
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Apr 11, 2018
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Learning computer programming, with no teachers and no tuition
Aspiring software engineers Kevin Yook and Becky Chen are hunched over a computer screen, fervently discussing lines of code indecipherable to the average person.
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Apr 11, 2018
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Opinion: AI like HAL 9000 can never exist because real emotions aren't programmable
HAL 9000 is one of the best-known artificial intelligence characters of modern film. This superior form of sentient computer embarks on a mission to Jupiter, along with a human crew, in Stanley Kubrick's iconic film 2001: ...
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Apr 9, 2018
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Better roads essential for safer cycling
A QUT-led study of Queensland motorists and cyclists recommends that efforts to improve cyclist safety during overtaking events should focus on improving roadway infrastructure.
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Apr 6, 2018
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