System that recognizes emotions in people’s voices could lead to less phone rage
Posted by admin in Electronics, Robots on 23. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
Nobody likes having to deal with automated telephone services, that say wonderful things like, "You said ‘Beelzebub,’ is that correct?". Such services may get slightly less annoying, however, thanks to research being carried out at Spain’s Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Granada. A team of scientists from those institutions have created a [...]
The Air Force’s ‘Micro-Aviary’ gives tiny flying robots a place to call home
Posted by admin in Robots on 04. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
The Air Force Research Lab has build a “Micro-Aviary” at Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio where tiny flying robots will be the central focus. And aside from being drone-centric, it is one sweet sensor-filled laboratory. The Micro-Aviary will specialize in what the DoD has deemed the next generation of intelligence and military robot capabilities: tiny [...]
iPet Companion: tele-play with their pets
Posted by admin in Computers, Electronics, Robots on 10. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
If you own a dog or a cat and are having a hard day at work, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to take a break and play with them? Well, if you’ve got the money, now you can do it – via the internet. A consumer version of a system already in use [...]
iPhone app provides skin cancer risk assessment
Posted by admin in Medicine, Mobile technology on 18. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
MelApp is an image-based risk assessment mobile app that assists in the early detection of melanoma Despite years of health promotion campaigns advising us about the dangers of skin cancer, the incidence of the most dangerous type – melanoma – has been steadily rising since the 1970s with around 130,000 cases now diagnosed globally each [...]
I’m Watch Android-based smartwatch in development
Posted by admin in Wearable electronics on 12. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
I’m Watch is a smartphone-compatible wristwatch, designed to work with iOS- and Android-based cell phones First unveiled online a few months ago, I’m Watch is a smartphone-compatible wristwatch, designed to work with Android-based cell phones – although it’s reportedly also compatible with iOS devices. It is being developed by an Italian producer, and is [...]
