Study demonstrates mind control of computer screen images
Posted by admin in Computers, Electronics, Robots, Science on 01. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
A dozen subjects with their brains wired up to a computer interface have succeeded in manipulating onscreen images using only the power of thought Using just the power of thought to control onscreen computer activity, subjects in a recent study led by neurosurgery professor Itzhak Fried, M.D., Ph.D have managed to choose to bring one [...]
Creepy Japanese Expression-Mimicking Robot Hangs Out In Hospitals, "Comforting" Patients
Posted by admin in Robots on 28. Oct, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Actroid-F Doing Its Best To Approximate Human Expression As if being laid up in the hospital wasn’t traumatic enough already, imagine having a humanoid robot coming to visit you and eerily mimicking your facial expressions – its pink-sleeved arms resting primly in its lap, its hair pinned back with a bobby pin (as if [...]
Berkeley Bionics’ newest exoskeleton lets wheelchair users walk
Posted by admin in Robots on 09. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Berkeley Bionics’ eLEGS exoskeleton At a press conference held this morning in San Francisco, California’s Berkeley Bionics unveiled its eLEGS exoskeleton. The computer-controlled device is designed to be worn by paraplegics, providing the power and support to get them out of their wheelchairs, into a standing posture, and walking – albeit with the aid of [...]
Meet RatCar, A Japanese Robot Car Controlled By A Rat’s Brain
Posted by admin in Robots, Science on 05. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
RatCar involves implanted neural electrodes that allow a rat’s brain signals to control a motorized robot. Robots are a major part of the cultural fabric of Japan; they’re performing weddings, buying groceries and keeping people company. A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo is taking this robotic cultural immersion a step further — [...]
Emo Computer Using New Algorithm Finds Aesop’s Fables Strangely Moving
Posted by admin in Computers, Robots on 25. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
A Parade of Emo Macs An Australian researcher has built algorithms that let computers experience free thinking and emotion, allowing them to respond to simple moral lessons found in Aesop’s Fables. Upon freely associating a trifecta of stories involving birds — “The Thirsty Pigeon,” “The Cat and the Cock” and “The Wolf and the [...]
