April 2009
Roboskin project
Thu, 04/30/2009 - 12:00am
Roboskin project
New Robot With Skin to Improve Human Communication
University of Hertfordshire (04/30/09) Murphy, Helene
EFIT-V Facial Composition System
Thu, 04/30/2009 - 12:00am
EFIT-V Facial Composition System
Twelve law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom are using a forensic facial composite software tool that does not require witnesses to provide detailed descriptions of suspects they can barely remember. Instead, the EFIT-V software has the witness answer questions about the age, sex, face shape, and hairstyle of the suspect to initialize the system and then produce a set of computer-generated faces.
Computer Scientists Add Smell to Games
Sun, 04/26/2009 - 1:00am
Entropic Evidence for Linguistic Structure in the Indus Script
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 12:00am
University of Washington computer scientists are using artificial intelligence techniques to decipher the ancient Indus script, which only exists as a series of wall carvings made 4,000 years ago in what is now eastern Pakistan and northwest India. Although archaeologists have uncovered about 1,500 unique inscriptions, researchers have been unable to translate the language or understand its purpose.
Portable Ultrasound
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 12:00am
Portable Ultrasound
Washington University in St. Louis computer engineers have developed an ultrasound device that can be plugged directly into a smartphone's USB port. The device enables smartphones to capture images and display them directly on the phone's screen. The phone also can be used to send the images to other users. Washington University researchers William Richard and David Zar created the smartphone device from an ultrasound probe they previously developed that can plug into a laptop's USB port.
Blue Brain Project
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 12:00am
Blue Brain Project
The Blue Brain project is focused on reverse-engineering mammal brains from laboratory data and to develop a computer model down to the level of the molecules that make a brain. The project has successfully created a detailed simulation of a small region of a brain, developed molecule by molecule, based on the results of an experiment performed on real brains. The project's "Blue Brain" has been put in a virtual body, providing the first indications of the molecular and neural basis of thought and memory.
Personal Robotics - Intel
Mon, 04/20/2009 - 12:00am
Personal Robotics - Intel
Intel Research's Personal Robotics project aims to develop useful robotic assistants for indoor, populated environments. To transition robots from structured, assembly line scenarios to more natural, unstructured environments requires advances in perception, reasoning under uncertainty, and human-robot interaction. We are currently pursuing research in all these areas.
Model Checking @CMU
Mon, 04/20/2009 - 12:00am
Model Checking @CMU
Model checking is a method for formally verifying finite-state concurrent systems. Specifications about the system are expressed as temporal logic formulas, and efficient symbolic algorithms are used to traverse the model defined by the system and check if the specification holds or not. Extremely large state-spaces can often be traversed in minutes. The technique has been applied to several complex industrial systems such as the Futurebus+ and the PCI local bus protocols.
Tags: Tools
Psychologically Augmented Social Interaction Over Networks (PASION) project
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 12:00am
Psychologically Augmented Social Interaction Over Networks (PASION) project
