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03-28-2024
Can robots read your mind? This one can anticipate your smile
Robots might soon be able to smile back at the right moment. Researchers at Columbia Engineering's Creative Machines Lab have built a robot named Emo that may change how we interact with machines. Emo can not only make its own facial expressions but can also pick up on subtle cues in your facial expressions. The robot can use this information to predict what your face is about to do and even mirror your smile in real time. [sendtonews key="hBnyMZwBYL-3517128-12187" type="single"] Why smiling robots matter We humans are...
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01-12-2022
New tarantula found in Thailand lives in bamboo stalks
Thailand is often overlooked in terms of its natural beauty...
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01-12-2022
Fast food diets linked to rise in autoimmune diseases
Fast food diets that include processed junk food like burgers...
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01-12-2022
Face masks reduce the distance a virus can travel by more than half
The first case of Covid-19 was reported in December 2019...
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01-12-2022
Clothes dryers release millions of microfibers into the air
Clothes that are dried regularly in a household tumble dryer...
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01-12-2022
Rainy days put a damper on economic growth
Melting ice caps, starving polar bears, devastating hurricanes, uncontrollable wildfires,...
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01-12-2022
Late Cretaceous dinosaur was sluggish and nearly deaf
A study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports reveals...
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01-12-2022
Switching to solar energy affects endangered Florida panthers
Florida is rapidly increasing the installation of utility-scale solar energy...
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01-12-2022
Deep sleep improves memory formation and recall
A new study led by Northwestern University has investigated the...
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01-12-2022
New rainfrog named after climate activist Greta Thunberg
On Monday, January 10, 2022, a new species of rainfrog...
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01-11-2022
Rising temperatures are transforming Arctic coasts
A special issue of the journal Nature Reviews Earth &...
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01-11-2022
COVID-19 can prompt the creation of self-attacking antibodies
Being infected by a virus will generally cause a short-lasting...
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01-11-2022
Predicting the effects of pollutants on river ecosystems
It is usually not possible to test the impacts of...
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