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·March 31, 2015·2 min read

Smartphone Face Recognition Improved by Copying the Brain

Researchers look at brain function to improve face recognition technology.

Images shows a childlike robot reaching for a hat.

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·March 18, 2015·5 min read

Posture Can Affect Infant Memory and Learning

When it comes to learning new information, posture plays a critical role, a new robotics and infant learning study reports.

The image shows a representation os a person touching computer generated images.

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·February 13, 2015·2 min read

Network Dynamics with BrainX3

Researchers have developed a new platform which combines computational power with human intuition. The system also serves as a hypotheses generator for big data.

This image is a sequence of graphs illustrates the application of the researchers' technique to a real-world computer vision problem.

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·January 22, 2015·4 min read

Optimizing Optimization Algorithms

New analysis shows how to generate the best results when approximating solutions to complex engineering problems.

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·December 18, 2014·5 min read

In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch up to Primate Brain

Researchers report their new artificial neural network can identify objects as well as the primate brain can.

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·July 10, 2014·4 min read

Virtual Humans Inspire Patients to Open Up

A new study reports patients are more open to disclosing personal information with a virtual human than a real one.

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·June 9, 2014·3 min read

Turing Test Success Marks Milestone in Computing History

For the first time in its 65 year history, a supercomputer nicknamed Eugene Goostman, past the Turing Test.

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·February 14, 2014·2 min read

Will Virtual Brain Replace Lab Rats?

Researchers develop a simulated brain which they hope can be used to test new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

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·February 13, 2014·5 min read

Herding Robots

Researchers develop a new system which allows fleets of robots to collaborate in new and unprecedented ways.

The image shows rhodopsin and melanopsin computer models.

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·February 7, 2014·5 min read

Computer Models Help Decode Cells That Sense Light Without Seeing

Using computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment.

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·November 22, 2013·3 min read

Chaotic Physics in Ferroelectrics Hints at Brain-Like Computing

Unexpected behavior in ferroelectric materials explored by researchers supports a new approach to information storage and processing known as memcomputing.