Boston Dynamics Robot Cheetah Outruns Swiftest
Human

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Usain Bolt, the fastest human in history, has been outpaced by a robot. Catchy hook, huh? Fact is, Boston Dynamics? [...]

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TED: Scott Fraser: Why eyewitnesses get it wrong
- Scott Fraser (2012)

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Scott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes -- and bear witness to them. In this powerful talk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests that even close-up eyewitnesses to a crime can create "memories" they could not have seen. Why? Because the brain abhors a vacuum.

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The History of Glass

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 10 September 2012 10:36:01 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Neatorama: The following is an article from the bookUncle John's Fast-Acting Long-Lasting Bathroom Reader.From where you sit, you can probably see several pieces of glass: a window, the bathroom mirror, maybe even a glass shower door. Here's the BRI's history of glass. Read the

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5.9 Watts: The World's Most Efficient
High-End Computer

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 10 September 2012 10:22:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From ExtremeTech: Dutch hardware hacker, Emile Nijssen (nickname Mux), claims he has built the world's most efficient high-end desktop computer: An Intel Core i7-3570K with 16GB of RAM, 64GB SSD, and other assorted bits, that consumes just 5.9 watts when idling and 74.5 watts at full loa

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Paper: Brain-computer interface controlled
robotic gait

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An able-bodied subject used walking motor imagery to accurately operate a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) controlled robotic gait orthosis.

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Computer, read my lips

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A computer is being taught to interpret human emotions based on lip pattern, according to research published in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing.

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Guess the Architecture! 9/10/12

Can you figure out where this picture was taken? Have you seen a building similar? Is a basket the most structurally sound type of building?Let us know in the comments below!

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Crowdsourcing Breakthrough Propulsion Ideas

Making Progress on Star Trek Physics is Marc Millis’ foray into crowdsourcing, a just announced project on Kickstarter. For those new to the concept, Kickstarter allows the general public to make donations to projects that are described on the[...]

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The driver of curiosity

The Royal Society of Chemistry organised a live chat with Paulo Bellutta the driver of the Mars Curiosity rover. Bellutta is one of the “robot chemist” drivers of Curiosity and joined the RSC live from Pasadena on Friday 7 September for a question-and-answer session broadcast on the RSC YouTube channel. I chipped in with a [...]

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The driver of Curiosity

The Royal Society of Chemistry organised a live chat with Paulo Bellutta the driver of the Mars Curiosity rover. Bellutta is one of the “robot chemist” drivers of Curiosity and joined the RSC live from Pasadena on Friday 7 September for a question-and-answer session broadcast on the RSC YouTube channel. I chipped in with a [...]

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