#Terahertz sensor achieves faster detection of hidden objects A new type of terahertz sensor, claimed to be much faster than competing technologies used to detect
and of applications for terahertz technologies, underscored by a busy panel session at the LASER World of Photonics show in Munich.
#Researchers develop new Algorithm to empower Robots to Learn like Humans New algorithms enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error, like humans.
The algorithm gives rise to a new branch of artificial intelligence, known as deep learning. The researchers chose Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks (BRETT) to take up a challenge of dealing with a relatively promising form of artificial intelligence called deep structured learning.
The researchers have claimed that smaller amount of pre-programming is required when the algorithm is used in the robot.
Also, it provides the capacity to work outside controlled environments like medical centers factories or laboratories.
A team led by Pieter Abbeel, an associate professor in the campus electrical engineering and computer sciences department, developed the new algorithm.
Abbeel said the best thing about the technique is that it rids the need of reprogramming
Use of the algorithm is seen currently in voice recognition software, such as the iphone's Siri
#New Algorithm enables Robot to Learn through Trial and error UC Berkeley's BRETT (Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks) is capable of learning through trial and error, like humans.
New algorithms developed by researchers empower the robot to master tasks through trial and error, ridding the need of pre-programming.
Among many tasks, it can perform is assembling a toy, and the best thing is it keeps trying figuring out the way to accomplish the task until it finally done.
The researchers are optimistic that the further development of the robotic technology will enable robots to handle lots of data.
The technology gives rise to artificial intelligence to allow robots to do anything their designs Allow for example
building something or playing a new sport. New algorithms developed by researchers from UC Berkeley brought this trial and error process to robots.
UC Berkeley said in a press release that the technology is a giant leap in the field of artificial intelligence.
The technology enables the robot to perform tasks like putting a clothes hanger on a rack without feeding details into it about its surrounding. he key is that
The exact same software, which encodes how the robot can learn, was used to allow the robot to learn all the different tasks we gave it said UC Berkeley Professor Pieter Abbeel.
The data about Nivolumab was presented by the pharmaceutical company Bristol-myers squibb. Luis Paz-Ares, doctor at the Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre in Madrid
Stephen Elledge, an HHMI investigator at Brigham and Women's hospital and his colleagues made use of Virscan in order to screen the blood of 569 people in the US, Thailand, South africa and Peru.
Virscan screens the blood for antibodies against any of the 206 species of viruses that are known to attack humans.
#Stanford university Engineers create World First water-Operated Computer World's first water-operated computer has been developed. Researchers from Stanford university created this wonder by using magnetized particles flowing through a network of channels.
The computer working involves using droplets of water soaked with magnetic nanoparticles, the computer then uses electromagnetic field to pump the droplets around gates to perform logical operations.
The researchers said the droplets in the system can be used to complete any process that a normal electronic computer can.
and he developed the computer which could run with water. After carrying out a lot of research, Prakash has built a rotating magnetic field to coordinate with the flow of droplets in a timely manner and acts as a clock."
"The reason computers work so precisely is that every operation happens synchronously; it's what made digital logic so powerful in the first place,
The new computer provides a way to develop new high-speed, complex, electronic computers. This way, there are chances that the fluidic computer may find its uses in areas like biology, chemistry,
and other physical sciences. Prakash made it clear that their aim is not to compete with the electronic computers.
They aim to build a new class of computers having ability to control and manipulate physical matter r
thus facilitating the development of organic computers created by the interfacing of multiple animal brains with computers c
SCAPE yields data equivalent to conventional light-sheet microscopy, but using a single, stationary objective lens;
This unique configuration permitted volumetric imaging of cortical dendrites in the awake, behaving mouse brain.
Together they are being used to peer into the microenvironment of tumors and other tissues while learning about the coregistration of multiple lines of imaging data."
and how to leverage data with statistical analysis while advancing new radiotracers and contrast agents for the imaging and treatment of a range of diseases,
to transmit and manipulate light signals fast enough to handle increasingly large quantities of data. Glass, an amorphous material with an inherently disordered atomic structure, cannot meet these challenges,
but the principle of light-emitting filaments may have a new use in displays and optical communications.
and will pave the way towards the realization of atomically thin, flexible and transparent displays,
After identifying brain cancer's OCT signature, researchers at Johns hopkins university have developed a computer algorithm that rapidly generates a color-coded map that shows cancer in red and healthy tissue in green."
and the surgeon could look at a screen to get a continuously updated picture of where the cancer is
including future generations of film displays for smartphones and tablets e
#Laser-Writing of DVDS May have a Speed limit Phase-change materials used in DVDS and other digital storage media pass through a previously unknown intermediate atomic state under laser pulses.
The discovery could lead to faster computer memory systems with larger storage capacity but may also point to an unavoidable limit to data recording speeds, according to researchers at the California Institute of technology.
The atomic structure of phase-change materials changes from an ordered crystalline arrangement to a more disordered,
or amorphous, configuration when illuminated with laser pulses. These two states represent the ones and zeroes of digital data.
The speed with which data can be recorded is determined both by the laser's pulse width
and by how quickly the material can shift from one state to the other. With a nanosecond laser,"the fastest you can record information is one information unit, one 0 or 1,
and to how fast data can be recorded, regardless of the laser speeds used.""Even if there is a laser faster than a femtosecond laser,
the research could one day aid the development of better data storage for computers, the researchers said.
when a rewritable DVD is erased i
#Optical Glucose Sensors on Commercial Path Optical Glucose Sensors on Commercial Pathleeds, England, July 17, 2015 A University of Leeds spin out company is seeking to commercialize an optical glucose sensor that could make finger
which sends alerts to smartphones or readings directly to doctors, allowing them to profile how a person is managing their diabetes over time."
suggest that the new monitor has the potential to perform as well as conventional technologies. More clinical trials and product optimization are required for regulatory approvals
Able to rapidly process very large amounts of biomedical imaging data, the system addresses what has been a major bottleneck in pharmaceutical development, according to a team of researchers from the U s. and Australia.
but also provides data about the specific colors within that image. Researchers are able to study these frequencies to learn about the composition of biological samples and chemical processes taking place within them.
The raw data produced by this was a series of small images, each roughly 1200 × 200 pixels wide.
Taking inspiration from modern computing methods, Orth and colleagues at Harvard and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. of Pittsburgh worked to overcome the limitations imposed by current multispectral microscopes.
Veering away from the use of multicore processors capable of simultaneously handling massive amounts of data and instructions,
Slices of a spectral data cube. Human epithelial cells are imaged at 11 wavelengths from blue to red.
The team plans to expand its technique to billion-pixel, time-lapse movies of cells moving
and refrigerators--to the Internet so they can work in concert with one another and be controlled remotely
with algorithms and sensors that automatically adjust the angle of the foot during different points in its wearer's stride.
But 14 months ago Ossur upgraded his hardware. Now, at age 48, Olafsson can move his right ankle by thinking about it.
and collects data, but the limbs are theirs. And the surgery to implant the sensors was minimal.
hollow component that fits over a user's residual limb, and connects to the prosthesis.
#Computer Chips Can Now Be made From Wood Not quite what we had in mindthe woods are lovely, dark, deep,
and filled with potential computer components. In a paper published in Nature Communications this week,
researchers announced the construction of computer chips made from wood. But don't expect to see hipsters advertising hand-carved artisan computer chips.
The wood product that the scientists are using is called cellulose nanofibril, or CNF. It is thin, flexible,
or attract moisture like wood normally does (think of a warped board--not something you want in a computer).
unlike a lot of the petroleum-based alternatives that manufacturers use to build the bases of modern computer chips.
"It will be years before computers containing wood-based computer chips hit store shelves, but computers as fertilizer isn't a totally crazy idea.
Society tends to treat electronics as disposable commodities. But unlike a glass bottle that gets recycled or food that hits a compost heap,
once that broken laptop heads into the trashcan, it doesn't disappear. Every year, 3. 2 million tons of electronic waste are thrown out in the United states alone.
and others like him (another team is building dissolvable circuits) are trying to deal with the e waste problem at the start--long before your phone gets stepped on or your computer crashes.
#DNA Assembly Tech is Making The World Smallest Data storage Researchers at France's Institut Charles Sadron
and Aix-Marseille Universite have built binary data into a strand of synthetic polymer, a minuscule chain of chemical information about 60,000 times thinner than a strand of hair.
This technology promises to take the future of data storage down to nanometers in coming years,
Right now, storing one zettabyte (1 billion terabytes) takes roughly 1000 kilograms of cobalt alloy
the material used in hard drives. A zettabyte of Lutz's synthesized polymer would be about 10 grams.
As its simplest level, digital information is coded into zeros and ones. Researchers assigned certain chemical components called monomers to represent zero and one.
to read the data later. The technology is still in its infancy. Lutz says that research has been underway for about two years
and right now researchers can chain just a handful of bytes of information together. But Lutz has high hopes that they will be able to process kilobytes of information in the next five years.
Researchers at Harvard Medical school and Technicolor have led the charge in storing data within DNA. DNA, instead of having two binary options,
researchers have been able to encode 10 megabytes to a DNA sequence, and then decode it later in a matter of hours.
Harvard professor of genetics George Church previously used this DNA method to print 70 million copies of his book to DNA, fitting all that data in a drop of liquid,
so it much preferable than, say, a floppy disk. The biggest limitation right now, however, is time.
is suited actually better for the task of storing data than DNA is. NA was designed really by biology and evolution to work in biological situations,
but researchers hope that they can expand the property to other materials in the future. he knowledge gained from this study will be crucial in finding ways to reduce friction in everything from engines or turbines to computer hard disks and microelectromechanical systems,"nanoscientist Ani Sumant,
can help the blind navigate by processing visual information and communicating it to the user through electrodes on his tongue.
When cameras in the glasses pick up visual stimuli, software converts the information to electrical pulses sent as vibrations to be felt on the user tongue.
training users to interpret the vibrations. Studies showed that 69 percent of the test subjects were able to identify an object using the Brainport device after a year of training.
'Then, other chemical catalysts in the wing harden the liquid, filling in whatever crack or damage occurred.
and so on. orbes speculates that that'and so on'could include anything from nail polish to cracked cell phone screens...
We already have tablets that are paper-thin, but this display is much thinner than a human hair.
It can also achieve the full spectrum of color and only takes milliseconds to alter.
the researchers were able to create an ultra-thin and more efficient display. Unlike the screen of a cellphone, this display does need not to produce its own light source.
The amount of voltage applied to the liquid crystal sitting in the waffle wells alters its molecular orientation,
said that larger displays would have as good an image quality as a television. f you look in nature,
but it could also be used in the development of smart camouflage gear, color-changing fashion items and wall-sized screens l
but the study should help in designing future femtosecond laser displays. Although previous studies have used nanosecond
A camera underneath the hologram captures user interaction, allowing the dots to respond to being ouched.
and spits out a reading that the scientists can compare to other samples in a growing database.
the Chimaera sends data about that spot to a computer where it is combined with information from a CT SCAN of the patient brain taken previously.
That good news as the devices are becoming increasingly advancedne day soon patients who feel a migraine coming on could simply ial downtheir pain from their smartphone
Similar to the movie, researchers at MIT Computer science and Artificial intelligence Laboratory have created an object recognition system that can accurately identify objects using a normal RGB camera (no threatening blood-red color filter required.
It then compares this compiled description to a database of existing descriptions of objects. For example, if the SLAM-aware system sees a chair,
Well, lasers are being used more and more in transparent laser displays, even garnering interest from Apple. Being able to reproduce the color white with a laser is huge step towards making these technologies more viable.
These lasers also have immense possibility in data transfer. Wireless data transfer using light has already been demonstrated at blistering gigabit speeds using white LED LIGHTS.
Lasers are already an improvement over LEDS, because Li-Fi works by reading slight modulations of light,
which is effectively adding more pathways for data to travel. The ASU team calls their white laser he ultimate form of such a light
#Sonar-Powered Drone Wants to Be Your Fishing Buddy The Aguadrone is a quadcopter that uses sonar to tell you where the catch is.
Waterproof and wireless, it can work even for smaller boats. The pod has its own battery pack
the Fish Scout pod creates its own Wi-fi connection with an impressive 320-foot range.
which has helped paved the way for flexible mobile phones. Recently published in leading micro/nanoscience journal Small
enabling them to continuously monitor UV levels and notify users when radiation hits harmful levels,
so they know to get out of the sun and find some shade. The sensors can also be placed on work
Before Google Project Jacquard, there was Byborre wifi-enabled pillow to combine technology, textile and shape.
An air-quality sensor embedded in the hood uses location-based data to show the concentration of dangerous gases.
Similar to an iphone, in which each user curates their own apps, the future suits will enable the owner complete control over the functions.
#Anti-Radiation Glasses Protect Against Computer Eye Strain Zappi glasses are designed to protect the wearer eyes from the harmful light given off by digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers.
and looking at screens, Zappi founder and CEO Andy Jones decided to help guard people eyes against the damage of UV and blue light.
Zappi computer and gaming eyewear guards against these two specific wavelengths by filtering out the artificial blue light and offering UV 400 protection.
The nonprescription glasses are aimed at people who don normally wear glasses but view digital screens on a regular basis.
They minimize radiation from electromagnetic waves surrounding screens and are designed for use with smartphones, computers, tablets, gaming screens and TVS.
They also help reduce glare for those driving at night. The glasses are made from impact-resistant polycarbonate
with a scratch-resistant lens that also reduces glare to the eyes. The lenses provide UV 400 protection,
The computer and gaming glasses are aimed at every member of the family. Currently raising funds on Indiegogo, Zappi perks offer pairs for children (£25) and adults (£30),
The Instamic charges via any USB cord, and can record up to four hours of audio in one charge.
It can be controlled wirelessly via Bluetooth within a 30-foot range, making it easy to follow a subject movements.
#Amazon Turns to Artificiai Intelligence to Combat Fake Reviews Amazon is using artificial intelligence to combat fake product reviews
It is employing a new AI machine-learning system that the online retailer built in-house to boost the prominence and weight of verified customer purchase reviews, those marked as helpful by other users and newer, more up-to-date critiques
on its site. The system will bring what Amazon thinks are more accurate reviews to the top
The algorithm will improve over time, Amazon told technology site Cnet. Its first effects may not be visible for some time as the work only began on Friday.
Customer reviews have become the cornerstone of trust in the online shopping world. Where users cannot see in person what the products are like before they buy them,
the ratings and reviews of users who have bought supposedly them before can make or break a product.
Can you trust that five star review? That means marketers have taken to attempting to influence star ratings,
especially in the initial stages of a product going on sale on any particular site. They post fake, inflationary reviews or pay users to do so on their behalf.
The practice known as stroturfingfake grassroots campaigns is widespread across a variety of sites and services.
Amazon, as one of the world largest online retailers, is a significant target. But Amazon also indicated that its system will be capable of differentiating between original products
The reviews of the fixed product will be used to outweigh older ones of the broken product to create a more consistent and useful rating of the product users would receive now.
To maintain user trust, more and more sites that host user reviews will have to implement smarter and smarter systems to prevent abuse.
Amazon AI-based system will be watched closely by both competitors and creators. If it works it could end astroturfing as we know it today
The software uses Brain computer interface (BCI) to transform raw brain signals into human emotions, which are displayed then as words through the mobile app.
The app was created in a partnership between Russian digital communications agency Adwatch Isobar, Russian stroke foundation ORBI,
and mobile software developers Yarr!.According to the World Heart Federation, stroke is the second leading cause of disability worldwide.
and studied brain-computer interface technologies, we knew for sure that this was a task we could complete.
With this app, we analyze data from Emotive EPOC and transform it in a simple and clear form.
I. am. here for ios and Android translates BCI data into human language and gives opportunity to go through all history of communication between paralyzed people and their relatives.
For Alexey Fedorov creative director Adwatch Isobar, the I. am. here app is just a start. e believe that the product wee developed is just the first step along the great road of discovery,
Their flagship product has features familiar to the ubiquitous smartphone. The Grillo Active contains an accelerometer, Wi-fi and GPS.
But how will it work? The efficacy of a system relies on sensor placement. In wide areas, the more sensors installed, generally, the better.
algorithms that take into account nearby faults and other factors to broadcast a warning of affected areas, estimated intensities and apparent epicenter.
and relayed back and forth through the Internet, removing the need for a separate infrastructure. The Grillo dashboard neatly puts together sensor data on a map
and recorded activity is easily accessible. Doubts toward sensitivity thresholds in accelerometers (compared to calibrated scientific instruments)
and Wi-fi speed and reliability beg to be asked. But Grillo, which means ricket, thinks outside the box and uses something we already widely used to do something greater.
People who participate will receive a smart card which they will swipe at a water dispenser just like a Westerner getting cash from an ATM MACHINE.
so it shouldn come as a surprise that French company Spinali Design has created a smart bikini to help women monitor sun exposure responsibly.
Alerts are sent to the user smartphone device to remind them to reapply sunscreen or get out of the sun altogether,
the sensor alerts the partner smartphone when the bikini wearer needs some help applying sunscreen.
From conception and design to use through realization, Spinali is quoted with saying on the company website.
Both products enable users to download and use the Spinali app. For more promotional videos and demonstrations of how the sensor is attached to the suit,
check out the Spinali Youtube channel. Spinali Desig S
#See Your Morning Updates Reflected On Data-Personalizable Mirror Mirrormirror wants to fundamentally change the nature of your morning preparations by taking a standard medium-sized mirror and bringing it into the future.
At the base of the frame, a display can be placed over the reflection. This display will show updates chosen by the user from social media and the Internet,
such as posts by friends, meeting reminders or a weather report. Features of the mirror include facial recognition, gesture comprehension, a webcam, speech-to-text recognition,
and a durable screen that doesn interfere with the mirror reflectiveness. The user interacts with Mirrormirror using gestures
and speech commands to program it. The display layout is equally personalizable allowing a user to set updates at the top, weather and news at the bottom,
and a space for communication with family along one side or any other configuration they need.
A business could install Mirrormirror to communicate team-wide messaging or display the month event calendar at all times.
The mirror also allows users to set a space to handwrite notes to other users with the tip of a finger.
Mirrormirror created their first prototype in 36 hours from a simple design with plywood, an old monitor,
and acrylic screen. It displayed the weather time, and a feed of Reddit factoids. The second prototype featured an aluminum frame and a one way glass, with greatly improved visibility and responsiveness.
Mirrormirror creators have announced no timeline for further development, but are committed to bringing the device to market after further development and testing iterations.
They encourage anybody interested in this next step in home electronics to sign up for their newsletter and receive updates on the project progress e
#Mastercard is experimenting with facial scans and fingerprints to authorize online purchases Soon, you may be able to complete your online shopping by snapping a selfie.
Mastercard has partnered with smartphone makers and is finalizing plans with a major bank to launch the experimental trial,
which will be limited to 500 users. If all goes well, however, the credit card company plans on launching the technology for the public.
stare at your phone and blink once. The blink the security feature to make sure someone not just holding up a photograph.
Mastercard won maintain the data of your fingerprint or the facial scan. The fingerprint scan will be saved as a code on your phone,
and the facial scan will convert your face into a numerical code that sent to Mastercard.
and remain safe on the company computer servers. Mastercard also plans on trying out voice recognition to approve purchases:
check out by talking to your phone. Current Mastercard customers use a ecurecode, or a traditional password for online purchases.
There no data on the number of times customers forgot or lost their passwords, though.
The SALT lamp can also connect to a smartphone. The lamp will charge phones and is stressed to be used in critical situations.
NTT Docomo, is a Japanese telecommunications company that unveiled a smartphone that will allow you to shop with your eyes only.
NTT Docomo summer lineup of mobile phones featured tech giants like Sony and Samsung. But what stood out from the sea of gadgets was the Arrow NX F-04g that uses iris recognition to make payments when you shop.
This is the first ever smartphone with such a feature. The only smartphone that comes close to this technology is Apple finger authentication.
For smartphone users who end to forget passwords when shopping online, the iris recognition feature eliminates these problems altogether.
The phone owner simply looks at the front-facing camera to unlock their phone and start sending payments.
Nevertheless, one should not underestimate this smartphone as a mere tool for mobile shopping. The Arrow NX F-04g comes with a 5. 2-inch Quadhd screen with a 2, 560 x 1, 440 display resolution.
It is packed with an octa-core processor, 3gb of RAM and 32 GB internal storage.
Based on these specs, it will give the mobile front runners a run for their money. Additionally back in 2010, NTT Docomo introduced a prototype that uses the eye sensor system to help users navigate their phones with eye movement.
According to Telegraph UK, the earphones are made with special electrodes that will ick up the moment of the eyeand this process is called electrooculogram.
A mobile phone will then be programmed to interpret the results and translate it into commands. Hence, the phone user can answer a call,
make a call, switch music tracks, increase or decrease volume by looking left or right or by rotating the eyes in a clockwise direction.
Linking phone usage and human eyes is something that NTT Docomo has been working on for a while now.
The company aims to find clever ways to use mobile phones for today and for the future
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