Soft but Strong – New Inexpensive Robot Muscles
Scientists are increasingly designing robots using soft materials that more closely resemble biological systems… Continue reading Soft but Strong – New Inexpensive Robot Muscles
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Indie games could suffer without Net Neutrality, devs say
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday, Dec. 14, to undo government regulations that ensured the internet remained an open utility for all. Continue reading Indie games could suffer without Net Neutrality, devs say
Nokia 2 Sales Begin in the US, Nokia 6 Gets Performance Update
Nokia 2, the cheapest offering in the portfolio of Nokia smartphones by HMD Global, is now available for purchase in the US. The handset was debuted in the US last month with a price tag of $99. Continue reading Nokia 2 Sales Begin in the US, Nokia 6 Gets Performance Update
Computers Can Now Read Your Body Language
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have enabled a computer to understand the body poses and movements of multiple people from video in real time – including, for the first time, the pose of each individual’s fingers. This new method was developed with the help of the Panoptic Studio, a two-story dome embedded with 500 video cameras. The insights gained from experiments in that facility now make it possible to detect the pose of a group of people using a single camera and a laptop computer. Yaser Sheikh, associate professor of robotics, said these methods for tracking 2-D human … Continue reading Computers Can Now Read Your Body Language
Smart Speaker Called The Cops
The always-listening feature of smart speakers may be considered by some as an invasion of privacy, but in an incident involving such a device in New Mexico, it helped break up a domestic violence case before it took a turn for the worse. The smart home device, initially reported as the Google Home but later updated as the device was apparently a different one, informed authorities of an assault case, allowing the police to step in and rescue a woman and her daughter. Smart Speaker Calls Police In Domestic Violence Case According to an ABC News report, Eduardo Barros was … Continue reading Smart Speaker Called The Cops