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Humanoids continue invading |
...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot.
On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves.
This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda... |
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Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming |
...d that there is a necessity for scientific appeal to policy makers. Thus a new committee was called to deal with the issue.
The exploration of both poles will draw the latest technology, including robots and satellites, to make an observation on minor changes in ice thickness. The meetings held on previous polar year sessions were mainly focused on the discovery of Arctic and Antarctic areas, these being largely unexpl... |
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Google is out testing new old features |
...es, but our team had it always in nearly 100 different queries, as, for example vacation, politics, science, service, however and so on. One could actually 'note' the 'click here' query.
Here is a picture of a logged in search for the query 'vacation':
And here is a picture of the same query, though in the signed-out state:
When we press the 'Note this' button, we see that Google has 'Duly noted' the query fo... |
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Men look at face, women look down there |
..., particularly for brain activity of men and women. Presumably women who took hormonal pills were more often focused on genitals and those who took no pills paid their attention to the context of the picture. Although it is known that men would more readily respond to visual stimulation, their concentration is initially less sexually oriented.
Researches suggest, that key to the findings may lie in peculiarities of bra... |
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Digital Photos Testify Against Domestic Abusers |
...issed by Polaroids, and the human eye. Digital photos depict for example cuts on an outstretched hand or bruises that are difficult to notice on the dark complexion skin. When specialists magnify the pictures, there appear other wounds, like tiny cuts and broken capillaries.
By computer, police officers are able to transmit the pictures immediately to a database used by prosecutors of the city. When they used to take P... |
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Overcoming the Culture Shock with a Mobile Phone Game |
...ty of Portsmouth, Nipan Minar is leading the development of a new interactive mobile phone game for students in the UK to help them overcome the culture shock. This is expected to be achieved through pictures of students drinking alcohol or a couple kissing in public, integrated into the game - things not allowed in certain cultures.
The game is called C-Shock and it is being developed by Nipan Minar, who himself arriv... |
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School Cleaner Took Pics of Kids in the Toilet |
... were photographed through the holes of the toilet by a school cleaner.
Adrian Alan Mayne, 31, worked as a school cleaner but seemed to take advantage of his duties after it was found that he took pictures of schoolgirls and female teachers in the toilet. He made a large hole on the floor of the toilet and hid the camera in it to make photos of the intimate parts of the children . More than 90 images were later superi... |
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Microsoft Reached 40 Million Licenses of Vista |
...forward to manufacture products for Windows Home Server. The new software has the goal of helping families with multiple PCs to centralize easier and share with and protect digital content, including pictures, documents, audio and video files.
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Xbox 360 Elite - Accessories and Components |
... output along with a DVD playback.
Detachable 120GB hard drive for Xbox 360 with the help of which gamers are able to save their games as well as a wide range of television shows, movies, music, pictures, trailers, levels, demos that can be found on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
The Wireless Controller of Xbox 360 includes an Xbox Guide Button, so users could use the in-game access to their friends quicker. The control... |
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Robots Assist in Rescuing Disaster Victims |
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Urban search and rescue robots are tested at a special 'Disaster City' training facility according to specific disaster scenarios. The robots will help rescue people in collapsed buildings and train wrecks.
Scientists will test robot performance applying actual training scenarios for emergency responders. Test results are required for improving and developing new usage guides that allow to match specific kinds of robot... |
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Bad Memories Can Be Suppressed If Only You Really Want It |
...search, said that study showed that people can deal with bad memories on their own practicing mental control over and over again.
All the participants were asked to remember 40 different pairs of pictures with faces expressing variety of emotions from neutral ones to highly emotional, like showing crime scenes or car incident. While the pictures were shown, the participants were given a task either to keep in mind the... |
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The Less Online Content - The Better, Study Says |
...wed that people are more likely to focus on the online content with fewer options.
The participants took part in the experiment where their responses were studied while they were watching online pictures. Kevin Wise and Kimberlee Pepple, conducted the study where volunteers were given a task to choose three pictures from six and 24 selection of thumbnails. Researchers then studied participants' heart rates to define ... |
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