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Researchers Discover Pokemon Takes Up Own Region of the Brain
Pokemon “Experts” Have Different Brains Researchers from Stanford University have discovered that Pokemon fans have developed a unique cluster of brain cells. This is only the size of a pea, located behind the ear, but it is specifically for recognizing the hundreds of available Pokemon characters. Perhaps a timely research…
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New AI Detects Whether People are Gay or Straight from Photos
A new study out of Stanford University found that computer AI algorithm can be a very effective “Gay-dar”. Just from purely looking at photos of faces, the AI ascertained gay from straight men 81% of the time. It is also able to have a 74% success rate in determining straight…
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Stanford Built Wind Tunnel For Birds to Develop Better Drones
When it comes to flight, birds are the kings, able to easily navigate both rural and urban environments in a variety of weather conditions with relative ease, something that man-made flying craft still struggle with. While we may know a lot about birds from studying them biologically, Stanford University has…
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MicroTug Microrobots Capable of Pulling Full-Size Car
There are times where working together can create results vastly in excess of multiple individual efforts. This kind of collaborative effort was the approach taken by a number of Stanford University researchers when they developed a series of amazingly strong microbots. By working together in perfect harmony, it took only…
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NVIDIA Debuts Latest Light Field VR Headset Prototype at VRLA
In August last year, we reported that NVIDIA, in partnership with Stanford University, was developing its own VR headset that intended to push beyond existing stereoscopic technology. Now, at the recent Virtual Reality LA (VRLA) expo, NVIDIA has demonstrated its most recent prototype, dubbed Light Field VR. A user goes…
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Toyota to Invest $1 Billion in AI and Robotics
Toyota have a history in investment in investing in research, investing $50 million already this year. Now Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp announced that the company would be setting aside $1 billion in order to establish a new R&D department, known as the Toyota Research Department. Based close…
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Stanford University and NVIDIA Working on Depth of Field VR Headset
The major players in the virtual reality headset market have based their gear on stereoscopic technology – splitting images into two, one for each eye, to simulate 3D visuals – but a new joint initiative by Stanford University and GPU maker NVIDIA, under the banner Magic Leap, is hoping to…
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Engineers Create Computer That Operates Through Water Droplets
US researchers have developed a novel new computer that uses water to transmit information. Unlike normal computers that use electrons, this synchronous computer uses magnetised water droplets to do everything a conventional computer can do, thanks to its universal logic gates. The only downside is that it is much slower…
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Miniature Robot Can Pull 2,000 Its Own Weight
A team of engineers from Stanford University in California have built a series of “MicroTugs”, tiny robots capable of dragging objects substantially heavier than they are, the strongest of which can pull up to 2,000 times its own weight, despite weighing only 12 grams. The robots’ pulling power comes from…
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Extremely Thin Coating Could Keep Buildings Cool During Summer
How do you keep buildings cool? Right now, there’s not much you can do apart from crank the air conditioning and close the blinds – but thanks to some researchers from Stanford University, we could see a new solution cool things down considerably. The researchers are currently working on a…
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SupraPed Humanoid Robot Uses Walking Sticks to Navigate Tough Terrain
Stanford University researchers revealed more information about its SupraPed humanoid robot, described as humanoid contact-supported locomotion that can be used for 3D unstructured environments. SupraPed is being worked on by Shu-Yun Chung and Oussama Khatib, and can provide a great platform to provide additional stability for bipedal robots. In difficult…
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