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All Articles Tagged As: software
 | Dr. Sumeet Dua, the Upchurch Endowed Professor of Computer Science and coordinator of information technology research at Louisiana Tech University, has co-edited a new book on computational modeling methods that can help ophthalmologists develop innovative computer systems to provide critical support and better care options for patients. ...> Full Article |
 | "Brain cap" technology being developed at the University of Maryland allows users to turn their thoughts into motion. Associate Professor of Kinesiology Jose "Pepe" L. Contreras-Vidal and his team have created a noninvasive, sensor-lined cap with neural interface software that soon could be used to control computers, robotic prosthetic limbs, motorized wheelchairs and even digital avatars. ...> Full Article |
Vanderbilt's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) has built and will operate a Web-based collaboration platform for the new National Science Foundation-funded Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual Organization. The CPS-VO aims to bring together researchers, educators and students working in academics, industry and government agencies in a kind of virtual brain trust to foster progress, develop priorities and quickly distribute information in the rapidly emerging field of cyber-physical systems.
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 | Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy announces the release of ROBOTC2.0, a programming language for robots and an accompanying suite of training tools that are easy enough for elementary students to use, but powerful enough for college-level engineering courses. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way, according to a study in the March 3 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. This finding uses a technique that may open new doors for portable brain-computer interface systems. Such a non-invasive system could potentially operate a robotic arm or motorized wheelchair -- a huge advance for people with disabilities or paralysis. ...> Full Article |
 | Electrodes on the surface of the brain show that using imagined movements to control a computer cursor can generate larger-than-life brain signals after less than 10 minutes of training. ...> Full Article |
 | A consortium of European researchers, coordinated by the Computer Vision Centre of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, has developed HERMES, a cognitive computational system consisting of video cameras and software able to recognize and predict human behavior, as well as describe it in natural language. The applications of the Hermes project are numerous and can be used in the fields of intelligent surveillance, protection of accidents, marketing, psychology, etc. ...> Full Article |
 | PhD Engineering student creates a software system that uses a simple webcam to map objects into a digital image. ...> Full Article |
 | A URI engineer has been tripping amputees in a laboratory study that seeks to improve the safety of prosthetic legs by developing a reliable and responsive stumble detection system.
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We see, hear and feel, and make sense of countless diverse, quickly changing stimuli in our environment seemingly without effort. However, doing what our brains do with ease is often an impossible task for computers.
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 | It often takes a pristine look at the iris to pass through some security systems. Today with the help of the Clemson University Image and Video Analysis Lab, systems may just need a wrinkle to verify identity. ...> Full Article |
When the legendary science fiction writer Isaac Asimov penned the "Three Laws of Responsible Robotics," he forever changed the way humans think about artificial intelligence, and inspired generations of engineers to take up robotics. In the current issue of journal IEEE Intelligent Systems, two engineers propose alternative laws to rewrite our future with robots. The future they foresee is at once safer, and more realistic.
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Rutgers research discovery sets direction for decoding large-scale structure of brain
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 | A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning. The UC San Diego researchers used machine learning to "empower" their robot to learn to make realistic facial expressions. "As far as we know, no other research group has used machine learning to teach a robot to make realistic facial expressions," said Tingfan Wu, computer science Ph.D. student, UC San Diego. ...> Full Article |
Operating a computer by thought alone was unimaginable 10 years ago, but this incredible feat is now possible. Financed by the ANR (the French national research agency) OpenViBE is the first French multi-partner project on brain-computer interfaces. With support from INRIA (the French national institute for research in computer science and control) and Inserm (the French national institute of health and medical research), OpenViBE has successfully perfected a free software program with highly promising applications.
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Researchers have come up with a control system that allows a robot to pick up on cues that the leader is about to turn, predict where it is going and follow it.
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 | Students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a "hands-off" approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only their mind. ...> Full Article |
 | New work at nexus of facial expression recognition research and automated tutoring ...> Full Article |
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the brain activity of a monkey has been used to control the real-time walking patterns of a robot halfway around the world, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
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 | Peggy Chun is a popular artist known for her bold watercolor paintings that capture the spirit of her Hawaiian home. But in 2002, the painter was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This debilitating neurological disorder progressively destroys a person's motor neurons. As a victim of this incurable disease, Chun can feel, see, smell, taste, think and imagine, but can no longer move in any way. She is, in the parlance of the medical profession, "locked-in." ...> Full Article |
Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of Leicester researchers have now discovered that, from the firing of this type of neuron, they can tell what a person is actually seeing.
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The bionic eye is one step closer to reality, thanks in part to important research undertaken at Queensland University of Technology.
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 | Scientists are working on intelligent software that will take them a step closer to building the perfect robotic hand. ...> Full Article |
 | Neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely handicapped people who cannot contract even one leg or arm muscle now can independently compose and send e-mails and operate a TV in their homes. They are using only their thoughts to execute these actions. ...> Full Article |
Microsoft develops electronic brain interface that 'learns' what a person wants.
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 | Researchers have developed a new algorithm to help create prosthetic devices that convert brain signals into action in patients who have been paralyzed or had limbs amputated. ...> Full Article |
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