From the Washington University press release by Molly McElroy: As militaries develop autonomous robotic warriors to replace humans on the battlefield, new ethical questions emerge. If a robot in combat has a hardware malfunction or…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: A new Northwestern Medicine brain-machine technology delivers messages from the brain directly to the muscles — bypassing the spinal cord — to enable voluntary and complex movement…
From the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) press release: Consumers are increasingly using MP3 players in their vehicles, and auto makers have responded: Data show that 90% of new vehicles sold in the United…
From the CORDIS Features (formerly ICT Results) press release via AlphaGalileo: Grid computing, long used by physicists and astronomers to crunch masses of data quickly and efficiently, is making the leap into the world of…
From the UC Berkeley press release: People often wonder if computers make children smarter. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are asking the reverse question: Can children make computers smarter? And the answer appears…
From the CORDIS Features press release via AlphaGalileo: In the 2009 film Surrogates, humans live vicariously through robots while safely remaining in their own homes. That sci-fi future is still a long way off, but…
From the University of Calgary press release by Jennifer Myers: Research designed to understand the effect of text messaging on language found that texting has a negative impact on people’s linguistic ability to interpret and…
From the Missouri University of Science and Technology via Newswise: When viewing a website, it takes users less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression, according to recent eye-tracking research conducted at…
From the University of Maryland press release: Though cellphones are usually considered devices that connect people, they may make users less socially minded, finds a recent study from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release via EurekAlert!: The treatment for moderate-to-severe memory impairment could one day include a prescription for a smartphone. Baycrest has published the strongest evidence yet that a…