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Tag Archives: UC Berkeley
Scientists Use Brain Waves To Eavesdrop On What We Hear
The day we can scan a person’s brain and “hear” their inner dialogue just got closer. Scientists at the University [...]
‘Artificial Skin’ Out of California is Over-Hyped (video)
Even the coolest lab work is often years from practical applications. That’s what the media seemingly forgot in regards to [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged artificial skin, hype, pressure sensors, Stanford, UC Berkeley
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Berkeley Won’t Give Personalized Results to Students for Genetic Tests
UC Berkeley sparked a bit of controversy earlier when they announced they would be giving 5000 incoming freshman the option [...]
Breaking News: Willow Garage Announces 11 Winners for its Robot Give Away
Today is a good day to be a robotics engineer. Not only is it the first day of ICRA, it’s [...]
Berkeley Gets Willow Garage Robot to Fold Towels – Simply Stunning Video
Robots just got roped into doing some light housework. Researchers at UC Berkeley used Willow Garage’s PR2 robot to fold [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged ICRA, Maitin-Shepard, open source, open source robotics, Pieter Abbeel, PR2, UC Berkeley, UCB, Willow Garage
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fMRI Reads the Images in Your Brain – We Know What You’re Looking At
If you had to nominate one modern technology as a mind reading device, the fMRI looks like a good bet. [...]
Posted in AI, Singularity
Tagged ATR, brain scans, fmri, Jack Gallant, reading your mind, scanning your mind, Shinji Nishimoto, Thomas Naselaris, UC Berkeley, Yukiyasu Kamitani
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DASH Robot Can Fall Off 28m Building, Keep Running (Video)
Have you ever tried to catch a running cockroach? They’re fast little suckers, and resilient too, which is why scientists [...]
CellScope: Your Cell Phone Just Got a Microscope
I think we need to stop calling them cell phones, because our hand held devices are starting to have more [...]
Posted in Gadgets, Longevity And Health
Tagged Batman, cell phone, Daniel Fletcher, malaria, microscope, TB, tuberculosis, UC Berkeley
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