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 [...]

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‘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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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