Technology

Uncanny Valley? Mask-Bot Robot Has A Human Face

Mask-Bot, which looks somewhat like a real person (your uncanny valley sense notwithstanding) is actually the prototype of a new robot face that a team at the Institute for Cognitive Systems (ICS) at TU München has developed in collaboration with a group ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2011 - 12:41pm

Millions Of Dollars To Build A Computer From The 1830s? Yes, Please

Some folks in Britain want to spend 10 years and millions of dollars to build a computer that goes really, really slow- and I think it's a great idea. I partly think it's a great idea because it is not Americans spending millions of dollars, the ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 10 2011 - 8:21pm

BrainNavigator Wants To Speed Neurological Research

Elsevier announced new features for its online research tool BrainNavigator, adding new content and functionality to give researchers additional tools to accelerate their research.  BrainNavigator is an online, interactive, 3D software tool for the applic ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 15 2011 - 12:31pm

VocalWall- Vocal Private Message On Facebook

VocalWall LTD has released a tool to post private vocal messages on Facebook and other social networks. Traditionally, text messaging has been the sole form of private communication.  ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 15 2011 - 3:30pm

Modeling Relationships In Social Networks- A Waypoint On The Science 2.0 Road?

A group of researchers has created a model they say can identify and predict how multiple relationships form in social networks. The nuance, they say, is that multiple, distinct types of relationships often occur among users of the same network and existin ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2011 - 3:30pm

Top Ten Gadgets Of 2011

Sheesh, it isn't even Thanksgiving but companies are already advertising Top Ten Lists?  When will it end?  There are still 37 shopping days until Christmas but T he Sunday Times already has its top ten gadgets of 2011 list up. Compiled by their tech ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2011 - 10:11am

Lessons NASA Can Learn From The Internet

I am sure it is old news to most if not all of Science 2.0's readers that NASA recruited Vint Cerf to help adapt Internet technology to space mission communications in 2000; and that they successfully tested a new protocol in 2008. I have no doubt th ...

Article - Michael Martinez - Mar 9 2012 - 1:54am

Degrees of separation

New Scientist tells us about Facebook’s analysis of the “friend” relationships in their social network. “Only four degrees of separation, says Facebook,” goes the New Scientist headline. Here’s their summary: A few months ago, we reported that a Yahoo tea ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Nov 23 2011 - 2:37pm

Anti-theft?

The navigation system in my car has an anti-theft feature that’s interesting, in that it relies entirely on a sort of herd immunity. The system is installed in the car’s dashboard, so it’s somewhat involved to pull it out. Easy for a pro, to be sure, but ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Nov 26 2011 - 10:30am

No Haz-Mat Suit? Send In The Insect Cyborgs

Energy harvested from insects may take the utility of miniature cyborgs to the next level. Researchers say they can now harvest the insect's biological energy from either its body heat or movements, and the device converts the kinetic energy from wing ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2011 - 2:00pm