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For those of you who have been waiting anxiously for my return to THEI or if you did not even realized that I have been AWOL from posting for awhile, I just want you to know – like a bad penny. . . I’m back!
For those of you who have been waiting anxiously for my return to THEI or if you did not even realized that I have been AWOL from posting for awhile, I just want you to know – like a bad penny. . . I’m back!
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From Phys.org
December 18, 2012 by Carol Ness
What if robots and humans, working together, were able to perform tasks in surgery and manufacturing that neither can do alone?
That’s the question driving new research by UC Berkeley robotics experts Ken Goldberg and Pieter Abbeel and colleagues from four other universities, who were awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Their work is part of the first $50 million in funding for the National Robotics Initiative, announced in 2011 with the goal of exploring how robots can enhance the work of humans rather than replacing them, “The emerging generation of robots are more aware than oblivious, more social than solitary, and more like companions that tools,” . . .”Read Complete Report
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(50X) Autonomously folding a pile of 5 previously-unseen towels
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Photo: Jellyfish or surveillance robot? Well this time it’s a Mediterranean jellyfish. CREDIT: Intandem SOURCE: Wikipedia (Public Domain)
from SunHerald.com
Published: October 23, 2012
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY — Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — An eel undulating through coastal waters, powered by batteries and checking for mines. A jellyfish is actually a surveillance robot, powered by the atoms around it. Fins pick up intelligence while propelling a robot bluegill sunfish.
The Office of Naval Research is supporting baby steps toward making those visions of the future a reality. For instance, the jellyfish work in Texas and Virginia is focused on how the creatures move in water, and how to mimic or even surpass their abilities. The robojellyfish is currently tethered to hydrogen and oxygen tanks, and ONR project manager Robert Brizzolara said he doesn’t plan to try making it move autonomously yet. . . . Read Complete Report
Photo: First reconstruction of Neanderthal man. CREDIT: Hermann Schaaffhausen SOURCE Wikimedia Commons
from eurekalert.org
Public release date: 13-Aug-2012
Contact: Genevieve Maul
Genevieve.maul@admin.cam.ac.uk
44-122-376-5542
University of Cambridge
Findings point to common ancestry to explain genetic similarities
New research raises questions about the theory that modern humans and Neanderthals at some point interbred, known as hybridisation. The findings of a study by researchers at the University of Cambridge suggests that common ancestry, not hybridisation, better explains the average 1-4 per cent DNA that those of European and Asian descent (Eurasians) share with Neanderthals. It was published today, 13 August, in the journal PNAS.
In the last two years, a number of studies have suggested that modern humans and Neanderthals had at some point interbred. Genetic evidence shows that on average Eurasians and Neanderthals share between 1-4 per cent of their DNA. In contrast, Africans have almost none of the Neanderthal genome. The previous studies concluded that these differences could be explained by hybridisation which occurred as modern humans exited Africa and bred with the Neanderthals who already inhabited Europe. . . . Read Complete Report
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Broadcast (2003) In 1848 a strange skull was discovered on the military outpost of Gibraltar. It was undoubtedly human, but also had some of the heavy features of an ape.. . . . Read Complete text posted on youtube.
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