Research and development takes robots and automation into new territory
...tive techniques that include the use of artificial intelligence and progress to less human supervision," states Te... to gain from improvements in robotics. Artificial intelligence is expected to pave the way for a radical scenario where robots will not only help humans in mechani...Virginia Tech inventions, creations can improve lives
... ease of integration of other circuit elements for intelligence and control, and improved heat dissipation. There were eight patents awarded for materials and sensors. Electrical engineers and aerospace and ocean engineers joined forces to invent a "Fiber optic wall shear stress sensor" (6,426,796). Surface frict...Carnegie Mellon, NASA to develop robot illustrating how to seek life on distant planets
...an increasingly capable robot will use sensing and intelligence to find land forms or environmental conditions that could harbor life." This year, the team will be using an autonomous, solar-powered robot named Hyperion to determine the optimum design, software and instrumentation for a new robot that will be us...Brain imaging study sheds light on inner workings of human intelligence
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 13, 2003 -- Human intelligence is like a mental juggling act in which the smartes... the study was that participants with higher fluid intelligence were better able to respond correctly despite the interference from the 'lure' items and they appear...Genetics, genes and intelligence
...psin D exon 2 polymorphism associated with general intelligence in a healthy older population." A Payton (1), F Ho...ne, Salford, Greater Manchester M6 8HD, UK General intelligence is a heritable trait that is a risk factor for both the onset of dementia and the rate of cognitive ......an and machine. But what does a leading artificial intelligence expert--the world's first computer science PhD--th...to Holland, the problem with developing artificial intelligence through things like genetic algorithms is that researchers don't yet understand how to define what c...Cognitive abilities increase significantly with time in most prematurely born children
... normal range on tests of verbal comprehension and intelligence by age 8. "We believe that this is very important ...ised (a test of verbal comprehension) and Wechsler intelligence scales when they reached 3, 4 , 6, and 8 years of age. Most of the children improved significantly ...Artificial intelligence, swimmer detectors, and blast resistant structures
...ll fund a program to address the use of artificial intelligence and intelligence agents in gathering massive amounts of information, and enabling us to work in such information envi...Folding@home scientists report first distributed computing success
...or everything from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) to the design of new therapeutic drugs. Now, for the first time, a distributed computing experiment has produced significant results that have been published in a scientific journal. Writing in the advanced online edition of Nature magazine, S...From moon rocks to space food: UH research spans 40 years
...iative focusing on developing advanced distributed intelligence and new materials for use in the next generation of aircraft and aerospace vehicles. UH researchers will be working to improve flight and mechanical performance and safety of future aircraft and spacecraft, as well as fabricating new nanomaterials fo...Illinois lands research center for advanced water purification
...is and the director of the new center. "There are intelligence reports saying that within a decade or two, water -- not food or fuel -- will be the most serious shortage the world faces." According to the United Nations, an estimated 1 billion people do not have access to clean, fresh water. Each year, 5 millio...Science picks - leads, feeds and story seeds
...ther satellites and more than 880,000 declassified intelligence satellite photographs. Check out the register at: http://edc.usgs.gov/archive/nslrsda/overview.html Jon Campbell ( joncampbell@usgs.gov ) 703-648-4460 BIG Ice Cubes and Plenty of Water As Alaska's Hubbard Glacier - North America's largest tidewate...UCSD researchers fabricate tiny 'smart dust' particles
...thing that's as small as a piece of dust with some intelligence built into it so that it could be inconspicuously stuck to paint on a wall or to the side of a truck or dispersed into cloud of gas to detect toxic chemicals or biological materials," says Michael J. Sailor, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry ...Cambodian government creates 1,000,000-acre protected area
...ea management, as well as training, patrolling and intelligence gathering. Until recently, the Cardamoms were slated for logging. But in January 2001, CI secured a deal with the Cambodian government to ban commercial logging in the Cardamoms while it worked with the Department of Forestry and Wildlife to justi...Large brains not required? Third and smallest skull of 'first Eurasians' reported in Science
...t of Africa. According to this scenario, increased intelligence enabled these early humans to adapt to new environments. The new skull's small brain size "suggests that enlargement of the brain was not the only reason to leave Africa. My feeling is there should be a combination of reasons, not just one reason, th......ware uses machine-learning methods from artificial intelligence research, called genetic algorithms, to iteratively generate, test, and adopt or discard ecological niche descriptions, thereby evolving robust sets of models. Secondly, analyzing the effects of climate change on each separate species results in thou...Early malnutrition and parasitic infections reduce cognitive ability later in childhood
...ion. The children were assessed using the Wechsler intelligence scale for children-revised (WISC-R), which is a widely accepted test for measuring cognitive ability and intelligence. After adjusting for socio-economic status and schooling, the researchers found that by age 9, children who were severely stunted in...Iron supplements help African children learn to walk and talk
...among infants and toddlers, as well as on tests of intelligence and cognitive function among preschool and school-age children. The study was carried out in a population exposed to numerous health risks, including widespread malnutrition and infection by Plasmodium falciparum (the cause of the most serious form o......ce. Crows are social, highly cognitive birds whose intelligence is up there with dogs." "Crow vigilance is based on the opportunity to steal food," said James Ha. "The over-riding factor in their vigilance behavior is 'who's got food I can steal,' not 'is there a predator lurking around.' It has been dogma that ...... broad spectrum of impairment, ranging from normal intelligence and good basic language skills to significant intellectual deficits and little or no language. A common diagnostic scheme for assessing the complex social and communication deficits that constitute key features of the disorder has been a critical pre...