by andy@homeAI | Jun 29, 2015 | News Stories
Computer learning system detects emotional context in text messages Despite the use of smiley faces and exclamation points, it is all too easy to misinterpret sarcasm, humor, irony or determination in a text or email message. That may all change thanks to the efforts...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 25, 2015 | News Stories
Breakthrough graphene production could trigger revolution in artificial skin development A pioneering new technique to produce high-quality, low cost graphene could pave the way for the development of the first truly flexible ‘electronic skin’, that could...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 25, 2015 | News Stories
Computer vision and mobile technology could help blind people 'see' Computer scientists are developing new adaptive mobile technology which could enable blind and visually-impaired people to ‘see’ through their smartphone or tablet. Funded by a...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 24, 2015 | News Stories
What your clothes may literally say about you Moving closer to the possibility of “materials that compute” and wearing your computer on your sleeve, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering have designed a responsive hybrid...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 23, 2015 | News Stories
Iris recognition gives smartphone users more security options, expert says Japan has developed a new smartphone with iris recognition, and a Clarkson University professor says she expects the technology to be available in the United States in the near future....
by andy@homeAI | Jun 23, 2015 | News Stories
Robot controlled remotely with thoughts For someone suffering from paralysis or limited mobility, visiting with other people is extremely difficult. A team of researchers at the Defitech Foundation Chair in Brain-Machine Interface (CNBI), headed by José del R. Millán,...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 22, 2015 | News Stories
Car of the future: Autonomous, or cooperative The self-driving car has strong potential for improving traffic flow, road safety, and reducing the environmental impact of traffic. But only if it is designed to communicate with other cars and smart road systems. Not all...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 22, 2015 | News Stories
Micro-tentacles created so tiny robots can handle delicate objects The tiny tube circled an ant’s thorax, gently trapping the insect and demonstrating the utility of a microrobotic tentacle developed by Iowa State University engineers. “Most robots use two...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 20, 2015 | Company News
Another major update on our site, hopefully you can see the different. We have changed the main directory page to include descriptions of each of the categories. Updated the home page with some additional links. Added links to sub categories on the category page....
by andy@homeAI | Jun 19, 2015 | News Stories
Carrying a table together with a semi-cooperative robot From a robot’s perspective, humans might be considered a nuisance: when robots and humans have to work together, it often leads to problems. Researchers on CogIMon, a new project starting at Bielefeld...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 15, 2015 | News Stories
Squid inspires camouflaging smart materials Researchers from the University of Bristol have shown it is possible to create artificial skin that can be transformed at the flick of a switch to mimic one of nature’s masters of camouflage, the squid. The research...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 14, 2015 | Company News
We have done some updates on a number of pages today, including the algorithms and applications pages, software and tools, introduction, forums, challenges and the robotics pages. There are still more updates to do over the coming days and weeks, but please, we...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 10, 2015 | News Stories
Robot eyes will benefit from insect vision The way insects see and track their prey is being applied to a new robot under development at the University of Adelaide, in the hopes of improving robot visual systems. The project — which crosses the boundaries of...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 10, 2015 | News Stories
Robotic harvesting of broccoli could be coming to a field near you A project involving 3D camera technology currently being developed at the University of Lincoln, UK, could result in a fully automatic robotic harvesting system for broccoli. The University of Lincoln...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 10, 2015 | News Stories
Developing a robot that learns from scratch, like a child Two researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have made a robot that learns like a young child. At least, that’s the idea. The machine starts with nothing — it has...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 9, 2015 | Company Featured News
Still only a few weeks old, but we have been receiving very positive feedback from people, and are constantly adding new links to our directory. Bit by bit over the coming weeks, we will make neurons.ai the best directory of AI information resources, but only with...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 8, 2015 | News Stories
Using Minecraft to unboggle the robot mind Researchers from Brown University are developing a new algorithm to help robots better plan their actions in complex environments. It’s designed to help robots be more useful in the real world, but it’s being...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 7, 2015 | Company News
We have added a category for AI and Entertainment, Films and Music. Initially we have just added a few best of lists, and a summary of the application of AI and Music, but will be adding more over the coming days. Again, feel free to suggest additions via our Add a...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 4, 2015 | News Stories
Planarian regeneration model discovered by artificial intelligence An artificial intelligence system has for the first time reverse-engineered the regeneration mechanism of planaria — the small worms whose extraordinary power to regrow body parts has made them a...
by andy@homeAI | Jun 3, 2015 | News Stories
Helping robots handle uncertainty Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes are a way to model autonomous robots’ behavior in circumstances where neither their communication with each other nor their judgments about the outside world are...
