Items tagged with artificial

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Extreme Makeover: Computer Science Edition Thursday, November 13th, 2008 - 16:15:10 - Anuradha Menon A group of Stanford University researchers specializing in artificial intelligence have developed software that makes such a switch relatively... read more

First Fully Functional Artificial Heart Saturday, November 1st, 2008 - 14:34:03 - Anuradha Menon For all the bad news in medicine today -- studies that cell phones might cause cancer, or that widely used flame retardants could have dire effects... read more

MIT Engineers Mass-Produce Smell Receptors Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - 09:08:47 - Iddo Genuth MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial... read more

Bone that Blends into Tendons Sunday, August 31st, 2008 - 12:28:58 - Anuradha Menon Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as... read more

Smart Future for Swarming Robots Sunday, August 10th, 2008 - 20:09:27 - Ehud Rattner Swarms of robots could one day be exploring space or doing dangerous jobs on Earth, say researchers. Promising prototypes of co-operating robots were... read more

Human Visual System be a Powerful Computer? Friday, July 25th, 2008 - 18:17:20 - Anuradha Menon Since the idea of using DNA to create faster, smaller, and more powerful computers originated in 1994, scientists have been scrambling to develop... read more

Shoal of Robot Fish Casts a Wider Net Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 - 09:59:18 - Ehud Rattner Robotic fish with flapping fins and tails have been programmed to swim in a school by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle. They... read more

Artificial Photosynthesis Getting Closer Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 - 18:59:57 - Ehud Rattner Julich scientists have made an important step on the long road to artificially mimicking photosynthesis. They were able to synthesise a stable... read more

A Wearable Artificial Kidney Developed Thursday, February 28th, 2008 - 23:50:25 - Iddo Genuth The world's first battery-operated wearable artificial kidney may well be a boon for the millions of people around the world who suffer from kidney... read more

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