A new breed of robots: biological plasmobots. This will be interresting to watch …
They’re not exactly there yet, the researchers just got the funds they requested for building these plasmobots.
The material they’ll be using to build these robots is a non-silicon vegetative type of slime mold called plasmodium.
The robot’s objective will be to transport tiny objects between two points along preprogrammed paths by sensing objects and finding the shortest way possible. These guys will be controlled by light and electromagnetic fields.
A UCLA researcher worked on a hack to a cellphone which can image blood cells instantly using off-the-shelf camera sensor, an LED as filtered light source and custom software. Read more…
In a recent research at UC Berkeley, scientists have created and revealed new metamaterials structured like a fishnet which have the ability to bend near-infrared light. The metamaterials are constructed in a multilayered manner and exhibits negative refractive index, allowing three dimensional invisibility for the first time. Read more…
A proof-of-concept demonstration of a project to use automated facial expression recognition to make robots more effective teachers has made a computer science Ph.D student’s face function as a remote control. In this experiment, his facial expression is being detected to control the speed of video playback.
In a recent pilot study, it is demonstrated that facial expressions that people make while watching video lectures can be used to predict a person’s preferred viewing speed of the video.
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