Most people who have seen movies such as Star Wars, Terminator,Transformers, Surrogates, Bicentennial Man and The Matrix may believe that robots and computers will soon rule over, or even eliminate,…
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Imagine being asked to submit your birth certificate to your employer by the end of the day. Most people would typically have to rummage through piles of files at home…
Playing computer games may help researchers build a quantum computer Think about this. You may want to play a computer game, learn about physics and simultaneously help researchers build a…
The wealthier a country is, the more likely the Internet will be up and running at all times. In other parts, it “sleeps”, almost like a living creature, researchers studying…
Computer modelling of the human eye, the brain of a rat and a robot could revolutionise advances in neuroscience and new technology, says a QUT leading robotics researcher. Michael Milford…
Simultaneously using mobile phones, laptops and other media devices could be changing the structure of our brains, according to new University of Sussex research. A study published on 24 September…
Cloud computing involves displacing data storage and processing from the user’s computer on to remote servers. It can provide users with more storage space and computing power that they can…
Several years ago, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers created a technology-enhanced glove that can teach beginners how to play piano melodies in 45 minutes. Now they’ve advanced the same wearable…
Smartphones may be smarter than you think. Our cellphones actually reflect the personal microbial world of their owners, with potential implications for their use as bacterial and environmental sensors, according…
Facelock, a newly-proposed password alternative, based on the psychology of face recognition, could put an end to forgotten passwords, suggests a report published in the open-access journal PeerJ on 23 June. Facelock…