Bio-Inspired Camera Mimics the Human Eye
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Bio-Inspired Camera Mimics the Human Eye

Penn State researchers have created a new device that produces images by mimicking the red, green, and blue photoreceptors and neural network found in the human eye. Adjunct research at Penn State's Department of Materials Science and Engineering [more…]

Odor Stimulation in Virtual Reality
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Odor Stimulation in Virtual Reality

A group of biomedical and mechanical engineers from City University of Hong Kong collaborated with two colleagues from Beihang University and a colleague from Shandong University to develop a system for transmitting olfactory stimuli in virtual reality. [more…]

TikTok Spotted by Canadian Privacy Service
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TikTok Spotted by Canadian Privacy Service

Canadian privacy regulators have launched an investigation into TikTok over concerns about its collection of users' data. The video sharing platform, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, was scrutinized for fear of sharing information with Beijing. Canada [more…]

Can Robots Do Better Than Skilled Waiters?
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Can Robots Do Better Than Skilled Waiters?

Researchers at the Munich Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), affiliated with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have developed a model that allows a robot to serve tea and coffee more quickly and safely than humans. [more…]