If Personal Robots Were Cuter
SCIENCE

If Personal Robots Were Cuter

At the Media Lab, a research scientist named Sharifa Alghowinem is researching personal robot technology that can explain emotions in both English and Arabic. Research science at the Personal Robotics Group (PRG) at the MIT Media Lab [more…]

Fluxonium Qubit Record in the Quantum State
Computers

Fluxonium Qubit Record in the Quantum State

The researchers present a fluxonium qubit that can maintain its quantum state for 1,43 milliseconds, ten times longer than the system's previous record. Vladimir Manucharyan and his friends predicted that 2019 will come true. the quantum state for about 100 microseconds. [more…]

Bio-Inspired Camera Mimics the Human Eye
Computers

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
Computers

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…]