Technology

Do Brain Training Programs Work?

The effectiveness of brain-training games depends on what outcome you're hoping to achieve. Shutterstock By Jared Cooney Horvath, University of Melbourne Over the last decade, an ever-growing number of brain-training programs claiming to enhance lear ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 4 2015 - 10:16am

3-D Bio-Printing Makes Artificial Blood Vessels

Micro-imprinting and electro-spinning techniques have led to the ability to create a vascular graft composed of three layers and this tri-layer composite means the ability utilize separate materials that respectively possess mechanical strength and promote ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2015 - 6:18pm

How Accurately Do Lab-Grown Cells Model Human Disease?

Cell cultures are good for broad biology and medical research, they can help eliminate a lot of broad concerns, but they are not a faithful mimic of real tissue. For the foreseeable future, though the public thinks animal testing is unnecessary, it really ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2015 - 10:31am

Social Robot Has Emotion And Memory

A prototype of a social robot has been developed with an eye toward supporting independent living for the elderly, in partnership with their relatives or carers. It's based on the art service platform called Care-O-bot® 3 and works within a smart-home ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 9:00am

Alicia App Cuts Medication Errors In Half

An app called Alicia, which has been adapted to iPhone, iPad and Android, is able to help patients over 65 years with multiple pathologies to administer their own medication at home. The Alicia app has been tested on 99 patients from Alicante and was able ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 8:30am

Science 2.0: Progressive Training Deep Convolutional Neural Network Understands Sentiment In Images

When Twitter began, they wanted to limit to 140 characters to conserve bandwidth. So users ironically (because it led to more bandwidth usage) began circumventing that by using images. Those are worth 1,000 words, according to now=popular wisdom from Frede ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 12:05pm

Upgraded Raspberry Pi Offers Windows And Linux

Raspberry Pi 2. Raspberry Pi By Simon J Cox and Steven Johnston The Raspberry Pi has been a great success, selling millions since launch in 2012 and igniting hobbyists' imagination everywhere. The Pi is a tiny computer at a tiny price, but now the ar ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 7 2015 - 12:30pm

Smart Insulin Automatically Adjusts Blood Sugar For 14 Hours

For patients with type 1 diabetes, the daily routine involves constantly monitoring blood sugar and judging when and how much insulin to self-inject. A miscalculation or lapse in regimen can cause blood sugar levels to rise too high (hyperglycemia)- which ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 9 2015 - 6:18pm

HYPER: Neurorobotics And VR Prototype Can Speed Up Physical Rehabilitation

People who suffer motor disability may soon get a high-technology boost from neurorobotics, neuroprosthetics and virtual reality. The HYPER research project, with a budget of 5 million euros and the participation of the IK4 R&D Alliance under the coord ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2015 - 12:00pm

Oscars: The Science Behind Award-Winning Trees And Tresses

DreamWorks Animation Foliage System "trees" in "How To Train Your Dragon." Courtesy of DreamWorks Animations By Emilie Lorditch, Inside Science ...

Article - Inside Science - Feb 17 2015 - 9:00am