Technology

A Smart Use For A.I.- Improving Wine Price Prediction

The price fluctuation of fine wines can now be predicted more accurately using a novel artificial intelligence approach. The method could be used to help fine wine investors make more informed decisions about their portfolios and encourage non-wine invest ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2015 - 7:58am

Fitbit For Cows Could Detect Disease Sooner

By Brian Owens, Inside Science-- Wearable fitness monitors are all the rage among humans right now, but they are also spreading among farm animals. Researchers hope the devices can help keep herds of beef cows healthy. Karin Orsel, a veterinary epidemiolo ...

Article - Inside Science - Aug 10 2015 - 10:00am

Developing A Better Flu Vaccine

Researchers say they have developed a method that could make a nasal spray flu vaccine effective for those under two and over 49- two groups for which the vaccine is not approved. By studying the weakened flu virus that is the basis for the nasal spray va ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2015 - 7:30am

What Can You Believe In An Open Access Journal World?

It’s never been easy for readers to know what to believe in academic research. The entire history of science publishing has been riddled with controversy and debate from its very beginning when Hobbes and Boyle, scientists at the Royal Society in London, ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 11 2015 - 8:01am

Machine Learning? No, Machine Teaching

Human learning is a complex, sometimes mysterious process. Most of us have had experiences where we have struggled to learn something new, but also times when we've picked something up nearly effortlessly. What if a fusion of computer science and psy ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2015 - 4:13pm

Found: 11 Security Flaws In Popular Internet Browsers

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing developed a new cyber security analysis method that discovered 11 previously unknown Internet browser security flaws. Their findings were honored with the Internet Defense Prize, an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2015 - 7:30am

A Brain-computer Interface For Controlling An Exoskeleton

Scientists working have developed a brain-computer control interface for a lower limb exoskeleton by decoding specific signals from within the user's brain using an electroencephalogram (EEG) cap. The system allows users to move forwards, turn left a ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2015 - 5:51pm

Processing Changes Could Lead To Better-tasting Grocery Store Tomatoes

Tomato lovers rejoice: Adding or rearranging a few simple steps in commercial processing could dramatically improve the flavor of this popular fruit sold in the grocery store, according to researchers. "Ideally, tomatoes should be picked ripe and the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2015 - 7:30am

Turning Breath Into Words For Paralysis Victims

A new device transforms paralysis victims’ breath into words. Billed as a tool to help bring back the art of conversation for sufferers of severe paralysis and loss of speech, the prototype analyses changes in breathing patterns and converts ‘breath signal ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 12:13pm

Artificial Intelligence: It's Time To Talk About What Emotions We Want AI To Have

Forget the Turing and Lovelace tests on artificial intelligence: I want to see a robot pass the Frampton Test. Let me explain why rock legend Peter Frampton enters the debate on AI. For many centuries, much thought was given to what distinguishes humans f ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 30 2015 - 9:00am