Parkinson’s is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder affecting over 153,000 people in the United Kingdom and 9 million globally. People living with Parkinson’s often find themselves suddenly losing the ability to move their feet or start shuffling their feet as they…
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Technical papers written in the field of wireless sensor networks
Eye-Tracking Technology Provides Information on Sightseeing Tours
The AR Interactive Vehicle Display was developed to assist sightseeing tours by illustrating relevant information on the window glass of the vehicle. Making its debut at CES next week, the technology was developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)…
AI-Assisted Pianos Enable Disabled Performers Play Beethoven
Using an artificial intelligence-powered piano, musicians with disabilities can now perform Beethoven’s symphonies. ‘Anybody’s Piano’, in its bid to assist players, tracks the music notes and augments the performance by adding the required keys that are not pressed. 24-year-old Kiwa…
Study Shows that Social Media Platforms Made Billions from Children and Teens in 2022
According to Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in 2022, the leading social media platforms generated almost $1 billion in combined revenue from users in the U.S. aged 18 and below. ‘Although social media platforms may claim that…
China Proposes New Restrictions for Online Video Games
On Friday, Chinese regulators announced new restrictions on video games with the aim of tightening the industry’s management and protecting minors. Subject to public comment before being made final, the proposed rules would call for users to have spending limits…
AI Companion Helps Seniors Experiencing Loneliness
Florida senior community residents, Joyce Loaiza and Deanna Dezern, were some of the first people in the U.S. to receive ElliQ, an artificial intelligence robot created by Intuition Robotics designed to reduce isolation and loneliness experienced by senior citizens. Whenever…
Spain Develops Age Verification Technology to Prevent Children from Accessing Adult Content Online
On Thursday, the head of the Spanish data protection agency announced that they are currently developing technology for age verification to prohibit access by children to inappropriate content online like gambling or pornography sites. The impact of violent, pornographic,…
Robo-dog Sets New Guinness World Record
HOUND, a novel four-legged robotic dog, recently set a new Guiness World Record for the fastest 100-meter dash by a quadruped robot. Designed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s (KAIST) Dynamic Robot Control and Design Laboratory, HOUND ran…
Novel Mind-reading AI Converts Thoughts to Texts
For the first time, a research team at the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) developed a non-invasive portal system which can decipher thoughts and convert them into text. This technology would be particularly…
Researchers Create Novel Snow Model to Better Understand Climate Change
Researchers from the University of Waterloo recently digitized snow into a advanced model to better understand the impact of climate change. ‘SPLITSnow’ is a ‘light transport’ model which simulates the interaction of light with complex materials. It is a state-of-the-art…