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12/15/2023
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By Belle Carter
Chilling report: Smart toys pose privacy risk to children and families
The 2023 “Trouble in Toyland” report, which focuses on safety hazards in traditional children’s toys and is annually produced by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), emphasized warning parents of new threats on smart toys that pose a privacy risk to children and families. According to the 38th yearly report, toys with microphones, cameras […]
09/27/2020
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By Ramon Tomey
Japanese convenience stores using VR-controlled robots to restock shelves
Two Japanese convenience stores have adopted a seven-foot-tall robot to restock store shelves. The robots, controlled remotely using virtual reality (VR), address concerns over social distancing for human employees in the workplace and Japan’s impending critical labor shortage. Japanese robotics company Telexistence is responsible for the robotic stock clerk, dubbed Model-T after Henry Ford’s famous […]
07/16/2020
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By Franz Walker
Study: Virtual reality may offer benefits for patients with severe pain
Virtual reality (VR), a technology often associated with video games or entertainment, could help reduce severe pain in hospitalized patients. This is according to a recent study published in the journal PLOS One by researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In their study, the researchers looked into how therapeutic virtual reality can be used as a non-pharmacological […]
03/16/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Could virtual reality be the new classroom? Researchers are looking at ways the technology could be used for education
Virtual reality (VR) is now being touted as a powerful educational tool. In a recent experiment, students immersed themselves in a virtual simulation of the severe effects of ocean acidification. The participants displayed better grasp of the complex concept after completing the virtual lesson. Based on these findings, researchers at the University of Oregon surmised that VR could help […]
01/29/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Inventors create ultra-light glove that enables users to feel and manipulate virtual objects
European engineers recently unveiled a haptic glove that can be used in virtual reality systems. The glove, which they called DextrES, sends “extremely realistic” feedback that will make a user think that the virtual object within his or her fingertips is the real deal and not a computer illusion. The goal shared by many engineers and software developers is to make […]
11/16/2018
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By Mary Miller
Virtual dog could soon be used as an educational tool to prevent dog bites
There is a reason why dogs make such good guards. As natural carnivores, their jaws are capable of exerting immense pressure on anything they bite. Even friendly dogs have been known to bite small children who don’t know how to properly handle them. Thankfully, new developments in technology may help teach people how to prevent dog […]
10/08/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Study: Your torso is more intuitive and precise than a joystick for piloting drones
According to a study by researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the human torso can be used to control drones more accurately than joysticks in both real and simulated test runs. Data from the study, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is now being used to apply the revolutionary body-machine-interface […]
09/02/2018
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By Edsel Cook
DARPA’s new defense vehicle can seamlessly transition between a round wheel shape and a triangular track in just 2 seconds
The military has just reinvented the most ancient of all mobility devices: the wheel. In an eye-popping article in Tech Crunch, military researchers unveiled a new wheel-track that takes just a heartbeat or so to transform from the round shape of a traditional wheel to a triangular track like the ones that support a tank. […]
06/06/2018
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By David Williams
New bizarre ChameleonMask device allows you to send someone to an event in your place – wearing your face
When science fiction stories of the past first brought up the idea of being able to “upload” your consciousness into a separate, fully remote body, they usually meant something a little less organic than the human body. However, one Japanese firm has gone ahead with the rather bizarre idea of letting people use other actual […]
05/27/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Laser holography kit that can fit in a backpack can project holograms into your brain
The ability to implant artificial thoughts, memories, and sensory experiences into people’s brains isn’t that far off, according to new reports. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley are working on a new technology that they say will one day make it possible to perform virtual brain implants – all from a device that they […]
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