Artificial Intelligence

Articles in the Category: Artificial Intelligence

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Computer Science, SciClips on 10 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

Ant Security

When the ants go marching two by two, pay attention to what they are doing. Scientists are. And they are discovering clever ways to improve cyber security just by mimicking the behavior of ants. The foraging insects use something called swarm intelligence to efficiently locate and gather food. Computer...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Featured Articles, SciClips on 07 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Science of…Animal Spies

The government has enlisted the help of furry critters and buzzing bugs to further its military mission of surveillance, defense and even weaponization. From carrier pigeons that carried encoded messages during World War II to canine suicide bombers, animals have been conscripted into global conflicts...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Backyard Science, Biology, Computer Science, Diseases, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Math, Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, RawAudio, SciClips, Space, The Brain on 06 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Science For All

In a move to take science from the lab and place it in the public square, the World Science Festival is about to start its second year of inciting curiosity. REALscience talked with organizer and physicist Brian Greene to hear what we can expect at this year’s festival. Photo: Physicist and Co-Founder...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Featured Articles, Physics and Chemistry, The Brain, Video on 04 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Twitter Your Brains Out

The newest social media kid on the block is now a conduit for thought-provoked messages. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have figured out how to send short text messages to microblogging service Twitter just by thinking about it. Using brain waves to communicate sounds a lot like science fiction...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Featured Articles, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 04 16th, 2009 | No Comments

The Wizard of Light

Dr. Mark Kuzyk is a Washington State University physics professor, who accidentally blew up a podium using a glove and some liquid oxygen. But he is also a physicist working on medical technology and wants to use smart materials to turn your couch into an iPod. He studies the photomechanical effect...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Computer Science, Diseases, Engineering, Math, SciClips, The Brain on 11 26th, 2008 | No Comments

Six Degrees of Internet Black Holes

Hidden Metric Space, courtesy of CAIDA, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego. Scientists are worried that the Internet is becoming a clogged superhighway, complete with bottlenecks where information seems to disappear. These electronic misfires are called Internet black holes. And, they seem...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Climate, Genomics, SciClips, SciLebs on 11 20th, 2008 | No Comments

Hollywood Gets Science

As the line between fact and fiction blurs in television and film productions, Hollywood is turning to the National Academies of Science for a much-needed dose of reality. A new initiative, called the Science & Entertainment Exchange was announced yesterday and will match creative screenwriters...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Backyard Science, Biofuels, Biology, Dinosaurs, Diseases, Engineering, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Genetics, Genomics, Geoengineering, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Nanotechnology, SciClips, Space, Wave Power on 11 17th, 2008 | No Comments

One Celled Solutions

Model of a phage attacking a microbe, courtesy of Ohio State University Science is facing some big questions, like how will we capture excess atmospheric carbon dioxide or how will we overcome antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections? But, a one-celled organism that lives in the sea may have the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Marine Science, SciClips, Uncategorized on 06 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Robofish on The Move

Dr. Kristi Morgansen sends commands to her robofish, courtesy of University of Washington A group of University of Washington engineers have built a school of fish. The underwater robots look like fish, act like fish and thanks to some clever programming, move like fish. pp_flashembed( 'powerpress_player_964', {src:...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Engineering, SciClips on 05 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Monkey Movement

Monkey using mechanical arm, courtesy of University of Pittsburgh Scientists are teaching monkeys how to operate a mechanical arm by using just their thoughts. pp_flashembed( 'powerpress_player_965', {src: 'http://www.realscience.us/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/FlowPlayerClassic.swf', width:...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, SciClips on 04 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

Electronic Sherlock Holmes

The real Dr. Pedro Domingos, courtesy of University of Washington Detectives use reasoning to solve cases. The most famous detective is Sherlock Holmes, known for his keen deductive reasoning and ability to make sense of subtle clues. Now a group of scientists is trying to construct a virtual Sherlock...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Video on 04 18th, 2008 | No Comments

Robo Mower

Spring is here. The grass is growing. That means the lawn needs to be mowed. For many, the thought of yard maintenance is enough to wish for cooler, winter weather. But for those who’d rather watch the lawn being mowed there’s hope on the horizon. Robot lawn mowers are here. They’re...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Space, Video on 03 14th, 2008 | No Comments

Giant Robot in Space

It sounds like science fiction but it’s real. A giant robot is being assembled during the current mission to the International Space Station. Built in Canada, Dexter will assist space-walking astronauts complete the station and starting next year will take over the heavy lifting.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Video on 11 14th, 2007 | No Comments

Robots on the move

For decades robots have been the stuff of science fiction. But the bots unveiled at the RoboExpo in San Jose show how they are becoming essential for manufacturing, technology and even entertainment.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Podcast on 10 30th, 2007 | No Comments

Picture This

Soon taking a stroll through the landmarks of Europe will be as easy as opening a digital map. Wait a couple of years and all the major landmarks of the world—from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to the Statue of Liberty will be digitally reconstructed using other people’s vacation photos....