arXiv blog

Humanoid Robot Swarm Synchronised Using Quorum Sensing

Proof-of-principle experiment shows how humanoid robots can co-operate on a large scale by copying the behaviour of social insects and bacterial colonies

05/16/2012 kfc

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Mims's Bits

5 Transformative Uses for Disney's Touch-Sensitive Technology

Wearable computing, the end of keyboards, enhanced security and sex could all benefit from Touché.

05/14/2012 Christopher Mims

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It's the #5 ("Sex") that raises at least one eyebrow. Have they tested this use case on volunteers presumably in the privacy of...

- Netizen 08:18 PM 05/15/2012

TR Editors' blog

How Much Is a Facebook Fan Really Worth?

Facebook still has plenty to prove to its biggest customers after it goes public next week.

05/10/2012 Jessica Leber

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Some IPOs are designed to supply bank for a company's growth and expansion. Other IPOs, like fadebook's, are designed as exit...

- anonymole 12:25 PM 05/11/2012

Yes, how much should it cost to socialize your business? Social media and mobile are marketers tools, not actual relationships....

- contrarians 07:00 AM 05/11/2012

Potential Energy

Tesla Still Losing Money, But Plans an Early Debut for Its Sedan

The automaker plans to ship its Model S electric sedan in June, rather than July.

05/09/2012 Kevin Bullis

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I checked the car out this past weekend at the Tesla showroom here in San Jose, and I was impressed. Love the touchscreen...

- EugeneChuvyrov 03:01 PM 05/15/2012

@S0ma Tickle charging uses very little energy, it's just a polling mechanism to say "Do you need some more juice?" You can...

- yotab 05:31 AM 05/14/2012

@tbuelna Tesla already has a deposits on 10,000 Model S cars, even before production has begun, it seems customers won't be an...

- yotab 05:27 AM 05/14/2012

Guest Blog

An Expert's View on Google's Goggles

Mark Changizi, a neurobiologist and the author of The Vision Revolution, discusses Google's augmented-reality glasses.

04/06/2012 John Pavlus

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@James A. Burt Yup u r right

- Eric21 01:02 AM 04/24/2012

@rrusson  @zumzumia Sounds like a definite possibility/likelihood. Sort of a GoogleGoggles--> glasses--> car product...

- ironhawk42 06:21 PM 04/19/2012

@zumzumia   As with everything else, if you drive with the glasses on, it's your own responsibility. Look at one of the guys...

- vnedovic 07:24 PM 04/13/2012

The Great Bio-Divide

At TEDMED - the gap is yawning between hopes and visions and reality in biomedicine

10/31/2011 David Ewing Duncan

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Without funds we have little evrywahr there are bazookas  The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) indicator is a measurement of the...

- firozalimulla 07:48 AM 02/14/2012

You can have one child only? WHY?  When you have top is  telling you how many kids you ought to have we have problem, Looks...

- firozalimulla 05:15 PM 02/10/2012

EU is falling in the same trap as others  In 1961 when Tanzania got independence, the president immediately change the Colonial...

- firozalimulla 05:18 PM 02/06/2012

Delta-V

How NASA Will Track Satellite on Collision Course with Earth

Pieces of the defunct satellite are expected to fall back to Earth, but where and when remains uncertain.

09/22/2011 Brittany Sauser

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I find it stunning that almost every single day the TR email introduces some new trick that is going to make solar  energy less...

- larrykueneman 03:41 AM 03/16/2012

No wonder I do not use Facebook. There is no privacy. This is not malice but the fact is as above. Discard anything you cannot...

- firozalimulla 12:24 AM 02/20/2012

Fences fences fences Fences Electric bombs how can one travel  Q1. Since tyrants will always be marginally crueler to win any...

- firozalimulla 12:37 AM 02/01/2012

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