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- Service robot classifies, smooths and folds clothes
- Linguist explains secret language of Gulliver's Travels
- Droplets levitate on a cushion of blue light
- Smart light, shadows used to track human posture
- A penny for your thoughts: How much is your time really worth?
| Service robot classifies, smooths and folds clothes Posted: 11 Aug 2015 01:01 PM PDT Researchers have created a prototype laundry-helper robot that is able to separate, stretch, smooth wrinkles and fold clothes. |
| Linguist explains secret language of Gulliver's Travels Posted: 11 Aug 2015 10:25 AM PDT A linguist is proposing a solution to a centuries-old puzzle: What sparked the 'nonsense' language in 'Gulliver's Travels'? Authors of a new report now say that the mystery words are, in fact, variations of Hebrew. |
| Droplets levitate on a cushion of blue light Posted: 11 Aug 2015 08:33 AM PDT Researchers have discovered a new way to levitate liquid droplets, which surprisingly also creates a mini light show, with the droplet sparking as it floats above a faint blue glowing gap. The floating effect is similar to Leidenfrost levitation -- in which droplets dance on a hot vapor cushion. But by creating the vapor with a strong jolt of electricity instead of heat, the researchers found they could ionize the gas into a plasma that glowed a soft blue light. The work may offer an inexpensive new way to generate a freely movable microplasma, as well as yield insights into fundamental physics questions. |
| Smart light, shadows used to track human posture Posted: 11 Aug 2015 07:36 AM PDT The first light-sensing system that reconstructs human postures continuously and unobtrusively has been developed by scientists, furthering efforts to create smart spaces in which people control their environment with simple gestures. |
| A penny for your thoughts: How much is your time really worth? Posted: 11 Aug 2015 06:20 AM PDT A penny could in theory purchase 3 hours, 7 minutes and 30 seconds of thought based on basic calculations, scientists report. A new study examines the energy required to run a human brain and cost based on UK energy prices. |
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