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How neurons help us make memory-based decisions
Research from Caltech provides insight into how the brain works to recall memories and make decisions based on episodic memories. This research may one day lead to better understanding of diseases that affect memory such as Alzheimer's disease.
Wide area network gateway for agricultural applications
A range of 4G LTE CAT1 enabled Cellio LoRa Gateways have been introduced by Device Solutions for wide area, long range, end-to-end monitoring of agriculture, cold chain, gas distribution and transportation. The Cellio solution encompasses the hardware, software, wireless connectivity, cloud storage, and monitoring apps for smartphones.
Two old robots help customers to face adoption challenges
Blackburn-based automation spare parts and repairs company, Northern Industrial, has taken delivery of two used robots, previously employed on production lines in Germany, to help ensure the integrity of repair work and spare components before shipping worldwide.
The solution to stop drones from crashing has arrived
At the CES 2018 show in Las Vegas, Leti, research institute of CEA Tech, will demonstrate its low power, low cost 3D anti-crash, fusion-sensor solution for drones. Leti’s 360Fusion software, in combination with miniaturised sensors, collects, analyses and transforms millions of incoming 3D distance data items into relevant, actionable information.
Discovering the eighth planet circling distant star
Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth.
Software enables robots to be controlled in VR
Even as autonomous robots get better at doing things on their own, there will still be plenty of circumstances where humans might need to step in and take control. Software developed by Brown University computer scientists enables users to control robots remotely using virtual reality, which helps users to become immersed in a robot's surroundings despite being miles away physically.
Tiny robots programmed to think like insects
While engineers have had success building tiny, insect-like robots, programming them to behave autonomously like real insects continues to present technical challenges. A group of Cornell engineers has been experimenting with a new type of programming that mimics the way an insect's brain works, which could soon have people wondering if that fly on the wall is actually a fly.
Magnetic fields can control bacteria
Queen’s University researchers are using magnetic fields to influence a specific type of bacteria to swim against strong currents, opening up the potential of using the microscopic organisms for drug delivery in environments with complex microflows – like the human bloodstream.
Advancing accuracy over 20 years
The Galileo global navigation satellite system is raining down its signals across the globe, two decades since it was first conceived. One of the few European‑based manufacturers of GNSS receiver chips, u-blox, also twenty years old this year, has been closely keeping pace with Galileo’s development through their joint history.
Brain stimulation system receives FDA Approval
Boston Scientific has announced that it has received approval from the US FDA for the Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) System. DBS is used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), a degenerative condition that affects more than one million people in the United States and ten million worldwide. DBS works by stimulating a targeted region of the brain through implanted leads that are powered by a device called an implantable pulse...