#Robots are not just having a huge impact in the #automation market but in higher #education as well.

Originally shared by Esben Østergaard

#Robots are not just having a huge impact in the #automation market but in higher #education as well. It’s great to see how #innovation and #research in #robotics have become more and more popular with students. In this article some interesting stories from universities are listed:
http://bit.ly/2oXx1k4

E-tattoos turn knuckles and freckles into smartphone controls

Originally shared by Jaana Nyström

E-tattoos turn knuckles and freckles into smartphone controls

"Make the most of that beauty spot. Ultrathin temporary electronic tattoos can now turn body blemishes into touch-sensitive buttons, letting you control your smartphone with your own wrinkles, freckles and other skin features.

People intuitively know the location of their own bumps and birthmarks, which makes them ideal locations for touch-sensitive buttons, says Martin Weigel at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, who has led the research. You could squeeze a freckle to answer a phone call, or slide a finger over your knuckles to change the volume of your music..."

Learn more:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2124961-e-tattoos-turn-knuckles-and-freckles-into-smartphone-controls/

#Science #Tech #Future #Tattoos #Research

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2124961-e-tattoos-turn-knuckles-and-freckles-into-smartphone-controls/

Going Deeper into Neural Networks

Originally shared by Anfernee Tan

Going Deeper into Neural Networks

Artificial Neural Networks have spurred remarkable recent progress in image classification and speech recognition. But even though these are very useful tools based on well-known mathematical methods, we actually understand surprisingly little of why certain models work and others don’t.

Google Research took a look at some simple techniques for peeking inside these networks, yielding a qualitative sense of the level of abstraction that particular layers of neural networks have achieved in their understanding of images. This helps us visualize how neural networks are able to carry out difficult classification tasks, improve network architecture, and check what the network has learned during training. 

Dive even deeper here! http://googleresearch.blogspot.ch/2015/06/inceptionism-going-deeper-into-neural.html

#artificialintelligence   #neuroscience   #research

A new gel helps wounds heal

Originally shared by Corina Marinescu

A new gel helps wounds heal 
Researchers from UCLA have developed an injectable hydrogel that helps skin wounds heal faster.  

The new synthetic polymer material creates an instant scaffold, sort of like stacked gumballs, that allows new tissue to latch on and grow within the cavities formed between linked spheres of gel.

PR:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-researchers-develop-new-material-to-accelerate-healing

Paper:
http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v14/n7/full/nmat4294.html

#health   #research   #science   #bioengineering