Robots act as scientists without assistants

The era of the robot scientist may soon be upon us. Two teams of human scientists Thursday unveiled their work with robots that not only perform experiments, but also come up with new ones. The prototypes tackled physics and biology problems that require simple, repetitive experiments, proceeding

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With advanced cellular networking and a great screen, the OQO Model 2+ is a compelling UMPC at last.

With advanced cellular networking and a great screen, the OQO Model 2+ is a compelling UMPC at last.

It's been a long time coming, but OQO has finally gotten it right with the OQO Model 2+ UMPC. We spent most of our hands-on time with the device talking to a rep from Intel, who was crowing about the OQO Model 2+'s 1.86GHz Intel Atom Processor. We had trouble paying attention because we were so c

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Philips To Develop Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Philips To Develop Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Philips Joins hands with NeuroNexus Technologies to improve the treatment of neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders. NeuroNexus Technologies and Philips Research have signed a joint research agreement to develop next-generation deep brain stimulation devices with the ambition to im

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