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• Lying about your age? A computer can tell
How well can you hide your age? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a software program that estimates age based solely on someone’s facial appearance, suggesting that in the near future you won’t ...
• Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city
ITHACA, N.Y. - The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some. To Jacob Roberts, podcars — or PRTs, for personal rapid transit — represent an important component ...
• U.S. space tourist blasts off in Soyuz rocket
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station. The Soyuz TMA-13 capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott soared ...
• 3D Imaging Spreads to Fashion and Beyond
Instead, they discreetly step into a room where the shop uses a scanner to take 140 measurements in less than a minute, then uploads them to a computer, which builds a 3D image and suggests an array of figure-flattering styles. The client chooses a ...
• Depressed astronaut: Heal thyself
Depressed? Well, this might cheer you up: If you live in Boston, you can put your sad self to work on behalf of NASA. A team of researchers there is working with the space agency to develop an interactive computer program to diagnosis and treat ...