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New Algorithm Helps Smartwatches Learn Your Every Move
While standard smartwatches are preprogrammed to detect specific moves likes those associated with running and yoga, scientists from the University of Sussex have developed an algorithm that will help smartwatches detect a variety of movements, all without having to be preprogrammed.
Pay...with Your Face
Yum China, operator of such brands as KFC in China, has joined forces with mobile payments firm Alipay to bring the world’s first facial recognition payment system to China.
ISA Partners with Siemens to Advance Cybersecurity Standards
The organizations say they will share expertise in protecting automation environments based on a consensus-based series of industrial cybersecurity standards.
Beer and Facial Recgonition Tech Prove to be Undoing of 25 Suspects Nabbed at Beer Fest
Using facial recognition technology, law enforcement officials nabbed 25 people attending an annual beer festival in China wanted in connection with crimes in that country.
Antidepressants Found in Great Lakes Fish
Researchers are concerned that the Niagara River, connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, is just a sampling of a larger problem.
Video: Navy Tests Underwater Wireless Recharging for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
The system could enable longer missions for underwater drones.
Multi-Sensor System Prevents Water Damage in Commercial and Residential Properties
OneEvent has added a new humidity and temperature sensor to its lineup.
Melt Pressure Transmitters with ASF (Advanced Safe Fill) Materials
Achieve Superior Linearity with GP:50’s ASF Series Melt Pressure Transmitters. The ASF Series features a unique design that incorporates an extremely small capillary tubing to transmit the media pressure to the strain gage sensor and mating electronics.
Travels on the Road of Automotive Safety Engineering
A look at how automotive engineering has helped us to stay safe.
Talking Drones
Amazon's new drone patent will enable drones to request information or respond to questions posed to them by humans while making deliveries.
Robot Priests Available for Funerals
Funerals in Japan may never be the same thanks to a code update that allows Softbank humanoid robot Pepper to chant sutras while beating a drum.
Dermatologist Designing Wristband To Alert Wearer to Potential for Sunburn
Called the Eclipse RX, Matthys believes that the band will encourage users to take part in outdoor activities while simultaneously taking care of their skin.
Chemical Found in Popular Club Drug To Treat PTSD
Military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may get some relief in the shape of an ingredient found in the popular club drug Ecstasy, thanks to a recent “breakthrough therapy” designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Even Treated Scrubs Don't Fight Contamination
Despite wearing scrubs outfitted with antimicrobial properties, health care workers’ clothing still became contaminated with bacteria, according to a recent study.
Facebook to Ban Pages Paying for Ad Space Used to Promote Fake News
In another step to combat the fake news it was accused of helping to spread, Facebook is now preventing pages that regularly post fake news from buying ad space on the site.
Deforestation Linked to an Increase in Sick Children in Cambodia
Symptoms — including diarrhea, acute respiratory infection and fever — thought to be the source of childhood mortality, increased in relation to regions of Cambodia losing dense forest areas.
Chemicals Found in Yoga Mats Affect Fertility
Flame retardant chemicals found in products such as yoga mats are thought to be tied to disrupted fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a recent study.
Google To Offer Clinically-based Depression Test
Feeling depressed? Users typing “depression” into the popular search engine Google are now met with a quiz meant to gauge whether they are or not.
Facebook Challenged Over Decisions Concerning Hate Speech, Violent Content
In response to recent calls to rid its platform of violent content and hate speech, digital rights groups are challenging Facebook’s methods for deciding when to remove content from the popular site.
Drones Help Monitor Traffic at New York State Fair
Drones were deployed to help monitor what was expected to be a heavy traffic weekend at the New York State Fair held in Syracuse, N.Y.