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Bats use echolocation to make mental maps for navigation

Despite only working over short distances, echolocation is enough to get bats home. Many species of bats use echolocation to avoid obstacles like tree branches and hunt small inse.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaNov 1st, 2024

A comparison of bat and bird wings reveals their evolutionary paths are vastly different

Bats are incredibly diverse animals: They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive wing designs......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Expert shares advice on how to ease anxiety this election season

This election season, there is more at stake than which political party or candidate wins the race—it is voters' mental health......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

The mortality rate of bats at modern-day swimming pools is comparable to that at Messel 47 million years ago

More than 500 bat fossils have been discovered at the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site over 42 years. A new study, published today in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, investigates whether the high number of fossils is due t.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Study shows bats have acoustic cognitive maps

Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Google Maps and Google Earth just got tons of new AI-powered features

Google on Thursday announced updates for some of its most popular apps, including Waze, Google Maps, and Google Earth. Needless to say, the updates include … The post Google Maps and Google Earth just got tons of new AI-powered features appeare.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Waze Conversational Reporting lets you report incidents just by talking to Gemini AI

Google’s Waze app is so popular with drivers because of its unique incident reporting feature, which helped it stand out from the crowd of navigation … The post Waze Conversational Reporting lets you report incidents just by talking to Ge.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Google Maps adding weather disruption reporting & more detailed driving map

In addition to Gemini for search, summaries, and Q&A, Google Maps for Android and iOS are getting updates to improve the entire driving experience “from start to finish.”  more….....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Generative AI is coming to Google Maps, Google Earth, Waze

Conversational search and hazard reporting and more detailed maps, all thanks to AI. Google revealed today how it plans to use generative AI to enhance its mapping activities. It'.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Gemini in Google Maps may be the best use of mobile AI yet

Google has started to integrate its Gemini AI into Google Maps, and the interesting new features should prove quickly useful......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Vampire bats: Look beyond the fangs and blood to see animal friendships and unique adaptations

You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They're gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for movies or books. Luckily, they're only imaginary ….....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Protecting endangered bats with biomaterials

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are using a new bioderived material to 3D print custom roosting structures for endangered bats......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain

Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Ford adds EV routing to Google Maps for Android Auto users

Ford EVs can tell Google Maps their battery state of charge via Android Auto. Owners of Ford Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning electric vehicles are getting an over-the-air softw.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Researchers" unique 3D maps might help solve the mysteries of octopus arms

Octopuses are fascinating. Their eight arms gracefully whip through water and can accomplish extraordinary tasks like using tools and opening jars. While humans have one spinal cord attached to their brain, in octopuses, it's almost like each arm has.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

X-ray spectroscopy study maps ultrafast charge delocalization in aqueous environments

The movement of electron density is a subject of interest for chemists worldwide, as substances interact through electrons. These processes are ultrafast and traditionally require time-resolved experiments at the attosecond level to study and describ.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Harnessing diamond imperfections opens a new frontier in quantum sensor development

Quantum defects have the potential to act as ultra-sensitive sensors that could offer new kinds of navigation or biological sensor technology......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Apple previews new iPhone features including enhanced caller ID for businesses and brand logos in Mail

Apple today announced an extension of the Apple Business Connect program, which allows companies to submit information about their businesses to Apple to be surfaced in Apple Maps, Siri and increasingly more places across the operating system. In.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 16th, 2024

ByteDance knew kids could get addicted to TikTok in 35 mins, and harmed their development

Accidentally released TikTok documents reveal that the company knows the app is addictive to children, and damaging to their mental and social development. The documents also show developer ByteDance knew that screen-time tools it introduced would.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

From Northern Germany to Italy in five days: Tiny transmitters provide insights into precise migration routes of bats

Some bat species are among the world champions of seasonal migration in the animal kingdom. Leisler's bat, for example, which weighs between 12 and 22 grams, flies from central or Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean every late summer—and back in sp.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Less support for mental health when workplace managers are biased

Managers are not only influenced by their own views on mental health when employees with mental health problems need support. The attitudes of colleagues and the workplace in general can be equally important. This has been shown in a study conducted.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024