You can"t always determine emotion from someone"s facial movements, neither can AI
If you saw a person with their brow furrowed, mouth turned down, and eyes squinted, would you guess they're angry? What if you found out they'd forgotten their reading glasses and were deciphering a restaurant menu?.....»»
Global team of scientists determine "fingerprint" for how much heat, drought is too much for forests
How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth's forests? A new study from an international team of researchers found the answers—by looking at decades of dying trees......»»
3D facial analysis shows biologic basis for gender-affirming surgery
Gender-affirming facial surgery (GFS) is pursued by transgender individuals who desire facial features that better reflect their gender identity. Until now, there have been few objective guidelines to justify and facilitate effective surgical decisio.....»»
US Justice Department is investigating two antitrust issues concerning Google Maps
According to anonymous sources, the US Department of Justice Department is investigating Google to determine if its Maps app breaks any antitrust laws. Insiders familiar with the situation told Reuters that the DoJ looked at two potential issues......»»
Face Scanner Clearview AI Aims To Branch Out Beyond Police
A controversial facial recognition company that's built a massive photographic dossier of the world's people for use by police, national governments and -- most recently -- the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and o.....»»
Senators Question School Surveillance Startups on Data, Civil Rights
School surveillance companies are not doing enough to determine whether their products unfairly target minority groups, according to a report released by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. From a report: Democratic senators sent questions.....»»
Rover ready: Next steps for ExoMars
ESA's ExoMars rover is confirmed technically ready for launch, and a fast-track study is under way to determine options for bringing the mission to Mars......»»
The reasons behind people"s support for populist movements are complex, research shows
Researchers working in a currently ongoing European research project have found that the reasons behind people's support for populist movements are complex......»»
Reevaluation puts mid-Proterozoic oxygen levels higher than previously reported
Oxygen levels in the atmosphere during the mid-Proterozoic—about 1.4 billion years ago—were higher than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers who looked at oxygen combined with sulfur to determine that previous num.....»»
Hundreds of gene regulatory motifs cooperate and conflict to make brain cells
DNA is considered the blueprint of our human bodies. It codes for the tens of thousands of genes that determine whether a cell transforms into a brain cell, heart cell or even cancer cell. Other DNA sequences, known as enhancers, determine if genes a.....»»
This is why boa constrictors can still breathe while squeezing the life out of prey
Snakes activate different sections of the rib cage, using far end of lungs as a bellows. Enlarge / Brown University biologists X-rayed boa constrictors to determine how they manage to breathe while squeezing prey to death. (credit: Jo.....»»
This is why boa constrictors can breathe while squeezing the life out of prey
Snakes activate different sections of the rib cage, using far end of lungs as a bellows Enlarge / Brown University biologists x-rayed boa constrictors to determine how they manage to breathe while squeezing prey to death. (credit: Joh.....»»
Scientists determine structure of a DNA damage "first responder"
DNA is often likened to a blueprint. The particular sequence of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts in DNA provides information for building an organism......»»
Can you tell which human emotion this android is trying to convey?
Researchers from the RIKEN guardian robot project in Japan have conducted an emotion recognition study using an android head, called Nikola, to see if humans can recognize the feelings it's trying to convey. Nikola can express six different emotions:.....»»
Cornell Researchers Taught a Robot To Take Airbnb Photos
A team of researchers from Cornell University used a computational aesthetic system to teach an AI robot "to not only determine the most pleasing picture in a given dataset, but capture new, original -- and most importantly, good -- shots on its own,.....»»
Smaller, ground-based telescopes can study exoplanet atmospheres, too
The next step to understanding exoplanets is to understand their atmospheres better. Astronomers can determine a planet's mass, density, and other physical characteristics fairly routinely. But characterizing their atmospheres is more complicated......»»
Vaccines are being portrayed as limiting personal freedom, but this can mask the true reasons for hesitancy
For those watching the news, anti-vaccination movements seem to be evolving, with both new tactics and a new watchword—liberty, rather than conspiracy......»»
Ukraine Has Started Using Clearview AI"s Facial Recognition During War
Reuters reports: Ukraine's defense ministry on Saturday began using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology, the company's chief executive told Reuters, after the U.S. startup offered to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and ide.....»»
I Am Still Not Convinced That We Need Androids
Nikola is an android under development at Riken, a scientific research institute in Japan. Nikola’s job is to help researchers validate the accuracy of facial expressions, which it does by doing its best to make a bunch of facial expressions that,.....»»
Motion capture rig removes the need to wear a suit
The system tracks a model’s movements down to finger level detail, recreating them in digital form......»»
Italy Fines Clearview AI $22 Million, Orders Data Deleted
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Another European privacy watchdog has sanctioned the controversial facial recognition firm, Clearview AI, which scrapes selfies off the Internet to amass a databased of some 10 billion of faces to.....»»