Posts Tagged ‘Research’

R2 from NASA & GM Teams

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

R2, short for Robonaut 2, is heading to the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle Discovery in September. R2 is able to perform experiments in micro-gravity, working with astronauts on multiple experiments.

During the last three years, a team of General Motors and NASA employees, at the Houston’s Johnson Space center,  designed, engineered and build the 300-pound, human-like machine, today known as R2.

On board the ISS, R2 will be in testing phase and is said to undergo various enhancements in the future to make it truly ideal as a Space Robonaut.

[CNN]

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AlSight Behavioral Analytics software wins the Security Industry Association’s New Product Showcase (NPS) Award

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs) has announced that its AlSight Behavioral Analytics software has won the Security Industry Association’s New Product Showcase (NPS) Award in Video Analytics at ISC West.  It is the first to use Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technology for the accurate recognition and classification of objects and behavior.

AISight Features:

  • Takes input from current and legacy cameras, recorded video or data files
  • Recognizes, remembers and tracks objects frame by frame
  • Rapidly learns what is acceptable behavior for any situation
  • Identifies and predicts abnormal, suspicious and aggressive behavior
  • Provides a wide range of alert systems to a human operator
  • Requires no additional operator training
  • Requires no changes to the existing infrastructure

About BRS Labs:

BRS Labs is a software development company that has created the industry’s first behavioral analysis system for video surveillance that adaptively learns behavior patterns in complex environments. BRS Labs is the only company that has been able to apply computer-vision and machine-learning capabilities to video analytics, thereby greatly enhancing operator awareness and effectiveness in improving security. No human is required to define parameters for the software to recognize behavior or objects; the software reports unusual or suspicious behaviors based on memories it has acquired through observations over time. BRS Labs was founded in November 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company is funded by $50 million in private equity.

[BRS Labs]

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Data Analysis Platform for Drug Discovery & Development

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Genedata, announced Genedata Analyst, an integrated statistical and data analysis platform with advanced visualization capabilities.Built on client-server architecture, Genedata Analyst handles huge and complex data sets of billion-plus data points while supporting small research groups or hundreds of users. Simultaneously managing data from different sources, Genedata Analyst gives researchers and biostatisticians a secure and scalable data-mining platform, which can be tightly integrated with existing research IT ecosystems.

Features (Selected):

  • Enhanced Usability enabling non-expert users to access
  • High Scalability processes large and complex datasets
  • Advanced Visualization
  • Tools such as ANOVA, linear models, Principal Components and Partial Least Square analysis, Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) and clustering methods

About Genedata
Genedata transforms data into intelligence with a portfolio of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, which spans target, lead and biomarker discovery. Used by a majority of the world’s top 50 pharmaceutical companies and leading research organizations, Genedata Phylosopher®, Genedata Screener®, Genedata Expressionist®, and Genedata Analyst™ make research data accessible and understandable, enabling scientific discovery that fights disease and improves health worldwide. Founded in 1997, Genedata is privately held, with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and offices in Japan, Germany and the US. www.genedata.com

[GeneData]

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Robots in Classroom: Yes, Kids love robots!

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Photograph: The Korea Herald/Asia News Network

Currently, only 50 out of the total 8,300 kindergartens across the Korea use robots. The Ministry of Education plans to provide 800 robots to kindergartens in underprivileged parts of the country tin 2010. “We plan to provide robots to kindergartens in the rural areas and encourage others to voluntarily use robots. We expect all kindergartens nationwide to use robots by 2013.”- Ministry official.

The BEST part of this program is that the kids and teachers love the idea of robots in the class. Not only the robots aid the teacher in reducing the time spent on checking student attendance, or checking whether students are active  or not, but also the students enjoy communicate with the robots through the robots speech and voice technology. The ministry has designated the state-run Korea Institute of Science and Technology as a main organization handling matters related to the establishment of the system.

Features offered by the Robots:
  • Checking student attendance
  • Connect to the internet through a computer and register students’ attendance records on a special website, through which parents can find out whether their children have arrived safely
  • Read out “Treasure Island,” an adventure novel by Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, with pictures displayed on 7 inch screen.
  • Singing songs
  • Having conversations with students
  • Recording voices
  • Taking photos.
  • Responds when someone touches the robots head, hands and feet.

[ASIAONE]

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