Kathmandu — The Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF) on Friday inaugurated “Russian Film Days” at the Russian House in Kamalpokhari, featuring the screening of the first film shot in space. The opening ceremony was attended…
Helping robots handle uncertainty
Algorithm for planning multirobot collaborations makes complex models practical. [caption id="attachment_4573" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers are using a small group of robotic helicopters to address the problem of drone package delivery. The scenario includes base stations…
A goosebump sensor that reads your emotions
Developed by KAIST researchers, a thin flexible capacitive goosebump patch can measure the degree of human emotion quantitatively. [caption id="attachment_4568" align="alignright" width="300"] The goosebump detector is a skin piloerection monitoring sensor conformally attached to the…
NASA’s Hubble Finds Pluto’s Moons Tumbling in Absolute…
[caption id="attachment_4563" align="alignnone" width="1040"] Pluto[/caption] If you lived on one of Pluto’s moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day. Comprehensive analysis of data…
A check on runaway lake drainage
Draining lakes are unlikely to increase the Greenland ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise. [caption id="attachment_4558" align="alignnone" width="639"] Ian Joughin and David Shean work on a GPS station nearby a supraglacial lake on the western…