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Smartphone Videos Can Now Be Analysed And Used To Pinpoint The Location Of A Shooter
Complex arrays of microphones are often used by law enforcement and the military to help quickly pinpoint where the sound of gunfire originates. But researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have found that videos captured by smartphones can be just as useful for determining the location of a shooter.
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Inside The Experimental Robotics Lab Where Machines Are Getting Softer
Last week, an artificially intelligent robot scared me to death. The next day, I travelled to Carnegie Mellon University where I met a lab full of robots designed to do the exact opposite. Big, soft and inflatable, these robots are Disney characters in real life. Your grandma’s going to love them. That’s the idea.