Panasonic to unveil new helper robots

Panasonic to unveil new helper robots: "With the aging of populations in many countries around the world, particularly Japan, there are ever increasing numbers of elderly to care for, but relatively fewer younger people to do the job."

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Acoustic Alarm clock replaces buzzer with strings

Acoustic Alarm clock replaces buzzer with strings: "We've heard about alarm clocks that jolt you awake with 113 decibels of sound while shaking your bed, that won't stop ringing until you've done your exercises, or that you have to chase across the room."

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Faster-than-light travel observed ... of neutrinos, maybe

Faster-than-light travel observed ... of neutrinos, maybe: "According to Einstein's restricted theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum. Up until today, that had pretty much seemed to be the case, too. Early this morning, however, researchers from the Geneva-based OPERA project announced that the results from one of their recent experiments indicate that neutrinos can in fact outrun light particles."

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Scientists reconstruct visual stimuli by reading brain activity

Scientists reconstruct visual stimuli by reading brain activity: "In the 1983 film Brainstorm, Christopher Walken played a scientist who was able to record movies of people's mental experiences, then play them back into the minds of other people. Pretty far-fetched, right?"

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NASA to demonstrate laser beam communications system

NASA to demonstrate laser beam communications system: "Since the dawn of the space age, NASA has been relying on radio communications technology to send and receive data to and from spacecraft."

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