- Kinect-Powered Depression Detector is Amazing and Creepy
By analyzing a surprisingly simple set of facial tics, a depth camera can see right into your soul.
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- Can Tesla Shift to Higher Volume?
Tesla says stronger sales will increase profits for the quarter, while it cuts the lowest-range Model S electric sedan.
Tesla Motors had an Easter present for its investors: due to better-than-expected sales of its Model S, it raised profit forecasts for the first quarter this year. It also dropped the low-end version of the Model S, hinting at challenges the company may face as it seeks to make a lower-priced electric car.
- Nuance Thinks Voice Ads Could Be a Mobile Hit
Nuance hopes its voice-recognition tech can produce mobile ads that you actually want to have a conversation with.
In online advertising lingo, the acronym CPC refers to “cost per click”—the amount an advertiser pays whenever someone clicks on an ad. If voice-recognition technology company Nuance gets its way, though, it could soon have an additional meaning: “cost per conversation.”
- Network Theory Approach Reveals Altitude Sickness to be Two Different Diseases
When the symptoms of altitude sickness are treated as a network, two distinct clinical syndromes emerge, say physicians.
- In a Bid to Get Its Devices Into the Workplace, Samsung Courts Businesses
The leading smartphone manufacturer hopes to one-up Apple and nudge out struggling Blackberry.
Sanjay Bhatia comes into his office each morning and plugs his tablet into a docking station. On his desk sits a headset, display, and keyboard. What’s conspicuously absent is a desk phone.
- Carbon-Dioxide Storage with Less Earthquake Risk
Underground rocks that react with carbon dioxide to form minerals could offer a safe way to keep the greenhouse gas from reaching the atmosphere.
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