Multimedia/Networking/Interface Design

Elite videogamers under as much stress as top-flight footballers and rugby playersCredit: ESL/University of Chichester Esports athletes playing in top-level competitions face similar stress levels as football and rugby stars University…

Credit: Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay (cc) In research that validates what many parents and educators suspect, students whose grades are below average could boost their results if they devoted less time to Facebook and other…

CMU researchers develop comprehensive classroom sensing systemCredit: Carnegie Mellon University While training and feedback opportunities abound for K-12 educators, the same can't be said for instructors in higher education.…

Model alerts driverless cars when it's safest to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views. MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it's safe to merge into traffic at…

Navigation method may speed up autonomous last-mile delivery In the not too distant future, robots may be dispatched as last-mile delivery vehicles to drop your takeout order, package, or meal-kit subscription at your doorstep -- if they…

New observations using state-of-the-art techniques could help to build better electronics in smartphones, GPS and satellites Scientists from Cardiff University have, for the first time, spotted previously unseen "instabilities" on the…

Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina New technology aims to improve the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder by allowing veterans to virtually take their doctor with them during prolonged exposure…

Credit: Zhang et al. 2019 Basketball season kicked off last month and with it comes the return of the most enduring of fan traditions: trash talk. Now, researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have taken a deeper look…

New method to be presented at SIGGRAPH AsiaCredit: ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Simulating the physics behind the movement of liquids and how fluids--thick or thin--interact with other objects is a key problem in visual effects. Bringing to…

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a quantum communication chip that is 1,000 times smaller than current quantum setups, but offers the same superior security quantum technology is…