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AI system detects loneliness in natural speech patterns

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A new proof of concept study, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has demonstrated how speech-analyzing artificial intelligence tools can effectively predict the level of loneliness in older adults.Continue Read… Continue reading AI system detects loneliness in natural speech patterns→

Greeking out with Arduinos

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Learning a new language is hard work, but they say that the best way to learn something is to teach it. [Angeliki Beyko] is learning Greek, and what better way to teach than to build a vocabulary flash-card game from Arduinos, color screens, 1602 text screens, and arcade buttons? After …read more

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Smiling with your eyes: Communication in a face-masked COVID-19 world

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In the late 1960s a psychologist named Albert Mehrabian co-authored two influential studies investigating how important the semantic meaning of words were in regards to how people communicate emotions. Mehrabian ultimately quantified his ideas into a s… Continue reading Smiling with your eyes: Communication in a face-masked COVID-19 world→

Updating the Language of SPI Pin Labels to Remove Casual References to Slavery

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This morning the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) announced a resolution for changing the way SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) pins are labelled on hardware and in datasheets. The protocol originally included MOSI/MISO references that stand for “Master Out, Slave In” and “Master In, Slave Out”. Some companies and individuals have …read more

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