China launches three astronauts to its prototype space station
The six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are about to get some new orbital neighbors. Three Chinese astronauts have blasted off aboard a Chinese Long March rocket. Above: Astronauts Wang Yaping, Zhang Xiaoguang and Nie Haisheng wave before the launch of the Shenzhou-10 mission at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Tuesday, June 11,…
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Irene Klotz – Discovery News
Robots can learn by imagining the existence of people
By hallucinating the existence of humans, robots can learn how to better cater to people and understand our world, researchers say. For robots that interact with and react to the world around them as best as possible, scientists want to design machines that know what’s in their surroundings. Attempts to identify an item based on…
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Charles Q. Choi — Txchnologist
