cognitive science

  1. Retro Chess Showdown: Atari 2600's Video Chess Outperforms Modern AI Assistant

    In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and classic computing has yielded some unexpected and thought-provoking outcomes. A recent experiment highlighted by PC Gamer showcases this dynamic, where the Atari 2600's Video Chess program, a relic...
  2. UGA Students Pioneering Ethical and Impactful Generative AI Projects in Campus Innovation

    Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every sphere of life, but perhaps nowhere is this evolution more vivid and hopeful than in the hands of students as they experiment, create, and reimagine the role of technology on campus. At the University of Georgia (UGA), this trend is not...
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    The design principles of intuitive UI are dead

    It seems to me that intuitive UI went the way of the dodo with the advent of flat, minimalistic UI. Windows 8's Metro UI, Windows 10's Fluent design, Android's Material design, etc., are featureless and indistinct. The brain has spent its entire existence processing the visible world in three...
  4. VIDEO A virtual reality scent system that fools human taste

    Can you fool the human sense of taste in the world of virtual reality? Up until recently that question was impossible to answer, most because it had not been tested. Most of virtual reality relied on sight and sound. Virtual touch is also a fairly new area of research. Now, with the help of your...
  5. Need a hand? Scientists convince people they have 3 arms.

    Cari Nierenberg writes: If two hands are better than one, then imagine what you could do with three. In a new study, Swedish researchers were able to trick participants' brains into believing their body had an extra arm. Brain scientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm conducted...
  6. Windows 7 Gamers have good brains

    Link Removed due to 404 Error Shoot-em-ups can make fast decision makers Boffins at the University of Rochester have worked out that first-person shooter players are better at making fast, accurate decisions based on evidence extracted from their surroundings. They have also...