Federal autonomous vehicle regulations and policies released

A long-awaited set of federal rules and regulations was released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday. In the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, the U.S. Department of Transportation “sets the framework for the next 50 years with guidance for the safe and...

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MIT scientists use radio waves to sense human emotions

There's a new trick to understanding someone's poker face -- radio waves. Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a device that uses radio waves to detect whether someone is happy, sad, angry or excited. The breakthrough makes it easier to accomplish what scientists have tried to do for years with machines: sense...

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Why VR matters, especially in rural schools

All children benefit from new experiences which expand their mental map of the world, but the need is especially acute for children from low-income families. While they may have rich life experiences in their own communities, Harvard professor Robert Putnam in an NPR interview distilled his copious research: “The bottom line of all of the statistics...

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China Confirms Its Space Station Is Falling Back to Earth

Chinese officials appear to have confirmed what many observers have long suspected: that China is no longer in control of its space station. China's Tiangong-1 space station has been orbiting the planet for about 5 years now, but recently it was decommissioned and the Chinese astronauts returned to the surface. In a press conference last week, China announced that...

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Detecting walking speed with wireless signals By measuring this emerging vital sign, CSAIL system could help monitor and diagnose health issues like cognitive decline and cardiac disease.

We’ve long known that blood pressure, breathing, body temperature and pulse provide an important window into the complexities of human health. But a growing body of research suggests that another vital sign – how fast you walk – could be a better predictor of health issues like cognitive decline, falls, and even certain cardiac or pulmonary diseases. Unfortunately,...

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How Fidget Spinners Work: It's All About the Physics

Fidget spinners ― kids spin them and spin them ― and while parents may not "get" why the boomerang-shaped toys have caught on with such force, there's real physics to explain how the distracting devices work. "I was introduced to fidget spinners a few months ago by professor Kenneth Brecher from BU [Boston University]," said Paul Doherty, a physicist at the Exploratorium...

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Why you'll send a digital avatar to a meeting by 2020

In the future, you might not have to attend a meeting in person. Instead, you’ll send an avatar who knows what you’d normally say, your opinions on important topics, and even finalize plans on a project. The “bot” might appear on a screen or as a robot that can look at the person speaking, walk up to the...

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Meet the 'Bat Bot': Scientists unveil robot that flies just like a bat

In what would make an excellent sidekick for Batman, scientists have built a fascinating, unconventional flying robot that moves its wings and flies just like a bat. Covered with a thin, silicon skin, the flexible wings of this mechanical creature— called Bat Bot—  can move like bat wings do, making...

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'Security Fatigue' Complicates the Battle Against Data Breaches

With the news of a second, even bigger hack of Yahoo user data, common sense might conclude that consumers would be scurrying to batten down their Internet hatches. But a new study indicates otherwise, concluding that “security fatigue" has made many of us numb to the dangers lurking in cyberspace. “Users are tired of...

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NDSS 2017 Deadlines Approaching

NDSS 2017 is almost here! The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) symposium fosters information exchange among researchers and practitioners of network and distributed system security. The target audience includes those interested in practical aspects of network and distributed system security, with a focus on actual system design and implementation....

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Nepal’s Economic Situation: A State of Perpetual Poverty, Stagnation, and Regional and Ethnic Disparities

This paper compares Nepal’s economic performance with its neighbours India and China, and examines regional and ethnic, language, and caste (ELC) group disparities, and intra-region and intra-ELC group disparities in the economic standing and educational attainment of Nepal. The regions and ELC groups considered in the paper are the same 12 regions and groups previously...

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Poverty Alleviation in Sarlahi

Sarlahi is one of the Terai districts of the Central Development Regions having six constitutional areas; seventeen area (Ilaka) divisions, one municipality and ninety-nine VDCs. Hempur and Jamuniya, which are the working areas for PAF, projects Hempur and Jamuniya are in the mid part of Sarlahi and the other 2 VDCs Ramban and Rohuwa are near the border of India....

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Terai Region Of Nepal Divison of Terai

Nepal is divides into 3 regions. i.e. Himalayan region, Hilly region and Terai region. Terai region is located on the bottom part of Nepal. Terai is usually known as the grain house of Nepal since most the crops that are sold throughout Nepal are farmed from Terai region. The land area of Terai region is also very plain i.e. it is most suitable for growing crops and...

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Impact The Benefits of Addressing Hearing Loss

Better Hearing = Better Lives Providing access to affordable hearing aids not only improves quality of life, it also allows children to attend school and improves their chances of finding a good job. World Wide Hearing creates the opportunity for hearing-impaired individuals to realize their full potential as productive members of society. Read on to learn about the...

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Information & Communication Technology

Information and communication technology (ICT) has proved to be a key enabler of many human rights.  But there are profound questions about how to respect and protect human rights in the digital age. IHRB identifies and analyses challenges to human rights arising from the use of ICTs, in particular impacts on freedom of expression and privacy. ...

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