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How Are Insurance Markets Adapting to Climate Change? New Study Explores the Impact of Wildfires on Home Insurance
Business & EconomicsResearch by environmental economists delves into how insurance companies are responding to increased climate risks, particularly wildfires, which have become the fastest-growing source of catastrophe-related damages in the United States.
Learning Dance Moves Could Help Humanoid Robots Work Better With Humans
Technology & EngineeringEngineers have trained a humanoid robot to perform a variety of expressive movements, from simple dance routines to gestures like waving, high-fiving and hugging, all while maintaining a steady gait on diverse terrains. This work marks a step towards building robots that perform more complex and human-like motions.
How Much Risk are Humans Willing to Take When Interacting With Robots?
Health & BehaviorHow do people like to interact with robots when navigating a crowded environment? And what algorithms should roboticists use to program robots to interact with humans? These are the questions that a team of mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of California San Diego sought to answer in a study presented recently at the ICRA 2024 conference in Japan.
Irene Su Receives Award for a Novel Study on Fertility Preservation for Young Cancer Patients
Health & BehaviorThe grant from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will fund research on the affordability and utilization of fertility preservation with health insurance for adolescent young adults with blood cancers.
A Simple Firmware Update Completely Hides a Device’s Bluetooth Fingerprint
Technology & EngineeringA smartphone’s unique Bluetooth fingerprint could be used to track the device’s user–until now. A team of researchers have developed a simple firmware update that can completely hide the Bluetooth fingerprint, eliminating the vulnerability.
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