Scientists have demonstrated the possibility of detecting dementia from conversations in human-agent interaction. Their research shows how a machine can learn characteristics of sounds of elderly ...

Diagnosis of dementia was made via cognitive function tests such as Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and medical imaging systems at hospitals, a fairly large system for the purpose. As our ...

Diagnosis of dementia was made via cognitive function tests such as Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and medical imaging systems at hospitals, a fairly large system for the purpose. As our ...

Until recently, if you wanted to create an animated full-body computer avatar of a specific person, the process would take several days to complete. Thanks to a new system designed at Germany's ...

Over the course of my career in this life I've collected an assortment of toys that work well atop my computer monitors and I've assembled quite a menagerie.<P>Primary Display: Gumby holding a Chinese ...

As everyone knows who has played computer games that use avatars, avatars are agents controlled by the player. Human consciousness can be likened to be an avatar controlled by the brain and acting on ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - As 20-year-old Hailey Daniswicz flexes muscles in her thigh, electrodes attached to her leg instruct a computer avatar to flex its knee and ankle -- parts of Hailey's leg that have ...