How do humans visually discriminate materials?

Researchers from the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit, Vision and Action Laboratory, and Visual Perception and Cognition ...

Diffractive networks enable optical information transfer through random and unknown diffusers

The transmission of optical information through random scattering media is a major challenge in optics, biomedical imaging, ...
The Verge

Thread Direct looks to solve Matter’s biggest setup headache

The new feature will let phones with Thread radios onboard devices without needing a border router. The new feature will let phones with Thread radios onboard devices without needing a border router ...
Android Authority

Thread has a new app to take the guesswork out of smart home troubleshooting

Thread is introducing its Thread Tools app for viewing the status of your home’s smart device network. The open source app is now in beta testing on both Android and iOS. We also learn about new ...
The Verge

Half a billion people are using Threads every month

Just shy of its third birthday, Meta is announcing a big milestone for Threads. Just shy of its third birthday, Meta is announcing a big milestone for Threads. is a senior reporter covering ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Massachusetts breaks ground on new state police crime lab in Marlborough

YOU’RE WATCHING WCVB NEWSCENTER 5 AT 530. A GROUNDBREAKING TODAY FOR A NEW CRIME LAB IN MASSACHUSETTS. STATE POLICE COLONEL JEFFREY NOBLE AND OTHER OFFICIALS WERE ON HAND FOR THE CEREMONY IN ...
Winston-Salem Journal

How Binocular Vision Improves Depth Perception at Night

Binocular vision is a special ability of the human body. When observing a scene, each eye sees objects from a different angle. Because of this, the images the central nervous system receives from each ...
Popular Mechanics

Some People Can ‘See’ Time, Thanks to This Hidden Superpower—And It’s Quietly Shaping Their Perception

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon that causes multiple senses to mix. For some synesthetes, time isn’t just a ticking clock, but rather ...
TechCrunch

Threads finally brings messaging to the web

Threads is rolling out messaging on the web, bringing one-on-one and group chats to desktop, the Meta-owned social network announced on Tuesday. By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning ...
Vogue

“You Cannot Trust a Machine”: The AI Consumer Perception Survey

This article is part of the Future of AI, a collection of articles that investigates how artificial intelligence will impact the fashion and beauty industries in the years to come. It’s likely that in ...
Case Western Reserve University

The body heals itself with collagen. A CWRU lab spins it into surgical thread

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body. It builds tendons, ligaments, skin, and bone. When a surgeon repairs a torn rotator cuff, however, the suture they use is almost always ...