Taking control

Taking control.

Taking control of prosthetic arms.

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Taking control of reflexive social attention.

Attention is shifted reflexively to where other people are looking. It has been argued by a number of investigators that this social attention effect reflects the obligatory bottom-up activation of domain-specific modules within the inferior temporal (IT) cortex that are specialized for processing face and gaze information. However, it is also the case that top-down factors may modulate the act...

Geoengineering: taking control of our planet's climate?

There is international consensus that 'dangerous' climate change must be avoided. Yet without radical changes in energy sources and usage and global economies, changes that so far society has been unable or unwilling to make, it seems highly likely that we will start to experience unacceptably damaging and/or societally disruptive global environmental change later this century. What actions can...

Taking Control of Household IoT Device Privacy

Household IoT devices are intended to collect information in the home, and interact with each other, to create powerful new applications that support our day-to-day activities. For example, a smart fridge detects when certain groceries are running out, and triggers a shopping console to order fresh supplies. Technical solutions can ascertain that the data used for such functionality are minimiz...