Humans are being asked to help robots recognise the multitude of objects found in the average home.
Swedish researchers are asking people to use their Xbox's Kinect sensor as a scanner to grab detailed 3D images of the stuff in their homes. [...]
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Shrek musical makes way for Charlie show
West End musical Shrek is to leave the Theatre Royal Drury Lane next year, making way for a new adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Sam Mendes' new musical had been due to open at the London Palladium but will now launch at the T [...]
Sarah Storey wins Britain's first gold
Sarah Storey swept to victory in the C5 Pursuit final to win Great Britain's first Paralympic gold of London 2012 and the eighth of her own career.
The 34-year-old tore into the gap to Anna Harkowska and passed the Pole just after halfway in t [...]
Paralympics 2012: McGlynn & Scott win tandem silver
Aileen McGlynn and pilot Helen Scott secured Britain's first medal on day two of the Paralympics with tandem silver behind Australia in London.
The Britons set the fastest time as the penultimate pair in the blind and visually impaired tandem [...]