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The Andalusian Parliament is the first European chamber equipped with a documental search engine based on techniques of artificial intelligence

Researchers of the University of Granada have developed an intelligent engine searcher to catalogue the documentary collections of the Andalusian Parliament. This prototype, so called SEDA, is an information recovery system for structured documents, based on artificial intelligence techniques, to search and recover documents belonging to the Parliamentary Report and the Official Gazette of the… Seguir Leyendo The Andalusian Parliament is the first European chamber equipped with a documental search engine based on techniques of artificial intelligence

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Development of an artificial simulator of the human nervous system to do research into diseases and test new medicines

Researchers of the University of Granada have developed a simulator, so-called EDLUT (‘Event driven look up table based simulator’), which permits to reproduce any part of the body’s nervous system, such as the retina, the cerebellum, the hearing centres or the nervous centres. This scientific advance permits to analyze and understand the functions of the… Seguir Leyendo Development of an artificial simulator of the human nervous system to do research into diseases and test new medicines

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Spanish experts analyse new borders in the brain-computer dialogue

How can new technologies contribute to the innovation in social and medical attention? How can they support health and help to avoid the dependence of the disabled and the old people? Experts from the Telefónica R&D centres in Madrid and Granada, Telvent Interactiva (Barcelona), the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce and the Universities of… Seguir Leyendo Spanish experts analyse new borders in the brain-computer dialogue

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Scientific group develops computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they have used Artificial Intelligence techniques, a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems which, in principle, can only be solved by humans. This… Seguir Leyendo Scientific group develops computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

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Spanish researchers create a database of scientific journals as an alternative to Thomson Scientific products

Fruit of a research contract with Elsevier publishing house, the SCImago Group, headed by the Professor of the University of Granada Félix de Moya Anegón, has developed the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) (http://www.scimagojr.com), a tool based on the contents of Scopus database, created in order to represent an ‘open access’ alternative to Thomson… Seguir Leyendo Spanish researchers create a database of scientific journals as an alternative to Thomson Scientific products

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A new device will make quality control of radiotherapy treatments possible

The research team from the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Granada (UGR), together with the Department of Radiology at the Hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada, have designed a portable and low-cost device which can measure the ionizing radiation someone is exposed to, for example, during radiotherapy. Ionizing radiations… Seguir Leyendo A new device will make quality control of radiotherapy treatments possible

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Computer simulator allows visually impaired to drive

A team of researchers from the University of Granada, in collaboration with the University of Murcia, has developed a visual aid device which significantly improves the vision of sight impaired patients; especially those suffering from pathologies with a slow progression that can eventually lead to blindness (such as Macular Degeneration, cataracts, etc.). This platform, called… Seguir Leyendo Computer simulator allows visually impaired to drive

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Scientists build an artificial cerebellum that improves the interaction of robots with persons

Researchers of the Department of Architecture and Computing Technology at the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada) have made important progress in the field of Robotics — building the first artificial cerebellum. The study has led to the design of microchips that incorporate a full neuronal system, emulating the cerebellar structure of the human nervous… Seguir Leyendo Scientists build an artificial cerebellum that improves the interaction of robots with persons

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Spanish project “AmIVital” creates intelligent communication devices for elderly and disabled people

By the year 2026, 21.6 per cent of the world’s population will be older than 65, 32 per cent of which will have some kind of disability. Official data confirm that the percentage of elderly people will increase dramatically within the next years: by 2050 there will be 180 per cent more people older than… Seguir Leyendo Spanish project “AmIVital” creates intelligent communication devices for elderly and disabled people