Primary school children benefit from learning with a social robotResearch has shown that explaining aloud what you are learning, whether to yourself or to someone else, leads to a better understanding of the subject. But in situations where you are working independently, it is not particularly intuitive to start explaining things. Researchers at the University of Twente have discovered that primary school children can better explain what they are studying when they learn alongside a robot. Frances Wijnen, one of the ELAN researchers involved: “The results led us to conclude that social robots have the potential to support children’s learning in a new and positive way.”Read more
Brain-like network uses disorder to detect orderA disordered network that is capable of detecting ordered patterns: it sounds contradictory, but it comes close to the way our brain works. Researchers of the University of Twente developed a brain-inspired network like this. A big step forward is that is based on silicon technology and can be operated at room temperature. It makes use of material properties that electronic designers usually like to avoid. Thanks to ‘hopping conduction’, the system evolves to a solution without making use of predesigned elements. The researchers publish their work in Nature of January 15, 2020.Read more
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