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Robotics
Feeling is believing: Bionic hand 'knows' what it's touching, grasps like a human
Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging ...
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Engineering
Why more water is not always better in ion-conducting membranes: New insights for clean energy technology
Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and at the Tandon School of Engineering of New York University have made a breakthrough in understanding how water transports ...
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New highly performing Ni-rich cathode active materials for all-solid-state batteries
To support the further advancement of the electronics industry, energy researchers have been trying to develop new battery technologies that could be charged faster, power devices for a greater amount of time and have longer ...
Combating deepfakes with CAPTCHA-like verification that uses real-time physical interactions
Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), created CHARCHA ( Computer Human Assessment for Recreating Characters with Human Actions), a secure and ...
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Turning liquor waste into power: Baijiu sediment transformed into anode for sodium-ion batteries
A small team of materials engineers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, working with Wuliangye, a manufacturer of baijiu, has developed a carbon-source anode using baijiu sediment for use in a ...
Software
Open-source software that models soft materials expands engineering solutions
When mechanical and structural engineers design machines, bridges, and buildings, they calculate loads, stresses, and deformation of metal, steel, concrete, glass, wood, and plastic to find the optimal geometry that bears ...
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Engineering
Nanoscale tweaks help alloy withstand high-speed impacts
A Cornell-led collaboration devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts: introducing nanometer-scale speed bumps that suppress a fundamental transition that controls how metallic ...
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Computer Sciences
AI chatbots struggle with empathy: Overempathizing and gender bias uncovered
You can talk to an AI chatbot about pretty much anything, from help with daily tasks to the problems you may need to solve. Its answers reflect the human data that taught it how to act like a person; but how human-like are ...
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Internet
Google leans further into AI-generated overviews for its search engine
Google is updating its ubiquitous search engine with the next generation of its artificial intelligence technology as part of an effort to provide instant expertise amid intensifying competition from smaller competitors.
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Computer Sciences
AI pioneers who channeled 'hedonistic' machines win computer science's top prize
Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one that was recognized Wednesday with the top computer science ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI-generated ad slogans may rival those made by experts
How do AI-generated ad slogans compare to those created by professionals? New University of Minnesota research suggests that the pros tend to connect better with consumers, but AI tools may perform just as well by adopting ...
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Computer Sciences
Researchers teach neural networks to add clouds and snow to images
Nikita Belyakov and Svetlana Illarionova, researchers from the Skoltech AI Center, presented a new method for semantic segmentation of multispectral data, which can be used to recognize clouds, shadows, and snow patches in ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicles could travel farther on a single charge thanks to lithium-sulfur batteries with added platinum
More electric vehicles are on the road than ever before. But a recent global survey has found that some EV owners—about 46% in the U.S.—have considered switching back to a gasoline car. The top reason: charging. While ...
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Robotics
Sony's aibo dog could soon walk quietly and perform elaborate dance routines
Aibo, the cute-looking robot puppy developed by Sony, was designed to be a household companion. The robot can already emulate many of the movements and behaviors of real dogs, such as walking on four legs, responding when ...
Machine learning & AI
Chain of Draft approach allows AI models to carry out tasks using far fewer resources
A small team of AI engineers at Zoom Communications has developed a new approach to training AI systems that uses far fewer resources than the standard approach now in use. The team has published their results on the arXiv ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aqueous organic flow batteries: Pyrene tetraone derivative offers stable, high-density energy storage
Aqueous organic flow batteries (AOFBs) hold promise for renewable energy integration and electricity grid storage due to their inherent safety, as well as the availability of naturally abundant and synthetically tunable organic ...
Mar 4, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Scientists study the hidden cost of Netflix's autoplay
Autoplay, a feature that automatically begins the next episode or movie without user input, has become a staple of modern streaming platforms like Netflix. But how much is this convenience truly costing us in terms of control ...
Mar 4, 2025
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