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Computer Sciences
You're just a stick figure to this camera—a new camera to prevent companies from collecting private information
A new camera could prevent companies from collecting embarrassing and identifiable photos and videos from devices like smart home cameras and robotic vacuums. It's called PrivacyLens and was made by University of Michigan ...
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Engineering
Understanding the 3D ice-printing process to create micro-scale structures
Advances in 3D printing have enabled many applications across a variety of disciplines, including medicine, manufacturing, and energy. A range of different materials can be used to print both simple foundations and fine details, ...
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Self-organizing drone flock demonstrates safe traffic solution for smart cities of the future
After creating the world's first self-organizing drone flock, researchers at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary have now also demonstrated the first large-scale autonomous drone traffic solution. This fascinating ...
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A new neural network makes decisions like a human would
Humans make nearly 35,000 decisions every day, from whether it's safe to cross the road to what to have for lunch. Every decision involves weighing the options, remembering similar past scenarios, and feeling reasonably confident ...
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Neural network training made easy with smart hardware
Large-scale neural network models form the basis of many AI-based technologies such as neuromorphic chips, which are inspired by the human brain. Training these networks can be tedious, time-consuming, and energy-inefficient ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Flexible, permeable and 3D integrated electronic skin combines liquid metal circuits with fibrous substrates
In recent years, research teams worldwide have been trying to develop new flexible and soft electronics. These devices could have various potential applications, for instance helping doctors to monitor their patients' health ...
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Engineering
New soft multifunctional sensors mark a step forward for physical AI
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Physical AI (PAI) Lab, led by Dr. Aslan Miriyev, have developed multifunctional material-sensors that emulate the complex capabilities of natural systems, advancing the ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Open-TeleVision allows VR-type control of remote robot
A combined team of roboticists from MIT and the University of California, San Diego, has developed a new type of remote control for robots called Open-TeleVision that allows for VR-type control. The team has posted a paper ...
Robotics
New framework enables animal-like agile movements in four-legged robots
Four-legged animals are innately capable of agile and adaptable movements, which allow them to move on a wide range of terrains. Over the past decades, roboticists worldwide have been trying to effectively reproduce these ...
Energy & Green Tech
World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride
The world's first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels and reduce planet-warming carbon emissions, California officials ...
Jul 13, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A new approach to boost the efficiency of non-fused ring electron acceptor solar cells
The power-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells based on compounds known as polymer donors and fused ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have recently exceeded 19%. In contrast, organic solar cells based on non-fused ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Stories written with AI assistance found to be more creative, better written and more enjoyable
A study published in the journal Science Advances finds that AI enhances creativity by boosting the novelty of story ideas as well as the 'usefulness' of stories—their ability to engage the target audience and potential ...
Jul 12, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers move closer to green hydrogen via water electrolysis
Water electrolysis offers an ideal process for hydrogen production, which could play a key role in the global energy transition that increasingly relies on renewable electricity, but whose current production process is extremely ...
Jul 12, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Visual abilities of language models found to be lacking depth
A trio of computer scientists at Auburn University, in the U.S., working with a colleague from the University of Alberta, in Canada, has found that claims of visual skills by large language models (LLMs) with vision capabilities ...
Robotics
DeepMind demonstrates a robot capable of giving context-based guided tours of an office building
A team of roboticists and AI specialists at Google's DeepMind have demonstrated a robot capable of giving context-based guided tours around its offices. They have posted a paper describing their work, along with demonstration ...
Robotics
A chemical claw machine: Vapor exposure enables soft actuator to perform diverse tasks
Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed a tiny "claw machine" that is able to pick up and drop a marble-sized ball in response to exposure to chemical vapors.
Jul 12, 2024
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Security
Data of nearly all AT&T customers downloaded from a third-party platform in security breach
The data of nearly all customers of the telecommunications giant AT&T was downloaded from a third-party platform in a security breach, the company said Friday, as cyberattacks against businesses, schools and health systems ...
Jul 12, 2024
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