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Engineering
Scientists borrow solar panel tech to create new ultrahigh-res OLED display
By expanding on existing designs for electrodes of ultra-thin solar panels, Stanford researchers and collaborators in Korea have developed a new architecture for OLED—organic light-emitting diode—displays that could enable ...
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Computer Sciences
Researchers discover 'spooky' similarity in how brains and computers see
The brain detects 3-D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision—a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that Johns Hopkins University researchers also found in ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy efficient heat pump technology increases the value of homes in the U.S.
Launched this week in Nature Energy, a new study led by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) researchers examines the cost of heat pump installation in American households and the effect on house prices and home values. ...
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Engineering
Simple software creates complex wooden joints
Wood is considered an attractive construction material for both esthetic and environmental purposes. Construction of useful wood objects requires complicated structures and ways to connect components. Researchers have created ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Internet
Microsoft debuts portable data center to bring cloud computing to remote environments
Microsoft Corporation has announced on its website the development of a portable data center that can be used to bring cloud computing to remote environments. In their announcement, Microsoft describes their Azure Modular ...
Oct 21, 2020 report
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Robotics
Robots deciding their next move need help prioritizing
As robots replace humans in dangerous situations such as search and rescue missions, they need to be able to quickly assess and make decisions—to react and adapt like a human being would. Researchers at the University of ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Robotics
A gecko-adhesive gripper for the Astrobee free-flying robot
Robots that can fly autonomously in space, also known as free-flying robots, could soon assist humans in a variety of settings. However, most existing free-flying robots are limited in their ability to grasp and manipulate ...
Oct 20, 2020 feature
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Business
US slaps Google with antitrust suit, eyes possible breakup
The US government filed a blockbuster lawsuit Tuesday accusing Google of maintaining an "illegal monopoly" in online search and advertising in the country's biggest antitrust case in decades—opening the door to a potential ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
An integrated circuit of pure magnons
Researchers led by Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) and the University of Vienna successfully constructed a basic building block of computer circuits using magnons to convey information, in place of electrons. ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Raspberry Pi Foundation announces Compute Module 4 now ready for sale
Representatives of the Raspberry Pi Foundation have announced on their blog that the Compute Module 4 is now ready for sale starting at $25. The system-on-module variant of the Raspberry Pi 4 runs the same 64-bit quad-core ...
Oct 20, 2020 report
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Computer Sciences
Mathematical model to objectively analyzes the appeal of games
Games and the very act of playing have been around since before the cradle of human civilization. However, games have constantly evolved over time, with various rule sets and modes of play falling in and out of favor throughout ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Radiative cooler that cools down even under sunlight
Now that autumn is upon us, there is a large temperature gap between day and night. This is due to the temperature inversion caused by radiative cooling on the Earth's surface. Heat from the sun during the day causes its ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Engineering
New combustion models improve efficiency and accuracy
Researchers at Princeton University have developed a new model that will allow engineers to accurately predict the characteristics of combustion processes with far less computing power than previously needed. The new model ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Computer Sciences
OpenMonkeyStudio: A deep-learning-based system to estimate 3-D poses of freely moving macaques
To gain a better understanding of human behavior and cognition, as well as their neural underpinnings, researchers often study other mammals with similar characteristics. One of the most common species examined in these studies ...
Oct 19, 2020 feature
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