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Robotics
An artificial neural network to acquire grounded representations of robot actions and language
To best assist human users while they complete everyday tasks, robots should be able to understand their queries, answer them and perform actions accordingly. In other words, they should be able to flexibly generate and perform ...
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Software
The brain game: What causes engagement and addiction to video games?
History tells us that games are an inseparable facet of humanity, and mainly for good reasons. Advocates of video games laud their pros: they help develop problem-solving skills, socialize, relieve stress, and exercise the ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Quantum mechanics paves the way for more stable organic solar cells
Quantum mechanics can be used to create more stable and more easily produced organic solar cells. These are the findings of new research from the University of Gothenburg.
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Robotics
Researchers use robotic platform to study the reflex network of walking cats
A group of researchers from Osaka University developed a quadruped robot platform that can reproduce the neuromuscular dynamics of animals (Figure 1), discovering that a steady gait and experimental behaviors of walking cats ...
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Internet
Development of a smart system for fake news detection
A research team from the universities of Jaén and Alicante has created an application that automatically analyzes news stories and determines their truthfulness with a high degree of accuracy. Although the model is still ...
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Engineering
Acoustic Lighthouse field tests: Engineered noise to reduce bird-structure collisions
The Delmarva Peninsula, which includes Virginia's Eastern Shore, is the avian version of a southbound interstate during the fall migration of raptors and songbirds.
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Engineering
Flying at up to Mach 16 could become reality with UCF's developing propulsion system
University of Central Florida researchers are building on their technology that could pave the way for hypersonic flight, such as travel from New York to Los Angeles in under 30 minutes.
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Security
Your old mobile phone number could compromise your cybersecurity
The Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University has conducted a study and released a paper assessing the security and privacy risks of phone number recycling by mobile ...
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Robotics
Self-learning robots go full steam ahead
Researchers from AMOLF's Soft Robotic Matter group have shown that a group of small autonomous, self-learning robots can adapt easily to changing circumstances. They connected these simple robots in a line, after which each ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Timing is everything in new implant tech
Implants that require a steady source of power but don't need wires are an idea whose time has come.
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Computer Sciences
'Unmaking' a move: Correcting motion blur in single-photon images
Single-photon imaging is the future of high-speed digital photography and vastly surpasses conventional cameras in low-light conditions. However, fixing the blurring caused by the motion of independent objects remains challenging. ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Chill out: Advanced solar tech runs cooler and lasts longer
Australian photovoltaics researchers have made a 'cool' discovery: Singlet fission and tandem solar cells—two innovative ways to generate solar power more efficiently—also help to lower operating temperatures and keep ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Light meets superconducting circuits
In the last few years, several technology companies including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, have massively invested in quantum computing systems based on microwave superconducting circuit platforms in an effort to scale them ...
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Computer Sciences
SurvNet: A backward elimination procedure to enhance variable selection for deep neural networks
In recent years, models based on deep neural networks have achieved remarkable results on numerous tasks. Despite their high prediction accuracy, these models are known for their "black-box" nature, which essentially means ...
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