Robotics
Previewed Reality: A system that allows users to predict future changes in their environment
When robots and humans interact in a shared environment, it is important for them to move in ways that prevent collisions or accidents. To reduce the risk of collisions, roboticists have developed numerous of techniques that ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
World's smallest atom-memory unit created
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way after engineers at The University of Texas at Austin created ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Misinformation or artifact: A new way to think about machine learning
Deep neural networks, multilayered systems built to process images and other data through the use of mathematical modeling, are a cornerstone of artificial intelligence.
Nov 23, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Convolutional neural networks can be tricked by the same visual illusions as people
A convolutional neural network is a type of artificial neural network in which the neurons are organized into receptive fields in a very similar way to neurons in the visual cortex of a biological brain. Today, convolutional ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Efficient light-emitting diodes made by depositing perovskites on a fluoride interface
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are devices that emit light when electrical current flows through them, traditionally fabricated using semiconducting materials. Over the past few years, scientists and electronics engineers have ...
Nov 20, 2020 feature
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Software
Software developed to help programmers prototype graphic user interfaces
A new artificial intelligence (AI) system has been developed to help ordinary untrained people to design and create applications and software for smartphones and personal computers. With the help of this system, non-designers ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Invention lets rotting veggies make a greener world
For generations, kids have been coaxed into finishing their vegetables after their parents sternly advised them that it is not nice to waste food when people are starving elsewhere in the world. But someday soon, kids may ...
Nov 20, 2020 report
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Nanoscale Schottky diodes fabricated via adhesion lithography
To fabricate nanoscale photonic and electronic devices, engineers need electrodes made of asymmetric metals separated by gaps in the nanometer (nm) length scale. So far, most of these electrodes were fabricated using high-end ...
Nov 19, 2020 feature
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Computer Sciences
A neural network learns when it should not be trusted
Increasingly, artificial intelligence systems known as deep learning neural networks are used to inform decisions vital to human health and safety, such as in autonomous driving or medical diagnosis. These networks are good ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Robotics
Micro-robot with chemically encoded intelligence removes hormonal pollutants
A team of researchers from the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Yonsei University and the Brno University of Technology has developed a micro-robot with chemically encoded intelligence that can remove hormonal ...
Nov 19, 2020 report
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Automotive
Showing robots how to drive a car... in just a few easy lessons
Imagine if robots could learn from watching demonstrations: you could show a domestic robot how to do routine chores or set a dinner table. In the workplace, you could train robots like new employees, showing them how to ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Vision-based fire detection facilities work better under new deep learning model
Fast and accurate fire detection is significant to the sustainable development of human society and Earth ecology. The existence of objects with similar characteristics to fire increases the difficulty of vision-based fire ...
Nov 19, 2020
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