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Robot hand learns nimble moves with fewer dropped objects

Manipulating an object with one hand is a balancing act. Fingers must release and renew their grip while keeping the object from slipping away, even with the palm facing downward.

Energy & Green Tech

One system, three solutions: Tackling antibiotic pollution while generating hydrogen peroxide and electricity

What if the dirtiest water in town could help pay for its own cleanup? That is the question that started our project. Sewage is full of hungry bacteria. It also carries leftover medicines, including antibiotics like chloramphenicol, ...

Engineering

New VR method turns touch information into visual cues for better collaboration

What if you could see how rough an object feels, even without touching it? A KAIST research team has developed a technique that makes the roughness of virtual objects visible through changes in the outline of a virtual hand. ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Smartwatches could learn to read your hands

Northwestern University engineers are investigating new ways to tell what the hands are doing—including peering beneath the skin to watch muscles and tendons move. The new methods don't use high-tech cameras, medical scans ...

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Security

Your social media posts could fuel the next AI scam

Picture this: You post photos online from a trip to Brazil. The next day, an email arrives from the hotel where you stayed, thanking you for your visit and offering a special discount on your next stay. The email references ...

Engineering

Exploring sodium batteries down to the atom

Understanding how battery components work at the molecular or atomic levels can help scientists create faster-charging, more powerful, longer-lived storage devices. But the electron microscopes powerful enough to give this ...

Energy & Green Tech

Redesigning batteries for ultrafast-charging EVs

It's hard to ignore the difference: You can fill a car's tank with gas in mere minutes. Charging the battery of an electric vehicle (EV) can take 30 minutes or more.

Internet

Tracing the online networks behind AI-generated nude images

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close this week, one University of Florida researcher is examining the roots of nudification apps, online platforms that use AI to turn images of clothed people—easily and convincingly—into ...