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Robotics
Baubot comes out with two new robots to aid in construction projects
Despite artificial intelligence and robotics adapting to many other areas of life and the work force, construction has long remained dominated by humans in neon caps and vests. Now, the robotics company Baubot has developed ...
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Computer Sciences
Study identifies a universal property for efficient communication
Words categorize the semantic fields they refer to in ways that maximize communication accuracy while minimizing complexity. Recent studies have shown that human languages are optimally balanced between accuracy and complexity. ...
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Engineering
New computational tool could help design futuristic turbines for jet engines
Will it be possible to design materials that are unfazed by extreme temperatures in the near future?
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Energy & Green Tech
To cool tomorrow's buildings, power sector must grow
Temperatures are rising. Eight of the warmest 10 recorded years of globally averaged temperature have occurred after 1998. Coupled with that increase is a growing demand for electricity to cool buildings. A new study published ...
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Engineering
Counting pedestrians to make pedestrians count
A key portion of MIT's campus overlaps with Kendall Square, the bustling area in East Cambridge where students, residents, and tech employees scurry around in between classes, meetings, and meals. Where are they all going? ...
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Engineering
Stretching the boundaries of medical tech with wearable antennae
Current research on flexible electronics is paving the way for wireless sensors that can be worn on the body and collect a variety of medical data. But where do the data go? Without a similar flexible transmitting device, ...
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Software
FBI launches an effort to mitigate attacker use of Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities
While web shells have been removed that previously provided attackers access to Microsoft Exchange Servers, the FBI has revealed that some malicious software might remain that hackers are still using as backdoors into victim ...
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Machine learning & AI
EU to unveil AI rules to fight Big Brother fears
The EU is set to unveil a proposal to regulate the sprawling field of artificial intelligence next week, with the aim of reassuring the public against "Big Brother"-like abuses.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers identify a strategy to achieve large transport gap modulation in graphene
Over the past decade or so, the semimetal graphene has attracted substantial interest among electronics engineers due to its many advantageous qualities and characteristics. In fact, its high electron mobility, flexibility ...
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Engineering
Membrane design prevents crossover in polysulfide redox flow batteries
Two researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a new membrane design that prevents crossover in polysulfide redox flow batteries. In their paper published in the journal Nature Energy, Zhejun Li and ...
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Robotics
Biorobotics lab builds submersible robot snake
Carnegie Mellon University's acclaimed snake-like robot can now slither its way underwater, allowing the modular robotics platform to inspect ships, submarines and infrastructure for damage.
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Security
Microsoft defends against new threat to Exchange
Microsoft on Tuesday moved to defend against a dangerous new threat to Exchange email servers while the fight continued against hackers taking advantage of a flaw patched last month.
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Internet
DuckDuckGo can now block the Google Chrome tracking method, FLoC
In an attempt to better track users and predict their search habits, Google Chrome has developed FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts). FLoC provides visibility into user data to any website that desires this information.
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Computer Sciences
eSpine: A technique to increase the usable lifetime of neuromorphic systems
In recent years, engineers worldwide have been trying to develop increasingly advanced and efficient neuromorphic computing systems, devices that mimic the neuro-biological structure of the central nervous system. Due to ...
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Sotheby's sees $16.8 million in first NFT sale
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