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Robotics
AI-backed robot painting aims to boost artist income
Montreal-based artist Audrey-Eve Goulet was initially uncertain as she watched an AI-powered robotic arm reproduce one of her works, but said the outcome was "really impressive."
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A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals
Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan's 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot.
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The AI model that teaches itself to think through problems, no humans required
Artificial intelligence is getting smarter every day, but it still has its limits. One of the biggest challenges has been teaching advanced AI models to reason, which means solving problems step by step. But in a new paper ...
Magnetic tunnel junctions mimic synapse behavior for energy-efficient neuromorphic computing
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges to today's computer technology. Conventional silicon processors are reaching their limits: they consume large amounts of energy, the storage and processing ...
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Overcoming the barriers of hydrogen storage with a low-temperature hydrogen battery
A hydrogen battery that operates at just 90 °C has been developed by researchers from Japan, overcoming the high-temperature and low-capacity limits of earlier methods.
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Energy & Green Tech
Autobot platform uses machine learning to rapidly find best ways to make advanced materials
A research team led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has built and successfully demonstrated an automated experimentation platform to optimize the fabrication of advanced ...
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Computer Sciences
Rethinking train delays with quantum power
Train delays can cascade into stalled commutes, economic losses, and vacation snags. Scheduling trains is computationally complex, though: It can take hours or days to solve large transportation networks on traditional computers, ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Pioneering recipe for conductive plastics paves way for human bodies to go online
It's moldable, biocompatible and glitters like gold. Plastic that can conduct an electric charge is a material that can be used for everything from sensors that can monitor our health to self-cooling clothing or electronic ...
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Engineering
Flexible optical touch sensor simultaneously pinpoints pressure strength and location
Researchers have developed a flexible optical touch sensor that can simultaneously detect the strength and location of pressure with high sensitivity and stability. The advance in tactile sensing paves the way for next-generation ...
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Robotics
Robotic assembly lines gain flexibility as algorithm plans tasks, teams and floor layouts
Developments in autonomous robotics have the potential to revolutionize manufacturing processes, making them more flexible, customizable, and efficient. But coordinating fleets of autonomous, mobile robots in a shared space—and ...
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Engineering
Next-generation cooling garments aim to combat rising global heat and health risks
Global warming poses a growing threat to human health and work performance. Currently, about 3.6 billion people worldwide live in areas highly susceptible to climate change. From 2000 to 2019, more than 480,000 heat-related ...
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Security
Robustly detecting sneaky cyberattacks that might throw AI spacecraft off-course
A recent study suggests that cyberattacks on future, AI-guided spacecraft could be thwarted by unpicking what the AI has been "thinking."
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Consumer & Gadgets
Meta unveils AI-powered smart glasses with display and neural wristband at Connect event
Meta's newest artificial-intelligence powered smart glasses include a tiny display and can be controlled by a neural wristband that lets you control it with "barely perceptible movements," CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday.
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Consumer & Gadgets
A new study finds AI tools are often unreliable, overconfident and one-sided
Artificial intelligence may well save us time by finding information faster, but it is not always a reliable researcher. It frequently makes unsupported claims that are not backed up by reliable sources. A study by Pranav ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Cotton-based methanol fuel cells could power future flexible electronics
Cotton-based fiber fuel cells can now convert methanol into electricity while sustaining peak power density through 2,000 continuous flex cycles. This breakthrough paves the way for safe, high-performance power sources for ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
A biocompatible and stretchable transistor for implantable devices
Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of advanced biomedical devices that could be implanted inside the human body. These devices could be used to monitor biological signals that ...
