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Engineering
Lasers pave the way to better use of cement
Engineers at Princeton University are deploying lasers to precisely evaluate a major drawback of 3D-printed cement—the material's resistance to fracture. The researchers hope that progress in this area could lead to a wider ...
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Security
Ghostbots study: Greater societal awareness needed to protect our privacy and data from AI when we die
A research study from Queen's University Belfast, Aston Law School and Newcastle University Law School, has suggested that greater societal awareness of "ghostbots" and a "Do not bot me" clause in wills and other contracts ...
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Robotics
A plant-inspired controller that could facilitate the operation of robotic arms in real-world environments
Many existing robotics systems draw inspiration from nature, artificially reproducing biological processes, natural structures or animal behaviors to achieve specific goals. This is because animals and plants are innately ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple unveils sleek, $3,500 'Vision Pro' goggles. Will they be what VR has been looking for?
Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter's ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Robotics
Swarming microrobots self-organize into diverse patterns
A research collaboration between Cornell and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has found an efficient way to expand the collective behavior of swarming microrobots: Mixing different sizes of the micron-scale ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Security
AI clones made from user data pose uncanny risks
Imagine, if you will, a digital doppelgänger. A clone that looks, talks and behaves just like you, created from the depths of artificial intelligence, reflecting your every mannerism with eerie precision. As thrilling as ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Engineering
Engine treatment can slash jet noise
There's a song anyone who lives near an airport or directly under the flight path of incoming and departing jets daily wishes they could play: Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence."
Jun 5, 2023 report
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Robotics
Robot 'chef' learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos
Researchers have trained a robotic 'chef' to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the dish itself.
Jun 5, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Computational model mimics humans' ability to predict emotions
When interacting with another person, you likely spend part of your time trying to anticipate how they will feel about what you're saying or doing. This task requires a cognitive skill called theory of mind, which helps us ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Business
Amid volumes of mobile location data, new framework reduces consumers' privacy risk, preserves advertisers' utility
The use of mobile technologies to collect and analyze individuals' location information has produced massive amounts of consumer location data, giving rise to an elaborate multi-billion-dollar system in which consumers can ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Researchers make language models scalable self-learners
Socrates once said, "It is not the size of a thing, but the quality that truly matters. For it is in the nature of substance, not its volume, that true value is found."
Jun 5, 2023
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Robotics
A novel technique to improve the learning ability of robots that perform repetitive tasks
Learning from one's past mistakes is not limited to humans. Computers do it, too. In industries, this is done via computer-based control systems that help operate production systems. For industrial robots that perform specific ...
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