Phone flip: New Quibi series 'Wireless' empowers the viewer
Most directors insist on having final edit approval of their films. Not the creators of "Wireless."
Sep 16, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
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Consumer & Gadgets
Google announces AI-boosted virtual meeting system
The coronavirus epidemic has brought virtually nothing other than misery, pain, fear and disruption. Though we may still be far off from the day we can close the book on this scourge, we are now inching towards what seems ...
Engineering
Analytical model helps researchers fine-tune battery performance
A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers.
Sep 16, 2020
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Security
Report: Hackers aimed at manufacturing firms during pandemic
In the first six months of the year, as most of the world shut down because of COVID-19 and workers everywhere shifted to working remotely, online criminals and state-backed hackers got busy breaking into computer networks, ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Internet
Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction
Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities are taking part in a 24-hour Instagram "freeze" on Wednesday to protest against what they say is parent company Facebook's failure to tackle violent ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Security
We need a code to protect our online privacy and wipe out 'dark patterns' in digital design
A digital building code is needed to help designers better protect the privacy of people when they use online platforms and websites.
Sep 16, 2020
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Automotive
Automated mobility district 'digital twin' provides insights for urban transportation systems
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Researcher Stan Young has a vision of a downtown district characterized by transportation mobility systems that are as easy and efficient to use as the moving walkways found in ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Detecting environmental pollutants with a smaller, portable, fully electric gas chromatograph
Prof. Yogesh Gianchandani and Dr. Yutao Qin designed a fully electronic micro gas chromatography system to improve the detection and monitoring of indoor air pollutants. Their 2016 paper describing the research, "A fully ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Renewables rescue stability as the grid loses spin
The high-altitude Atacama Desert of northern Chile is a surprising location for scientific insights: Its dry and dusty likeness to Mars makes it ideal for interplanetary testing, and distant worlds are particularly visible ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Engineering
The cardboard crash helmet
In the age of plastic waste, the environmentally conscious are hoping to replace many of the common materials, such as expanded polystyrene in everyday objects with sustainable and recyclable materials. Now, researchers in ...
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