3-D printers have 'fingerprints,' a discovery that could help trace 3-D-printed guns, counterfeit goods
Like fingerprints, no 3-D printer is exactly the same.
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Engineering
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Computer Sciences
A new method to instill curiosity in reinforcement learning agents
Several real-world tasks have sparse rewards and this poses challenges for the development of reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms. A solution to this problem is to allow an agent to autonomously create a reward for itself, ...
Robotics
Why R2-D2 could be your child's teacher sooner than you think
C-3P0, R2-D2 and Wall-E: three distinctly memorable robots that captured our hearts as they rolled and beeped across the silver screen.
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Energy & Green Tech
Publically available database highlights the multiple impacts of energy efficiency
The COMBI project recently concluded three years of research on the multiple impacts of energy efficiency. The consortium's findings further add to the already long list of benefits of a transition towards a more energy-efficient ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Hardware
New audio production technology enhances user experience of broadcast content
Digital audio files for broadcast are typically created to suit particular combinations of loudspeaker type and position. Performance may suffer if playback conditions do not match the intended combination. Nevertheless, ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Software
Cataloguing media content by AI-based, automated, real-time analysis and processing
The annotation of media content is a major labour-intensive and error-prone process, especially for SMEs. An EU initiative has developed state-of-the-art AI technology to meet the challenge of efficient and cost-effective ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Engineering
Making cement sustainable
Cement production accounts for up to nine percent of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Sabbie Miller, assistant professor in the Department ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Security
Threat intelligence computing for efficient cyber threat hunting
Threat discovery in cybersecurity is like scientific discovery: both start from observations, such as an anomalous cyber activity or an interesting fact; both require hypothesis conception, such as what malicious intent is ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Google researchers see progress in tool to detect breast cancer spread
Spotting breast cancer is something that Google AI is good at doing. How good? An Ubergizmo headline: "Google Claims Its AI Has 99% Accuracy In Detecting Metastatic Breast Cancer." What's behind the headline?
Consumer & Gadgets
Smell and stress sensors a smash at Tokyo tech fair
State-of-the-art sensors that can measure stress levels, mood, posture, performance and even smell took centre stage at Asia's top high-tech fair in Tokyo.
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