Internet
Despite a concerted effort by Facebook to stem political misinformation ahead of the US elections, false and misleading ads are still circulating as a result of glitches and loopholes—and what critics claim is weak enforcement ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Can tomorrow's energy supply be freed of CO2 Fraunhofer researchers want to answer that question with a consortium of partners in ZO.RRO, a joint project underway in the German state of Thuringia. They are developing a complex ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Over time, prediction algorithms become specialized for an increasingly narrow slice of the population, and the average quality of their predictions declines.
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Machine learning & AI
The process of developing new generations of commercial vehicles and heavy equipment is complex. The hardware-in-the-loop technique gives researchers at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft the opportunity to reproduce and virtually test ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Carefully designed covalent organic frameworks could make supercapacitor electrodes that have a greater ability to store electric charge.
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Robotics
People tend to accept robots with humanlike characteristics up to a point. Then, things get strangely uncomfortable.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In recent years, engineers worldwide have been trying to create electronic components that are increasingly flexible and versatile, as this could enable the fabrication of more sophisticated devices and robotic systems, such ...
Energy & Green Tech
Japan's new 2050 deadline for carbon neutrality has thrown a spotlight on its efforts to find new, greener fuel options, including an ambitious but controversial liquid hydrogen venture.
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