Soft robotics research offers new route for weaving soft materials into 3D spatial structures
Ever wonder why the most advanced robots always seem to have hard bodies? Why not more pliable ones, like humans have?
Aug 23, 2023
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Robotics
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Business
Children's advocates ask FTC to investigate Google for targeting ads to kids
Children's advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Internet
Facebook labels of government-controlled media reduce users' engagement when they are noticed, study shows
Propaganda is an information quality concern on social media. Despite considerable focus on mis- and disinformation, government-controlled social media pages have quietly shared information to nudge users toward beliefs without ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Software
Dallas startup creates 'super app' for 10,000 real estate agents
For years, Shayan Hamidi has seen a problem in the way real estate agents work.
Aug 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Slow train coming: Only a genuine shift to rail will put NZ on track to reduce emissions
Both the Labor government and the opposition National Party have now released major transport polices that put the emphasis on maintaining and expanding roads.
Aug 23, 2023
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Internet
In just a few months, satellite internet has reshaped web access in rural Alaska
Across Alaska, on fishing boats and cabin roofs and conex containers, flat white antennas are popping up like high-tech mushrooms.
Aug 23, 2023
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Software
Brain-computer interface enables woman with severe paralysis to speak through digital avatar
Researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that has enabled a woman with severe paralysis from a brainstem stroke to speak through a digital avatar.
Aug 23, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
3M helped make virtual reality headsets smaller. Next step? More consumer demand
David Ylitalo imagines one day opening this newspaper, scanning for a story and having the text pulled right up to his eyes for easy reading. There is no paper, however, just a virtual reality app that mimics the real thing.
Aug 23, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Farewell to John Warnock, an internet pioneer whose invention actually made the world better
In June 1969, John E. Warnock achieved a milestone of sorts at the University of Utah by producing the shortest Ph.D. dissertation in the university's history.
Aug 23, 2023
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Automotive
Researchers see bias in self-driving software
Autonomous vehicle software used to detect pedestrians is unable to correctly identify dark-skinned individuals as often as those who are light-skinned, according to researchers at King's College in London and Peking University ...
