Why free streaming channels like Pluto TV and Tubi have viewers watching commercials again
There's a new hot buzzword in the streaming video business—it's spelled f-r-e-e.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Smart films facilitate human-machine interaction
Imagine this: A smooth touchscreen display placed on top of a thin silicone polymer film suddenly generates the feeling of a tiny raised button under the user's finger. Or how about the idea of wearing that same polymer film ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Exploring a new avenue for the manufacture of magnesium batteries to complement lithium models
A UCO research group, in collaboration with the University of Xiamen and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, has studied, on a laboratory scale, the feasibility of magnesium batteries using a new compound as a cathode
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Hardware
Aerial imaging technique improves ability to detect and track moving targets through thick foliage
In forests where the foliage is thick, it can be challenging to detect and track moving targets, such as people and animals, using the current technology for collecting aerial images and videos. Researchers have developed ...
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Broadcom in talks to acquire cloud company VMware
Broadcom Inc. could announce an agreement to acquire cloud-computing company VMware Inc. as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter, setting up a blockbuster tech deal that would vault the chipmaker ...
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Robotics
Researchers develop algorithm to divvy up tasks for human-robot teams
As robots increasingly join people on the factory floor, in warehouses and elsewhere on the job, dividing up who will do which tasks grows in complexity and importance. People are better suited for some tasks, robots for ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Long-duration energy storage beats the challenge of week-long wind-power lulls
A novel energy model suggests the overall costs of a net-zero emissions electricity grid are substantially lowered with the integration of long-duration energy storage options, like pumped-storage hydroelectricity that can ...
May 24, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Researchers create digital humans that learn complex movements
Researchers at Meta's Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (Facebook) in the U.S. and at the University of Twente's Neuromechanical Modelling and Engineering Lab in the Netherlands (led by Prof.dr.ir Massimo Sartori), have ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Experts forecast the wind plant of the future to be taller and more economical
Anticipating key features of wind plants a decade or more ahead of their installation can inform today's investment, research, and energy system planning decisions. Researchers Philipp Beiter and Eric Lantz from the National ...
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Robotics
Study explores how older adults react while interacting with humanoid robots
Robots are gradually being introduced in a wide range of real-world settings, including malls, manufacturing facilities, and healthcare facilities. A way in which robots could be particularly useful is in assisting seniors ...
