Field study shows icing can cost wind turbines up to 80% of power production
Wind turbine blades spinning through cold, wet conditions can collect ice nearly a foot thick on the yard-wide tips of their blades.
Mar 4, 2021
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Computer Sciences
MeInGame: A deep learning method to create videogame characters that look like real people
In recent years, videogame developers and computer scientists have been trying to devise techniques that can make gaming experiences increasingly immersive, engaging and realistic. These include methods to automatically create ...
Energy & Green Tech
Assessing the costs of major power outages
Little is known about the full impact of widespread, long duration power interruptions, especially the indirect costs and related economy-wide impacts of these events. As a result, the costs of such power interruptions are ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Business
US to suspend some Boeing-Airbus retaliatory UK tariffs
Britain and the United States said Thursday they had agreed that Washington will temporarily suspend retaliatory tariffs on various UK goods and jointly de-escalate the longstanding fight over Boeing and Airbus subsidies.
Mar 4, 2021
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Business
No tills? No problem. Amazon opens 'contactless' UK grocery store
Amazon on Thursday launched its first "just walk out shopping" outlet outside the United States, as the online retail giant steps up its competition with traditional supermarkets and other retailers.
Mar 4, 2021
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Business
Square unveils deal for Jay-Z's Tidal music platform
Digital payments firm Square said Thursday it was buying a controlling stake in the streaming music platform Tidal from a group led by rap star Jay-Z for $297 million in cash and stock.
Mar 4, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Study reveals extent of privacy vulnerabilities with Amazon's Alexa
A recent study outlines a range of privacy concerns related to the programs that users interact with when using Amazon's voice-activated assistant, Alexa. Issues range from misleading privacy policies to the ability of third-parties ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Software
Virtual reality helps people stay fit and well through lockdown
People who use virtual reality headsets as a way of passing the time during lockdown are exercising more vigorously and feeling better about life.
Mar 4, 2021
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Robotics
Soft robot swims in the Mariana Trench
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has developed a soft robot that can successfully swim in the Mariana Trench. In their paper published in the journal Nature,, the group describes their ...
Machine learning & AI
The 2021 AI Index: Major growth despite the pandemic
The last decade was a pivotal one for the AI industry, and 2020 saw AI substantially increase its impact on the world despite the chaos brought about by the COVID pandemic: Technologists made significant strides in massive ...
Mar 4, 2021
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