European virus tracing apps highlight battle for privacy
Goodbye lockdown, hello smartphone.
May 4, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Zoom security: Here's what you need to know
The video conferencing app Zoom gained about 2 million new users in the first two months of 2020—and that was before the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. With so many people now relying ...
May 4, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Biofuel for ships: Diesel and gasoline sourced from renewables
The combustion of conventional fossil fuels accounts for a large share of global CO2 emissions. A great deal of criticism is levelled against cruise and merchant ships for polluting the environment with sooty waste gas and ...
May 4, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
How Marco Polo botched its app upgrade and ended up with 1 star reviews
Want a lesson in how not to launch a premium version of a free app?
May 4, 2020
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Using an app to identify components
AI methods have long been successfully used in image processing with great success. Neural networks recognize everyday objects with greater accuracy than humans. Research teams at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems ...
May 4, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Plastic camshaft module reduces carbon dioxide emissions
Plastic in cars reduces their weight. Currently, however, camshaft modules, which are a key component of powertrains, are still being made from aluminum. Now, a research team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ...
May 4, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Realistic lab tests for e-vehicle batteries
Thorough testing is paramount to the safety and reliability of the batteries that power electric vehicles. However, the lab tests conducted to date have been anything but realistic. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a ...
May 4, 2020
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Engineering
Saving energy and lives: How a solar chimney can boost fire safety
A must-have in green building design, solar chimneys can slash energy costs up to 50%. Now research reveals they could also help save lives in a building fire.
May 4, 2020
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Hardware
AI enhancement for printed circuit boards
Without printed circuit boards (PCBs), there would never have been an electronics revolution. A PCB is the platform upon which minuscule electronic components interact with one another. Today, PCBs are found in an ever-greater ...
May 4, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Contact tracing apps: What they should learn from fitness trackers
Contact tracing has long been used in response to disease outbreaks. It is simply the idea of asking an infected person who they have been in contact with and then notifying the people in question to try and control the spread ...
May 4, 2020
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