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Engineering
Newly developed algorithms raise the bar for autonomous underwater imaging
Tests conducted by Cornell and the U.S. Navy have used new algorithms to outperform state-of-the-art programming for autonomous underwater sonar imaging, significantly improving the speed and accuracy for identifying objects ...
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Robotics
Team develops mechanism to control actuation, cooling and energy conversion for soft robotics
The shape memory polymers known as liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are increasingly popular for uses in soft robotics, haptics, and wearable computing. Functioning as actuators, they can allow materials to contract, expand, ...
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Internet
Paper reveals a quarter of the world's internet users rely on infrastructure that is susceptible to attacks
About a quarter of the world's internet users live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their internet infrastructure. Many of the at-risk countries are located in the Global ...
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Engineering
Method for underwater acoustic positioning may help submersibles navigate more safely in shallow water
From large-scale submarines to solo divers, safe passage through shallow waters represents a common navigational challenge. But recently, researchers from Japan have achieved centimeter-scale accuracy in the acoustic positioning ...
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Machine learning & AI
Is diversity the key to collaboration? New AI research suggests so
As artificial intelligence gets better at performing tasks once solely in the hands of humans, like driving cars, many see teaming intelligence as a next frontier. In this future, humans and AI are true partners in high-stakes ...
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Telecom
Researchers teleport quantum information across rudimentary quantum network
Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum internet. This breakthrough was made possible by a ...
May 25, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Physics-inspired graph neural networks to solve combinatorial optimization problems
Combinatorial optimization problems are complex problems with a discrete but large set of possible solutions. Some of the most renowned examples of these problems are the traveling salesman, the bin-packing, and the job-shop ...
May 25, 2022 feature
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Robotics
Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot
Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot—and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab.
May 25, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists suggest research integrity could be at risk due to AI generated imagery
A small team of researchers at Xiamen University has expressed alarm at the ease with which bad actors can now generate fake AI imagery for use in research projects. They have published an opinion piece outlining their concerns ...
May 25, 2022 report
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Engineering
Artificial cilia could someday power diagnostic devices
Cilia are the body's diligent ushers. These microscopic hairs, which move fluid by rhythmic beating, are responsible for pushing cerebrospinal fluid in your brain, clearing the phlegm and dirt from your lungs, and keeping ...
May 25, 2022
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Robotics
Interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand
MIT researchers have created an interactive design pipeline that streamlines and simplifies the process of crafting a customized robotic hand with tactile sensors.
May 25, 2022
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Engineering
Building lighter with concrete: How concrete 3D printing saves material and carbon dioxide
Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world. It can be used in many ways, can be produced locally and is very durable. Its environmental performance, on the other hand, is the subject of critical debate. ...
May 25, 2022
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Robotics
Efforts to deliver the first drone-based, mobile quantum network
Hacked bank and Twitter accounts, malicious power outages and attempts to tamper with medical records threaten the security of the nation's health, money, energy, society and infrastructure. Harnessing the laws of nature—namely ...
May 25, 2022
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