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Energy harvested from evaporation could power much of US, says study

In the first evaluation of evaporation as a renewable energy source, researchers at Columbia University find that U.S. lakes and reservoirs could generate 325 gigawatts of power, nearly 70 percent of what the United States ...

Energy & Green Tech

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Hackers locking Mac machines demand ransom

(Tech Xplore)—Find My device is a service indeed—not only to Apple device owners but, guess who, to hackers.

Security

7 hours ago
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Goodbye, login. Hello, heart scan.

Forget fingerprint computer identification or retinal scanning. A University at Buffalo-led team has developed a computer security system using the dimensions of your heart as your identifier.

Security

Sep 25, 2017
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Broadcom announces development of more precise GPS chip

(Tech Xplore)—Broadcom Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avago Technologies, has announced the development of a new GPS chip, the BCM47755, which the company claims is far more accurate than the conventional chips now ...

Semiconductors

Sep 25, 2017
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University team works on extract system to help keep tabs on civilians killed by police

(Tech Xplore)—Incidents of people who died during police encounters from news reports can be read, so to speak, by an AI system.

Computer Sciences

Sep 25, 2017
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Mentioning what is hard to mention in chatbot for end-of-life preparation

(Tech Xplore)—Talking about the unthinkable for patients facing death is never easy. End-of-life planning is the phrase often used, softening the concept of death, but the task remains painful for the patient, family and ...

Software

Sep 24, 2017
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'Lego-electronics' offer simple way to assemble integrated circuits

(Tech Xplore)—One of the biggest challenges in the drive to miniaturize electronic devices is the difficulty in aligning and assembling the increasingly tiny electronic components with the necessary precision, which is ...

Engineering

Sep 22, 2017
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Handshake team is focused on human-robot interactions

(Tech Xplore)—Applause goes out to all those scientists, developers and engineers who put together robots who can grip tools, lift packages, sling pingpong balls, deliver pizzas and cut into fabric. If we are winning the ...

Robotics

Sep 22, 2017
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Remora robot able to adhere quickly and strongly to underwater objects

(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers from China and the U.S. has created a robot that is able to mimic a remora fish by adhering quickly and strongly to underwater objects. In their paper published in the journal Science ...

Robotics

Sep 21, 2017
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Apache vulnerability is reported

(Tech Xplore)—The Fuzzing Project blog this week carried a report we really do not like to hear but must know about regardless. Another "bleed" has been discovered. A bug in the Apache Web Server may result in contents ...

Security

Sep 21, 2017
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