Consumer & Gadgets
Psst. The whispers flared up and then went away. In April last year Todd Bishop in GeekWire joined the ever-louder whisperfest coming from the halls at Bloomberg over stories that Amazon had a top secret Vesta project for ...
Jul 14, 2019 weblog
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A Tel Aviv-based startup has emerged from stealth and they are spelling out their concept for motors in wheels for engines in electric cars. Tech-watching headlines are calling it a reinvention of wheels but it is essentially ...
Jul 13, 2019 weblog
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Machine Learning & AI
A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Maryland at College Park has recently developed a new deep learning model that can identify people's emotions based on their walking ...
Jul 12, 2019 feature
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Engineering
An automated system developed by MIT researchers designs and 3-D prints complex robotic parts called actuators that are optimized according to an enormous number of specifications. In short, the system does automatically ...
Jul 12, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Pre-iEra, the idea of a Dick Tracy hiding in the corners of a skyscraper, talking to his wrist captured imaginations of children and adults everywhere. Apple did not let us forget. Its Walkie-Talkie app launched last year ...
Jul 12, 2019 weblog
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Energy & Green Tech
An evaluation of the global energy return on investment for fossil fuels and renewable sources reveals a much more level playing field than previously believed.
Jul 11, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Wait, what. Some users have found charging problems with their newly purchased Raspberry Pi 4, as their existing USB-C cables would not charge. Did the Raspberry Pi mess up?
Jul 11, 2019 weblog
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Robotics
Small motions between individual parts in jigsaw puzzles, LEGO buildings, human backbones and systems of connectable modular robots can allow flexing of their entire structures. A team of researchers at Dartmouth College ...
Jul 11, 2019 feature
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Computer Sciences
An artificial intelligence program developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Facebook AI has defeated leading professionals in six-player no-limit Texas hold'em poker, the world's most popular form of ...
Jul 11, 2019
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Engineering
As a cucumber plant grows, it sprouts tightly coiled tendrils that seek out supports in order to pull the plant upward. This ensures the plant receives as much sunlight exposure as possible. Now, researchers at MIT have found ...
Jul 11, 2019
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