Automotive
Even though battery costs are rising, auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal to a larger group of buyers.
Sep 8, 2022
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Security
Self-driving cars, like the human drivers that preceded them, need to see what's around them to avoid obstacles and drive safely.
Oct 31, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
"Alexa, who is hacking into my system?"
Computer Sciences
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen have used artificial intelligence to create a high-definition version of a low resolution image. While not pixel-perfect, the system produces a better ...
Oct 27, 2017
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Engineering
Boeing has patented a laser powered propulsion system for airplanes. A number of sites reported on the patent, with eye-rubbing headlines that told the story. The BusinessInsider headline read, "Boeing just patented a jet ...
Business
Walmart Inc. will test using drones to drop COVID-19 diagnostic kits at customers' homes, the retailer's latest move in the pandemic-fueled arena of contactless deliveries.
Sep 23, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
A team of Italian mathematicians, including a neuroscientist from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Lisbon, Portugal, has shown that artificial vision machines can learn to recognize complex images more quickly ...
Sep 2, 2019
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The biggest computer chip in the world is so fast and powerful it can predict future actions "faster than the laws of physics produce the same result."
Engineering
Its abundance of sunlight and heavy investment in solar cell technology has positioned Saudi Arabia well in its transition to becoming a leading exporter of renewable energy. Indeed, solar energy currently makes up more than ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Engineering
In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone's brain activity, the technology can reconstruct the words a person ...
Jan 29, 2019
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