Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
A hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay might be a parent's worst nightmare.
Sep 3, 2020
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Student develops award-winning method to desalinate water
Tayia Oddonetto was an undergraduate student when her professor inspired her to solve water scarcity. "During class, the professor said that if someone discovered how to turn brine, water with a high salt concentration, into ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Body-monitoring tech trend comes with concerns
A ring shimmers on display at the Consumer Electronics Show, but this is no mere piece of jewelry—it's packed with sensors capable of detecting body temperature, respiration and much more.
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Scientists in the Netherlands swing into action on thorium molten salt reactor experiments
(Tech Xplore)—Researchers at the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) in the Netherlands have begun experiments for the first time in many years to test thorium molten salt reactors. The experiments, in Petten, mark ...
Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence systems found to excel at imitation, but not innovation
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are often depicted as sentient agents poised to overshadow the human mind. But AI lacks the crucial human ability of innovation, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Microsoft warns of PrintNightmare vulnerability due to flaw in Windows Print Spooler
Microsoft and multiple other entities are warning users and entity operators of a vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler that can allow criminals to hack into Windows computers and remotely execute code. In its post on the ...
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Snowden and Huang looking at phone case that tells owners if they are being tracked
(Tech Xplore)—Edward Snowden has been making news about an iPhone-related concept where a smartphone owner can tell if that person is being tracked.
Engineering
New hybrid device can both capture and store solar energy
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new device that can both efficiently capture solar energy and store it until it is needed, offering promise for applications ranging from power generation to distillation ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Researchers use AI chatbots against themselves to 'jailbreak' each other
Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have managed to compromise multiple artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, including ChatGPT, Google Bard and Microsoft Bing Chat, to produce ...
Dec 28, 2023
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A new, more user-friendly language for programming supercomputers
Decades ago, computers were costly, complex and rare.
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