'Garbatrage' spins e-waste into prototyping gold
To Ilan Mandel, a Cornell robotics researcher and builder, the math didn't add up. How could a new, off-the-shelf hoverboard cost less than the parts that compose it?
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Computer Sciences
Helping computer vision and language models understand what they see
Powerful machine-learning algorithms known as vision and language models, which learn to match text with images, have shown remarkable results when asked to generate captions or summarize videos.
Sep 13, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Researchers say chatbot exhibits self-awareness
Are large language models sentient? If they are, how would we know?
Computer Sciences
An interactive platform that explains machine learning models to its users
Machine learning models are now commonly used in various professional fields, while also underpinning the functioning of many smartphone applications, software packages and online services. While most people are exposed to ...
Engineering
Trajectoids: Creating a shape that rolls along a desired path
Normally, when we think of a rolling object, we tend to imagine a torus (like a bicycle wheel) or a sphere (like a tennis ball) that will always follow a straight path when rolling. However, the world of mathematics and science ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Why ChatGPT isn't conscious—but future AI systems might be
In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines by claiming the company's LaMDA chatbot had achieved sentience. The software had the conversational ability of a precocious seven-year-old, Lemoine said, and we should ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Security
Research offers novel approach for combating phishing attacks
Research in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics offers a new approach to combating phishing attacks in order to enhance online security and reduce cybercrime against individuals and businesses ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Hardware
Machine learning masters massive data sets: Algorithm breaks the exabyte barrier
A machine-learning algorithm demonstrated the capability to process data that exceeds a computer's available memory by identifying a massive data set's key features and dividing them into manageable batches that don't choke ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Robotics
An energy-efficient object detection system for UAVs based on edge computing
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are already used in countless settings to tackle real-world problems. These flying robotic systems can, among other things, help to monitor natural environments, ...
Internet
A system to keep cloud-based gamers in sync
Cloud gaming, which involves playing a video game remotely from the cloud, witnessed unprecedented growth during the lockdowns and gaming hardware shortages that occurred during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, ...
Aug 31, 2023
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