Computer Sciences
A new, potentially revolutionary artificial intelligence framework called "Blackout Diffusion" generates images from a completely empty picture, meaning that, unlike other generative diffusion models, the machine-learning ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Creating images from text in seconds—and doing so with a conventional graphics card and without supercomputers? As fanciful as it may sound, this is made possible by the new Stable Diffusion AI model. The underlying algorithm ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Software
Google is updating critical features for the millions of drivers who depend on its technology to help them get around.
Sep 24, 2021
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Engineering
Wearable human-machine interfaces—devices that can collect and store important health information about the wearer, among other uses—have benefited from advances in electronics, materials and mechanical designs. But current ...
Aug 2, 2019
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Electronics & Semiconductors
People with hearing loss will be able to listen to music through the sense of touch thanks to a pioneering prototype that has been devised by researchers of the Department of Electronics of the University of Malaga, members ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have developed a new technology which could enable lithium batteries to be replaced with more sustainable alternatives.
Aug 19, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Imagine you are scrolling through the photos on your phone and you come across an image that at first you can't recognize. It looks like maybe something fuzzy on the couch; could it be a pillow or a coat? After a couple of ...
Dec 15, 2023
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Robotics
An international group of researchers has created a new approach to imitating human motion by combining central pattern generators (CPGs) and deep reinforcement learning (DRL). The method not only imitates walking and running ...
May 8, 2024
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Engineering
While artificial leaves hold promise as a way to take carbon dioxide—a potent greenhouse gas—out of the atmosphere, there is a "dark side to artificial leaves that has gone overlooked for more than a decade," according ...
Jul 31, 2019
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Automotive
It is a scenario familiar to anyone who has driven down a crowded, narrow street: Parked cars line both sides, and there isn't enough space for vehicles traveling in both directions to pass each other. One has to duck into ...
Jul 20, 2021
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