Facebook engineer tells why he gives Open/R platform huge likes
Facebook is talking about an extensible distributed network application platform, and the benefits attached to such a platform.
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Quantum communication: How will 'quantum-secure' communication technologies develop in future?
Fraunhofer ISI and Saarland University have analyzed three generations of quantum communication in a new study. The study's quantitative monitoring gives insights into patent development, projects future growth, and compares ...
Jul 4, 2024
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Business
The end of the package holiday provider? Blockchain technology could revolutionize travel experiences
Forget the middleman—blockchain technology could lead to the end of the traditional package holiday provider, putting power back into the hands of customers, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.
May 10, 2024
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Telecom
ESA shipping container's laser link to space
ESA's very latest laboratory extension is portable in nature: Hosted within a standard shipping container, this ESA Transportable Optical Ground Station, ETOGS, can be transported all across Europe as needed, to perform laser-based ...
Feb 9, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
'Gold' hydrogen: Natural deposits are turning up all over the world—but how useful is it?
Hydrogen will play a role in weaning us off fossil fuels. It can be used to power trains, planes and HGVs, as well as being a low-carbon alternative to coke in steelmaking and a way to warm our homes.
Jan 15, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A proton exchange membrane fuel cell inspired by the structure of a lung
In a valuable contribution to ongoing research projects on development of innovative bipolar plate designs for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, scientists from the University of Seville and the Paul Scherrer Institute ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Engineering
A cool way to keep things cool: The electrocaloric effect
As necessary as cooling technologies are, we're still operating on an outdated technology that can be considered a significant contributor to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, vapor compression cycle-based ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Vehicle color recognition based on smooth modulation neural network with multi-scale feature fusion
Vehicle color recognition (VCR) is vital in intelligent traffic management and criminal investigation assistance. However, the existing vehicle color data sets only cover 13 classes, which cannot meet the current actual demand. ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Power cuts in South Africa are playing havoc with the country's water system
South Africans had to deal with the worst ever series of power cuts in 2022. All in all the country lost a record 205 days of electricity due to constant breakdowns at the coal-fired power plants run by Eskom, the state-owned ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Engineering
Machine learning techniques advance experimental design
Imperial and chemical company BASF will reveal new techniques for optimizing experimental design at the machine learning conference NeurIPS.
Nov 1, 2022
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