Study shows how to improve production at wind farms
What's good for one is not always best for all.
Jul 01, 2019
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Automotive
Deep learning helps to predict traffic crashes before they happen
Today's world is one big maze, connected by layers of concrete and asphalt that afford us the luxury of navigation by vehicle. For many of our road-related advancements—GPS lets us fire fewer neurons thanks to map apps, ...
Oct 13, 2021
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Security
Facial recognition in schools: Here are the risks to children
In conversation with my teenage daughter last week, I pointed out a news report which flagged concerns over the use of facial recognition technologies in several school canteens in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Nine schools in ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
New tool to help electrical grid planners design sustainable systems
A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers led by Paulina Jaramillo, a professor of engineering and public policy, has created a new tool to help electrical grid planners design sustainable systems to provide consumers ...
Sep 30, 2021
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Engineering
Revive the map: 4-D building reconstruction with machine learning
A research team from Skoltech and FBK (Italy) has presented a methodology to derive 4-D building models using historical maps and machine learning. The implemented method relies on geometric, neighborhood, and categorical ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Switching to firm contracts may prevent natural gas fuel shortages at US power plants
Between January 2012 and March 2018, there were an average of 1,000 failures each year at large North American gas power plants due to unscheduled fuel shortages and fuel conservation interruptions. This is a problem as the ...
Feb 16, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Can wearables like Fitbit devices be used to help detect COVID-19?
The researchers, funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), created the Mass Science app that allows COVID-Collab study participants to connect wearables, such as Fitbit ...
Jul 24, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Research shows how climate change will affect hydropower production in Canada
Changing climate and weather patterns are going to have dramatic impacts on Canada's production potential of hydroelectricity, according to new Concordia research.
Nov 07, 2019
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Automotive
Study: Tradeoffs between commute time, safety
Urban commuters may be less likely to encounter automobile accidents if they are willing to increase trip time, researchers report. A new study from the University of Illinois introduces a tool that helps quantify the connection ...
Oct 22, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem—just ask Siri
Suggest to Samsung's Virtual Personal Assistant Bixby "Let's talk dirty", and the female voice will respond with a honeyed accent: "I don't want to end up on Santa's naughty list."
Sep 23, 2019
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