Consumer & Gadgets
Whether it's trying on lipstick or clothing online, using floor plan software to find out how furniture will fit in a new home or ordering a contactless Coke using a cell phone, businesses are continually finding new ways ...
May 26, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
Studying how AI process visual information could help humans understand our own visual system.
Sep 17, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
With potential application diagnosing cancer or predicting how viruses, such as HIV, attack human cells, machine learning is opening promising new areas of application for bioinformatics—the data science of molecular biology. ...
Aug 17, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
ESA has backed the creation of this flexible, ultra-thin solar cell to deliver the best power to mass ratio for space missions.
Mar 11, 2020
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Robotics
Sensitive synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings—a crucial capability if they are to be in close contact with people. Inspired by human skin, a team at the Technical University of Munich ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Computer Sciences
We are approaching the limit for how much more microprocessors can be developed. Gunnar Tufte proposes building computers in a completely new way, inspired by the human brain and nanotechnology.
Aug 27, 2019
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Engineering
In the mid-15th century, a new technology that would change the course of history was invented. Johannes Gutenberg's printing press, with its movable type, promoted the dissemination of information and ideas that is widely ...
May 17, 2019
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Other
In the past, it was a challenge to make machines play music on the grid. Today, the challenge is the opposite.
Jun 8, 2023
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