Google introduces real-time extended voice translation
Google has announced a new real-time transcription feature for its free Translate app for Android phones. An IOS version is planned for the future, the company says.
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Robotics
A new exoskeleton to support workers in railways maintenance and renewal operations
A back support exoskeleton has been developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology—IIT) to improve railway workers' safety and conditions for heavy manual material handling during maintenance ...
Jul 21, 2023
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Engineering
Dropping off microdrones, at low cost and easily stacked
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has been working on stackable little drones. Payloads could be interconnected to form an ad-hoc, self-configuring network. The Lab has a name for this concept, CICADA which stands for Close-In ...
Energy & Green Tech
Inexpensive device that can harvest energy from a light breeze and store it as electricity
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze and store it as electricity.
Oct 6, 2022
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Flying at up to Mach 16 could become reality with UCF's developing propulsion system
University of Central Florida researchers are building on their technology that could pave the way for hypersonic flight, such as travel from New York to Los Angeles in under 30 minutes.
May 10, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Machine-learning model can identify the action in a video clip and label it, without the help of humans
Humans observe the world through a combination of different modalities, like vision, hearing, and our understanding of language. Machines, on the other hand, interpret the world through data that algorithms can process.
May 4, 2022
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Robotics
Fog robotics: A new approach to achieve efficient and fluent human-robot interaction
Researchers at the Innovation and Enterprise Research Laboratory (The Magic Lab) of the University of Technology Sydney have proposed a new robotics architecture called fog robotics (FR). Their approach, outlined in a paper ...
Robotics
Researchers create magnetic microrobots that work together to assemble objects in 3D environments
For the first time ever, researchers at the Surgical Robotics Laboratory of the University of Twente successfully made two microrobots work together to pick up, move and assemble passive objects in 3D environments. This achievement ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Engineering
New sensors detect explosive materials, viral particles at part-per-quadrillion level
We are frequently reminded of how vulnerable our health and safety are to threats from nature or those who wish to harm us.
May 14, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Creating 3-D printed 'motion sculptures' from 2-D videos
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has often credited his success to spending countless hours studying his opponent's movements on film. This understanding of movement is necessary for all living species, whether it's figuring ...
Sep 19, 2018
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