Net neutrality, and why it's vital to the future of the internet
It was on, then off, and now "net neutrality" is back on again.
May 15, 2024
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Engineering
Architecture professor adapts vibration reduction device for residential use
A family purchased an upscale home in the suburbs of New York City with an open-floor plan, but they weren't happy with the floor vibration in certain rooms. Homes built with longer spans and fewer partitions are structurally ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Comprehensive dataset for contactless lip reading and acoustic analysis holds potential for speech recognition tech
Sophisticated new analysis of the physical processes which create the sounds of speech could help empower people with speech impairments and create new applications for voice recognition technologies, researchers say.
Dec 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Green hydrogen sounds like a win for developing countries. But cost and transport are problems
Hydrogen is used mainly to make chemicals such as fertilizer, and in oil refineries. Most hydrogen in the world today is made from natural gas or coal—methods associated with large carbon dioxide emissions. Developed countries ...
Sep 30, 2022
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Business
Adobe buying Figma in $20B cash-and-stock deal
Software company Adobe is buying online design company Figma in an approximately $20 billion cash-and-stock deal.
Sep 15, 2022
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Robotics
The next frontier for drones: Letting them fly out of sight
For years, there's been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it's a good idea—it's also the law.
Jul 6, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Analysis highlights strategies beyond recycling to bolster circular economy for solar and battery technologies
In a new comprehensive literature review, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered that alternatives to recycling may have untapped potential to build an effective ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Engineering
A novel eye detection system capable of capturing images in motion from a distance of two meters
Researchers of the Embedded Systems Engineering group of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering of the University of Malaga, specializing in artificial vision and assistive robotics, have designed a ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Business
Sweden's Ericsson to buy US cloud operator Vonage
Ericsson said Monday it was acquiring US cloud-based communications provider Vonage, in the Swedish company's biggest acquisition in recent memory as it widens its operations beyond its traditional telecommunications equipment ...
Nov 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric gains in battery performance
A high-performance version of the zinc-ion battery will enable stationary energy storage that promises to be cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries.
Aug 30, 2021
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