Machine learning & AI
Every day we are likely to interact with some form of artificial intelligence (AI). It works behind the scenes in everything from social media and traffic navigation apps to product recommendations and virtual assistants.
Oct 29, 2020
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Robotics
Ph.D. candidate Eunice Njeri Mwangi of the department of Industrial Design has investigated how intuitive gaze-based interactions between robots and humans can help improve the effectiveness of robot tutors. The researcher ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Security
Artificial intelligence may make it difficult for even the most discerning ears to detect deepfake voices—as recently evidenced in the fake Joe Biden robocall and the bogus Taylor Swift cookware ad on Meta—but scientists ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Video game developers have always sought to "find the fun" for their audiences and to provide players with exciting worlds to escape to. However, the cost of "finding the fun" was highlighted in 2014 when women in the games ...
Sep 12, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Any economic and conservation benefits associated with time-of-use electricity billing could be achieved at the expense of some of the most vulnerable citizens in our society: people with disabilities and the elderly, new ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Alberto J. Lamadrid, an associate professor of economics, conducted an analysis of electricity use in several regions of the United States over the last several months. He found confirmation of what many have suspected: Demand ...
May 28, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
It's no secret, artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the customer service game.
Feb 23, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Have you ever been accused (or accused someone else) of wasting too much time by looking at a cellphone? Turns out, that time might not be wasted time at all.
Oct 12, 2022
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Business
Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading is a decentralized type of transaction that facilitates the exchange of energy from various sources. By promoting distributed P2P power trading, it is possible to balance the supply and demand ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday signed a bill eliminating the state's ban on nuclear power plants but cautioned against jumping in to diversify the coal-dependent state's energy offerings.
Feb 9, 2022
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