Computer Sciences
Assessing the optimal location for parking lots is surprisingly mathematically challenging, and a subset of a classic computational complexity problem with far wider applications. A team of data scientists has combined quantum ...
Jan 13, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
On September 21, the New York Times published an essay by Gabriel Popkin titled "Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests?" Popkin describes a recently approved 4,500-acre solar project in Virginia ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The rapid increase in electric car sales is causing a battery shortage. To solve this problem, we must get better at recycling the raw materials used in batteries and accelerate the development of new battery types.
Oct 3, 2022
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Robotics
Skoltech researchers have developed a method to enable wheeled robots to avoid obstacles in a fast, efficient, and natural way when moving in a crowded setting. Reported in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, the new motion ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Thanks to solar energy, residents of the northern Lebanese village of Toula are finally able to enjoy ice cream again—a treat in a sun-baked country plagued by power cuts.
Sep 11, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
A new smartphone app will help forgetful Disneyland visitors remember where they parked their car after a long day at the Anaheim, California theme park resort—as long as they don't forget to use the app when they first ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Automotive
The U.S. government's auto safety watchdog is sending investigators to another Tesla crash, this time one that killed two people along Interstate 75 in Florida.
Jul 9, 2022
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Automotive
Ford will add 6,200 factory jobs in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio as it prepares to build more electric vehicles and roll out two redesigned combustion-engine models.
Jun 2, 2022
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Robotics
The robots are here. An eagle-sized quadcopter flew above a wooded Schuylkill river bank, counting trees as it was designed to do in the forests of the Andes.
Jun 1, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Remote sighted assistance (RSA) technology—which connects visually impaired individuals with human agents through a live video call on their smartphones—helps people with low or no vision navigate tasks that require sight. ...
Apr 22, 2022
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