Robotic sensors could help transform prosthetics
A pioneering project to develop advanced sensors for use in robotic systems, could transform prosthetics and robotic limbs.
Aug 1, 2022
0
23
Robotics
News tagged with physical properties
Computer Sciences
A Google software engineer believes an AI has become sentient. If he's right, how would we know?
Google's LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated AI chatbot that produces text in response to user input. According to software engineer Blake Lemoine, LaMDA has achieved a long-held dream ...
Jun 14, 2022
2
37
Computer Sciences
Teaching physics to AI allows it to discover new insights into material properties
Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated that incorporating known physics into machine learning algorithms can help the inscrutable black boxes attain new levels of transparency and insight into material properties.
May 18, 2022
0
524
Electronics & Semiconductors
Putting a strain on semiconductors for next-gen chips
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the U.S. and Singapore have created a neural network that can help tweak semiconductor crystals in a controlled fashion to achieve superior properties for electronics. This enables ...
Jul 14, 2021
0
6
Electronics & Semiconductors
AI may soon predict how electronics fail
Think of them as master Lego builders, only at an atomic scale. Engineers at CU Boulder have taken a major step forward in combing advanced computer simulations with artificial intelligence to try to predict how electronics, ...
Jun 22, 2021
0
27
Engineering
Engineers develop polymer cores that redirect light from any source to solar cells
Rice University engineers have suggested a colorful solution to next-generation energy collection: Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) in your windows.
Feb 16, 2021
1
169
Energy & Green Tech
Making disorder for an ideal battery
The lithium batteries that power electronic devices and electric vehicles have a number of drawbacks. The electrolyte—the medium that enables electrons and positive charges to move between the electrodes—is a flammable ...
Oct 13, 2020
0
47
Engineering
Controlling light with light: Researchers develop a new platform for all-optical computing
The future of computation is bright—literally.
Feb 5, 2020
0
6
Computer Sciences
An intuitive physics model to predict the effects of a collision
Humans have the innate ability to predict the effect of collisions, merely using their common sense. In many cases, humans can even predict the results of similar collisions in situations in which mass, friction, or other ...
Engineering
Software lets designers exploit the extremely high resolution of 3-D printers
Today's 3-D printers have a resolution of 600 dots per inch, which means that they could pack a billion tiny cubes of different materials into a volume that measures just 1.67 cubic inches.
Aug 4, 2017
0
26
